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Blue Moon or Asahi
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not the biggest fan of beer, but if I do drink , it's Stella in my hands.
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Thank you man. I hope you enjoy it. And I hope FBS lives up to the hype.
PS.
Please don't tell me the pint glass broke?!
Forgot to include that. Safe and sound
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Finally tried Ten Fidy and have to say it lived up to the hype. I loved it.
And nice Based Mod, that is a nice lineup Rust came through with.
Anyways, tonight. This is an awesome brew as well. Blew away my expectations.
And nice Based Mod, that is a nice lineup Rust came through with.
Anyways, tonight. This is an awesome brew as well. Blew away my expectations.
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Today's impulse buys:
Oh...and a special review coming soon.
Oh...and a special review coming soon.
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Sweet Repute?! I haven't seen that one out on shelves here... Do you have any idea of how long its been out up north CF?
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Pretty sure it just came out today. It's a Backstage Series (like CBS, Doom, Curmudgeon's Better Half, etc.), but it didn't seem to be too limited. The place by me had about 3 cases of it. It's a wheat wine aged in maple bourbon barrels as well as regular bourbon barrels.
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Made the mistake of drinking a BCCS alittle too cold on Saturday night. The bourbon factor was way too out of balance and 'hot'. As it warmed, the coffee notes exploded and took over. Kind of a nice contrast/evolution. if you can fill up a nice 24 oz. goblet, and sip it for an hr or two, that would be ideal on so many beers out there.
Drinking outside by a fireplace does have its negatives. My beer never really warmed up to a suitable temp. I gotta turn stouts into indoor drinks only when its cold
Drinking outside by a fireplace does have its negatives. My beer never really warmed up to a suitable temp. I gotta turn stouts into indoor drinks only when its cold
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In related beer news,Time for another review.
Never had anything from Mikkeller, but I decided to pick up a bottle of this upon the recommendation from da god at the beer distributor. After doing a little research about this beer, it turns out that it's much more...interesting than I expected. This beer is brewed with Civet coffee, which is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. Civet coffee beans are harvested after Asian palm civets (toddy cats) eat the coffee berries and then poop out the beans. Apparently the enzymes from their digestive tract breaks down the beans and gives them a more desirable flavor. After harvesting, they're cleaned and ready to be ground and brewed. A pound of Civet coffee generally sells somewhere between $100-600 in America. But I digress...
This beer pours viscous and pitch black with a dark mocha head that dissipates slowly. Lots of alcohol lacing left on the glass. Aroma is mostly bitter coffee and roasted malts, with a slight chocolate sweetness in the background. Taste is the same, with an additional creaminess and a stronger coffee flavor than I expected. The best way I could describe this beer is a jacked-up, less sweet Founders Breakfast Stout that has the mouthfeel and booziness of TEN FIDY. Another good beer to compare this to would be Imperial Biscotti Break from Evil Twin. Based off of the fact that I'm comparing Brunch Weasel to a bunch of other world-class beers, it's safe to say this is a damn good offering. The only thing holding me back from purchasing this beer again is the price. Having said that, I'm glad it was recommended to me and I'm glad I gave it a shot. 9.4/10
My local brewery was having their third anniversary tonight and had some special cask beer available. One was their 2nd anniversary imperial stout cold steeped and aged for a year with these civet beans. Didn't get an itemized receipt but it looks like a 10 oz glass was 9-10 bucks.
You really have to like the cask characteristics. It was almost 100% flat. So it was like drinking a cold cup of amazing coffee with subtle hunts of deep fruits. It poured black with a nice creamy head. But it didnt taste too creamy or full. I caught a bit more coffee bitterness than I was expecting in the taste.. There was a hint of a coffee characteristic in the aftertaste that I couldn't put my finger on. I appreciate the opportunity to try it... Would likely not buy again. As with your review, price is a deterrent. I could have had their house stout in a glass twice as big for half the cost.I would compare the coffee notes to maybe a BCCS. But the BCCS has the sweetness and bourbon notes. For this cask beer, it was almost 100% coffee with a few hints of misc. things I couldn't put my finger on.
After waiting 30 minutes just to get a drink, I'm glad I brought my growler friend (I had to get a 10 oz. stout above because they ran out of pint glasses when I order). So this REALLY made up for it.
Project dank, a 2013 hand bronze Ipa winner is almost becoming more popular than their mainstay. Elevated Ipa.
If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay on the Mikkeller?
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$11 bucks.
