Late Night BeerAdvocate - Thursday

Lagunitas Maximus

 

Oh yeah, man! I grabbed it last minute from Total Wine this afternoon. The price was totally right, and I never saw this beer from Victory (or any bomber from Victory) in Syracuse, so I had to give it a shot. The Belgian strain is very much there, and it still has that earthiness of a standard saison. Not as spicy as say, Hennepin or Ground Break, but I'm enjoying the hell of out this one.

 

DFH Red & White and 2 Hoptimums.

 

How is the DFH Red & White? Saw it in stores today.

 

With you on that. Ground Break is not a very well-done saison in my opinion though, and Hennepin is great but in a very intense way. Like that's about as intense as the malt, spice, or ABV should ever really get in a saison and still intend on maintaining balance. Helios though is a nice, balanced saison. And the ABV sneaks up on you.

Edit: Groundbreak is just fine, and enjoyable. It's just not one to write home about, I think.

 

The night is young and I'm already done. Had some Outer Darkness which wasn't blowing my socks off or anything. I enjoyed my Old Raspy more. Seems like they were trying to do too much with that Darkness or something.

 

HOPSLAM!! With my bro.

 

One of my favorites!!

 

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, what an amazing inexspensive stout! (ages great too) Probably a Hoptimum to finish the night off, still 1 more day of work!!

 

Just got back from a Bell's Tap Takeover. Had a glass of Harry Magill's Spiced Stout and the pièce de résistance Black Note. The keg kicked in 9 minutes.

 

Having my first Aprihop. This is really smooth - it's going to be hard to stop myself from finishing off the 4 pack.

 

Drinking a Steel Toe Rainmaker.

 

Great Lakes Blackout Stout. 1st time trying it and I must say it's one of my new favorites.

 

Had a homebrewed DIPA while cooking dinner, which is probably about another week or so away from hitting its stride in the bottle. Next was a Bell's Double Cream Stout, which I very much enjoyed, and I'm now just working my way into a Bruery Filmishmish.

 

Barrel Aged Human Blockhead with dinner, then Nugget Nectar and Columbus IPA. Not sure what is next.

 

Got a late start with this:

and now thoroughly enjoying local brew that I found on sale for 6.69 and drinks wonderfully:

 

Is this in bombers yet!?

Either way, make it rain my friend.

EDIT: I was thinking of their Barleywine... regardless, cheers!

 

Noble Pils. I don't get this beer at all, waste of my money

 

Drake's Hopocalypse. Didn't have a chilled bottle so decided on a room temp one, which is about 60 degrees for me. Definitely a good experience.

 

SN Hoptimum
CW Bourbon Barrel Stout

Cheers!