What beer are you drinking now? #1055

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  1. hophugger

    hophugger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,434) Mar 5, 2014 Virginia
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    Good morning, getting ready to pop one of these before heading home from a 3 day mini vacation, Cheers !!
     
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  2. Mehinaman

    Mehinaman Initiate (0) May 16, 2015 Washington
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    Good morning everyone! About to head to Southern CA for vacation. Hoping to find some good bottles to bring back.

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  3. BeerVikingSailor

    BeerVikingSailor Grand Pooh-Bah (3,667) Nov 19, 2009 Ohio
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    Morning, beer peeps

    Happy Thursday!

    Drink well!

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    #3 BeerVikingSailor, Sep 10, 2015
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  4. Highbrow

    Highbrow Pooh-Bah (1,770) Jan 7, 2011 California
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    so glad to do things from home today. been a miserable 90°+ since last week with more in store. :angry:


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  5. TurkeyFeathers

    TurkeyFeathers Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2014 New York

    How'd that hold up ? One of my all time favorites
     
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  6. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    Goose Island Oktoberfest Cheers you all and Happy Thirsty Thursday to you!

    Their tasting notes say toffee and and burnt sugar and that sounds terrible already on apricot and hallertau hops which does sound good. Even Shiners successful variation on the oktoberfest which showed caramel on a spicy and colorful hop flavor was quite out of style. It smells lightly of dried apricot with a slight tartness. Malt is soft and I don't smell toffee so I am glad. Head is tan creamy and falls well to a film on top. Dry herbal hop is on the nose.

    Caramel apricot and hop spice. Very juicy and open malt palate. There's a tart explosion of flavor from the middle of the beer with an open malt softness that does show a touch of toastiness and that is a main style point. Carbonation makes this one tingle a bit. This is a good variation on the oktoberfest imo. It's refreshing. Can you say refreshing about the oktoberfest? I bet that is from a complimentary bitterness from hops.

    The beer actually dries out on the palate while a crisp tartness lingers with apricot flavor. Spicy finish with a bit of warmth from the abv which is too high for the style. It drinks sweeter because it's a bigger beer. Toffee does develop but it still tastes good.

    The caramel does get a bit stiff so the mouthfeel is fuller than the oktoberfest should be. Sweet again with the taste of light brown sugar and apricot. Too much residual sugar to be an oktoberfest.

    I am planning on having a few more of these actually.

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    #6 utopiajane, Sep 10, 2015
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  7. TurkeyFeathers

    TurkeyFeathers Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2014 New York

    . Happy Thursday BA. [​IMG]
     
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  8. TurkeyFeathers

    TurkeyFeathers Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2014 New York

    You have ginormous hands
     
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  9. jaydoc

    jaydoc Grand Pooh-Bah (4,534) Nov 12, 2008 Kansas
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  10. mtomlins

    mtomlins Pooh-Bah (1,585) Mar 12, 2010 Canada (ON)
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    A nice way to start the morning when you are feeling a bit 'under the weather':

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    Cheers BA!
     
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  11. djrn2

    djrn2 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,308) Nov 4, 2009 New Jersey
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  12. CanadianBacon

    CanadianBacon Pooh-Bah (2,003) Aug 26, 2015 Canada (QC)
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    Morning BA's, sadly no pics today but I started with a beaus lug tread lagered ale and am finishing off with a couple Stella Artois. boring day but oh well.
     
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  13. Highbrow

    Highbrow Pooh-Bah (1,770) Jan 7, 2011 California
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    fine. a bit less on the cinnamon nutmeg imho, (to my liking). caveat, the particular bottle has been in the beer-fridge since purchase. i have a cellared set buried but can't yet comment on those.
     
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  14. BeerVikingSailor

    BeerVikingSailor Grand Pooh-Bah (3,667) Nov 19, 2009 Ohio
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    Haha! It appears so in that pic....that vintage Loburg mug is actually quite small....like .2 liters!
     
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  15. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    The long-awaited Lagunitas-Longaberger collaboration:
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    Thursday is the new Friday! Prost!
     
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  16. hoptheology

    hoptheology Grand Pooh-Bah (5,379) May 12, 2014 South Dakota
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    Woke up with a sore throat, so having this concoction :


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    The alcohol is nice and warms the throat. It gives the Hot Cocoa a bit of a soda pop quality to it, which I'm not quite sure I'm a fan of.
     
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  17. T-Leb

    T-Leb Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2013 Missouri

    Maman - 23yr EC barrel version
     
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  18. frozyn

    frozyn Maven (1,435) May 16, 2015 New York
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    The best birthday breakfast brew I could think of for myself today:
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    Mmmmm, delicious. Fantastic beer @Sixpoint / @SixpointJMH - great way to start the day!
     
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  19. hoptheology

    hoptheology Grand Pooh-Bah (5,379) May 12, 2014 South Dakota
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    I found this photo, I think it's yours.

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    :grimacing::wink::grinning:
     
    #19 hoptheology, Sep 10, 2015
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  20. TurkeyFeathers

    TurkeyFeathers Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2014 New York

    A session beer by moi ?! :slight_frown:[​IMG]
     
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