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haven't posted in a while. I've had a few good beers but nothing really worth posting until I tried this. Totally lives up to the hype
Grabbed one yesterday... Going to take quite a bit to knock me off of FBS
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Couple new reviews:
A beer I've been looking to try for awhile. Props to @da shoefreak for hooking me up with two bottles of this. Pours pitch black with virtually no carbonation. Aroma has huge bourbon notes, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and even a bit of an oak smoked character. Taste isn't as bourbon forward, which I enjoyed. You mostly get the roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate flavors with a splash of bourbon on the back end. For as boozy of a beer this was (18.9%), it was extremely drinkable and extremely enjoyable. My only regret was that I was already really drunk when I had a glass of this, so I could only stomach half of it before passing off the rest to a friend. Really glad I asked for a second bottle of this. Interested to see how this develops with a few years under its belt. Apologies for not being able to take a good photo of this in the glass, but I was at my friend's apartment and I felt weird setting up a photo-op in front of everyone
. Regardless, phenomenal beer. 10/10
I picked this one up because da god at the beer distributor recommended it to me as an imperial IPA that flies under the radar for a lot of people. After reading a bunch of good things about it, figured I'd give it a go. Pours a transparent golden amber color with a soapy head that dissipates slowly. See those specks at the bottom of the glass? Those are bits of hop residue. I'm already excited. Aroma is surprisingly tropical for an east coast IPA. Get a lot of mango and pineapple with a solid malt backbone to boot. Taste is similar, but with a stronger maltiness than I expected. I personally like my IPAs to be closer to straight up hop juice than anything else, but I can understand why people would like the balance this beer offers. Medium-bodied, has an almost "slippery" quality to it. All in all, this is a really good IPA. I've read people say that they think this is one of the best imperial IPAs on the market, as well as people saying they thought this was one of the best of 2013. While I don't agree with these opinions (Ithaca Flower Power remains my favorite under-the-radar IPA), this is certainly an imperial IPA worth trying and buying again. 9.2/10
Currently drinking this one right now. Pours a deep golden brown color with a fizzy head that dissipates moderately fast. Aroma on this one is straight up vanilla and maple. I could sit around and sniff this one for hours before taking a sip. Taste is even better. Vanilla, bourbon, and maple take center stage. You also get caramel, toffee, coconut, bready malts, honey, and a spiced quality to this one. It's pretty sweet, but it's very tolerable and nowhere close to the sweetest beer I've had on record. Booziness is there, but the warmth it adds is pleasant (particularly for the colder weather). Medium-bodied, but the flavor sticks around for awhile after it goes down the hatch. I didn't know what to expect from this one, but this beer went above and beyond my expectations. Gonna buy at least 2 more of these to hold onto. 10+/10
A beer I've been looking to try for awhile. Props to @da shoefreak for hooking me up with two bottles of this. Pours pitch black with virtually no carbonation. Aroma has huge bourbon notes, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and even a bit of an oak smoked character. Taste isn't as bourbon forward, which I enjoyed. You mostly get the roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate flavors with a splash of bourbon on the back end. For as boozy of a beer this was (18.9%), it was extremely drinkable and extremely enjoyable. My only regret was that I was already really drunk when I had a glass of this, so I could only stomach half of it before passing off the rest to a friend. Really glad I asked for a second bottle of this. Interested to see how this develops with a few years under its belt. Apologies for not being able to take a good photo of this in the glass, but I was at my friend's apartment and I felt weird setting up a photo-op in front of everyone
I picked this one up because da god at the beer distributor recommended it to me as an imperial IPA that flies under the radar for a lot of people. After reading a bunch of good things about it, figured I'd give it a go. Pours a transparent golden amber color with a soapy head that dissipates slowly. See those specks at the bottom of the glass? Those are bits of hop residue. I'm already excited. Aroma is surprisingly tropical for an east coast IPA. Get a lot of mango and pineapple with a solid malt backbone to boot. Taste is similar, but with a stronger maltiness than I expected. I personally like my IPAs to be closer to straight up hop juice than anything else, but I can understand why people would like the balance this beer offers. Medium-bodied, has an almost "slippery" quality to it. All in all, this is a really good IPA. I've read people say that they think this is one of the best imperial IPAs on the market, as well as people saying they thought this was one of the best of 2013. While I don't agree with these opinions (Ithaca Flower Power remains my favorite under-the-radar IPA), this is certainly an imperial IPA worth trying and buying again. 9.2/10
Currently drinking this one right now. Pours a deep golden brown color with a fizzy head that dissipates moderately fast. Aroma on this one is straight up vanilla and maple. I could sit around and sniff this one for hours before taking a sip. Taste is even better. Vanilla, bourbon, and maple take center stage. You also get caramel, toffee, coconut, bready malts, honey, and a spiced quality to this one. It's pretty sweet, but it's very tolerable and nowhere close to the sweetest beer I've had on record. Booziness is there, but the warmth it adds is pleasant (particularly for the colder weather). Medium-bodied, but the flavor sticks around for awhile after it goes down the hatch. I didn't know what to expect from this one, but this beer went above and beyond my expectations. Gonna buy at least 2 more of these to hold onto. 10+/10
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My love for the Grateful Dead got me on this. It's actually damn good.
My love for the Grateful Dead got me on this. It's actually damn good.
