What beer are you drinking now? #779

AMB Black Gold Porter. Probably one of the better Porters I've had. Just a great balance between coffee and chocolate. Tastes just as good in the can as it does on tap.

 

FIGJAM by Arbor Brewing Company. WiFi is still busted (about time to call Commycast), so here's another review:

Poured into all that was clean... a stupid shaker pint.

Appearance: Started pouring aggressively which was a bad idea. Slower it down, and it all eventually poured into the glass to the brim. Two fingers of a creamy looking tan head that has an audible carbonation -- almost like a pop. The color is a gorgeous, deep ruby red. (4.5/5)

Smell: Definitely get the expected quad aromas, with that deep dark fruit smell -- namely, figs, of course. Under that there's a sort of nondescript spicy note. There's a prune juice vibe as well. Pretty good and interesting, but definitely not a beer that's making my mouth water. (3.5/5)

Taste/feel: Whoa, hey, gigantic beer... uh. Yeah. Massive, massive sweetness and alcohol booziness almost all the way through in this. First sip it's semi-creamy with a little sweetness, but then there's a massively sweet, I-just-bit-into-a-fig sweetness. Other quad characteristics like the yeast and sweet tasting malt are also there -- as if this beer needs more sweetness! The distant aftertaste saves this beer as it has a slightly bready/toasty character that adds some much needed depth. The feel is quite nice: creamy with a slow prickling carbonation. (4/5, 4.25/5)

Massively sweet. One of the sugariest beers I've had... a single 12oz bottle will almost be too much for me to handle. The huge candied fig flavor of this beer with its boozy warmth make this a bottle that could easily be shared. It's a pretty well made beer, but one that'll likely have the sugar making you bow out before the alcohol hits you.

(4/5)

 

Drinking local. Good stuff. Rich chocolate and good vanilla forward barrel.

 

You can find these in the Spätis here from time to time... I like!

 

Did you take this picture?? This should be in a magazine or something. Nice! Also a great brew! Had one a few nights ago.

 

This is a really nice one to drink when you can find it around here in Berlin. The Drink shop next to the school I went to always kept these in stock but probably because It was next to a brewing school... But since i am not in that part of Berlin so much anymore I am always keeping an eye out for this...

I think the people around here are beginning to accept it now...

 

I'll have to look, I'm in Rheinland Pfalz right now, which is pretty much a craft beer wasteland. I found the Fruh in a Globus (German version of Walmart/Target).

 

That's strange because aren't you closer to the Kölsch area than I am?

 

Methinks this is one of Highbrow's standard picture setting / background as I see them daily on this post. :-)

 

Another world-class beer from Revolution IMO:

 

My wife got a bunch of these as a birthday gift.
Unfortunately she doesn't drink IPA's.... but... I do!

 

Ouch! You'll have a nice scar from that.

 

You can always tell when it's Monday because I can post my beer at 2:35 eastern time and still make the first page. Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout in the glass.

 

For lunch I tried a Portuguese Beer I found in Massachusetts. Reminds me of Schlitz from the ol' days.