Mexican Cake Info

I find it interesting listening to people and their opinions on these.

Personally, the apple brandy is the most disjointed. It just doesn't integrate with the mexican cake beer profile. Yes, if you want an upfront apple brandy flavor then a subdued mexican cake beer, it works.

I would personally order them in a completely different order.

Cab red>bourbon>brandy.

The cab red is very well integrated into the mexican cake flavor profile. It fits in very nicely. It isn't overpowering and just adds an extra dimension.

Next the bourbon blends almost as well as the wine but it does impact a little bit of a disjointed flavor. Absolutely delicious but we are getting specific and being honest about the beers here.

And I have already said my piece about the apple brandy.

I might be the weird person as well as I tried the Mexican Coffee Cake on draft. I personally found the coffee completely overwhelming. Don't mistake my comments as saying it wasn't good, it just overwhelmed everything that made the mexican cake, mexican cake. I love the original mexican cake so anything that covers it up isn't ideal in my opinion.

Overall, I enjoyed everything I had at the brewery and I am enjoying sharing all the BA mexican cake beers with friends.

 

ABMC absolutley blew me away. Although, delicately intertwined nuances aren't necessarily what I am desperately seeking when drinking barrel aged imperial stouts. All 3 were world class IMO... To each his/her own.

 

I thought the Coffee Cake was amazing, reminded me of a stronger version of Cigar City's Cubano. I too noticed that the heat was somewhat subdued, but that didn't ruin it for me. I hope thy bottle it for us lazy folks. Maybe use coffee from Charleston Coffee Roasters or King Bean.

I haven't tried the BAMCs yet, looking forward to cracking them open.

 

It is in my top 5 stouts. I am not sure how you could improve it, which is a rare thing.

 

Netdigger2 and I opened the Cali Brandy Huna after we tried the three BA MCs. Disappointed is too strong a word to use because it's a great beer. ABMC was just so good that I'd easily take it instead given the choice.

 

Yeah...that was definitely my bad. Just mis-communication between me taking down names without tickets and the tasting room passing out a few tickets without names. All in all though, everyone was super chill and pretty certain most (if not all) left satisfied with how everything turned out. Also, I've seen a couple questions pop up regarding the numbers/allotments/etc., so..

Full allotments were diminished after ticket 203 (as only three of the first 200 people didn't purchase all six bottles). Tickets 204 through 235 received two bottles of the Cabernet variant and after that there was a single case of the Cab bottles left and exactly 12 people that didn't have a number or put their name on the list. Each one got exactly one bottle and everyone that attended received at least one bottle of BAMC.

 

Yeah, I thought everything went smoothly except when that guy took over calling numbers for the lady in the sombrero. I mean she was giving out high-fives left and right, he didn't. She was talking nicely about everyone, he just mocked people relentlessly, especially Mike and his beard. I'm just saying, things were running smoother until he took over

 

Oh c'mon! Like he didn't deserve it. Honestly, I shocked that he managed to keep his hands to himself given all the opportunities he must have been presented with.

 

Also, I have to apologize for butchering everyone's names

 

Maikng fun of beards at a brewery event is way too easy.....

 

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Now that this release is over web is old time coming out!????

 

Probably not until next month, if I had to guess.

 

I'm assuming the Old Time series will also be a Brewery Only release?

 

Or CBX only.

 

I imagine CBX would get some since they collaborated on it. Excited to try those. Westbrook needs to stop brewing so many damn beers I want to try. My wallet is hurting too much!