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Not really beer related but has anyone ever tried Strongbow? It's cider and s*** is like crack champagne 
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It's BBBBBBBBAAAAACK!
Pours a wonderful light orange color with a fingers width head
-Tropical fruits everywhere in the smell. Hoppy resiny taste. A bit of a onion taste as well. Ctirus and Pine everywhere in the smell and taste. Malt backbone is really nice in balancing out the hoppiness. Exactly What I look for in an IPA. This stuff tastes nearly identical to my favorite local IPA, La Cumbre Elevated IPA... LC is a bit more hop forward (100 ibu vs. 63 with LS), with a touch less alcohol (7,2% vs. 8% on sucks). But every other characteristic matches nicely. This gets my highest recommendation as a moderately easily available nationally distributed beer... DO NOT MISS OUT! 9.8/10
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It's BBBBBBBBAAAAACK!
Pours a wonderful light orange color with a fingers width head
-Tropical fruits everywhere in the smell. Hoppy resiny taste. A bit of a onion taste as well. Ctirus and Pine everywhere in the smell and taste. Malt backbone is really nice in balancing out the hoppiness. Exactly What I look for in an IPA. This stuff tastes nearly identical to my favorite local IPA, La Cumbre Elevated IPA... LC is a bit more hop forward (100 ibu vs. 63 with LS), with a touch less alcohol (7,2% vs. 8% on sucks). But every other characteristic matches nicely. This gets my highest recommendation as a moderately easily available nationally distributed beer... DO NOT MISS OUT! 9.8/10
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for the info
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It's BBBBBBBBAAAAACK!
Pours a wonderful light orange color with a fingers width head
-Tropical fruits everywhere in the smell. Hoppy resiny taste. A bit of a onion taste as well. Ctirus and Pine everywhere in the smell and taste. Malt backbone is really nice in balancing out the hoppiness. Exactly What I look for in an IPA. This stuff tastes nearly identical to my favorite local IPA, La Cumbre Elevated IPA... LC is a bit more hop forward (100 ibu vs. 63 with LS), with a touch less alcohol (7,2% vs. 8% on sucks). But every other characteristic matches nicely. This gets my highest recommendation as a moderately easily available nationally distributed beer... DO NOT MISS OUT! 9.8/10
One of my all-time favorites from my favorite brewery. Still not sure why it's considered a DIPA though, not that I actually care.
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^ I think 8% is just on the very low end of the spectrum as far as "designations"/titles for what makes it a DIIPA. It may just be a technicality to just call it something ie. 4-7.9% = IPA, >8%= DIPA. My favorite IPA is a 7.2% beer that is more of a double IPA, than say a 5% IPA. It looks like both heady and Pliny are 8% DIPAs.
Sadly I don't think I have tried anything else from Lagunitas. I saw some eyeball stuff near the sucks, along with their pils, maximus ipa, and normal IPA. I went blindy off of review scores awhile back and have not been let down by it. I don't want to be let down so I by pass their other products out of instinct.. Can you recommend anything else by them?
Edit: now I remember. I had a brown shugga strong ale a month back or so. It was above average for sure. But it doesn't blow my breath away like Sucks.
Sadly I don't think I have tried anything else from Lagunitas. I saw some eyeball stuff near the sucks, along with their pils, maximus ipa, and normal IPA. I went blindy off of review scores awhile back and have not been let down by it. I don't want to be let down so I by pass their other products out of instinct.. Can you recommend anything else by them?
Edit: now I remember. I had a brown shugga strong ale a month back or so. It was above average for sure. But it doesn't blow my breath away like Sucks.
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Honestly, Lagunitas doesn't have anything mind blowing. Just really, really solid beers for cheap. Everything's available in a sixer for
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Sucks is fresh too. Looks like it was bottled on December 2nd (336th , 2013 on bottle neck). I can't even get local stuff less than 2 weeks old. So this 12 pack may be gone by the end of weekend.. I love seasonal IPAs for this very reason. If you do NOTHING else for the rest of the weekend, finding some Sucks is at the top of that list.. Just my opinion.
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Living in socal I find sculpin everywhere however I have no idea if they're fresh or not. Anyone have any idea how to read the bottling date?
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They use Julian dating.
There should be a 5-digit code. The first 2 numbers are the year it was bottled, with the following 3 numbers being the day of the aforementioned year it was bottled. For example: If the digit reads "13100," it was bottled April 10th (100th day of the year), 2013. A Sculpin being bottled today would read "13347."
Hopefully I didn't make it more confusing for you.
I really don't know why they do this. I haven't had any Ballast Point products since they revamped the labels, but hopefully they changed the dating format, as well. Last time I had Victory At Sea, it simply had a "Best by xx/xx/xx" code on it. Why they use the Julian format for Sculpin, I have no clue. The first few times I bought Sculpin, I didn't know when it was bottled either, I just hoped for the best. Living in the East coast, I definitely got some not-so-fresh Sculpin before. Never again. :/
