What beer are you drinking now? #1717

Good morning! I've walked the dog and started exploring my new neighborhood. The animals have been fed, so it's coffee time - Stillwater's "On Fleek":



Plenty of roast malt and bittersweet dark chocolate. The 13% is barely a bite on the tip of my tongue. Happy Monday y'all!

 

Good morning BA, have a great Monday! Took the obviously more relaxing choice, and decided to work from home today. Pretty much no one is going to be in the office from my department, so I can always work on finishing up things from the comfort of my own couch. I have quite a lot to get done today.

Great Gose! Flavors of big tart/sour/tangy blueberry, blackberry, berry skin, lemon, lime, green apple, pear, red grape, coriander, sea salt, hay, straw, and light lacto funk/pepper; with moderate wheat, cracker, biscuit dough malt balance. Moderate fruity/lactic tartness; light yeast spiciness, fruit tang on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; balanced bready/grainy wheat and lactic acid in the mouthfeel; light fruit tannins and salinity. Moderately crisp, increasing lactic dryness, minimal puckering sourness. Super refreshing and flavorful for 5.2%. Perfect balance between the fruit and classic Gose style flavors; nice malt presence to balance the acidity. Super crushable stuff. Will have to get another pack after I finish this first one. I love all of the canned sours from this brewery,


My top favorite pale ale since BP entered the state, just wish I could find it fresh more often. Flavors of pineapple, peach, tangerine, grapefruit, mango, melon, passion fruit, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, and pine hops; with moderate toasted bread/light caramel malt; and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine/herbal/spicy bitterness; very smooth, crisp, moderately sticky, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel. Increasingly drying, but never astringent. Fantastic bright Mosaic/Calypso hop complexity. I love this stuff so much. So drinkable.


Amazing DIPA. Flavors of peach, apricot, pineapple, grapefruit, tangerine, papaya, passion fruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pine, and peppery hops; moderate cracker, biscuit, light honey malt balance; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine/rind/spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium-plus bodied and moderately crisp; balanced sticky/resinous hops and grainy malt creaminess in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing resin dryness after the finish; no lingering hop astringency. Insanely drinkable for 9%, lightly warming finish. Amazingly vibrant and dank hops; great malt backbone without being sweet or heavy feeling. Wish we got Troegs up here. I loved this last year, so I made sure to grab a 4 pack in Ohio before I came home. A tad pricy, but basicaly the same as all of the NEIPA 4 packs around here.


Found another 2015 recently. This is tasting insane! Flavors of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, toffee, cherry, licorice, vanilla, toasted dark bread, smoke, and charcoal; with underlying notes of oak, red wine, raisin, plum, fig, tobacco, bourbon, and peppery/piney hops. Moderate roast/char and piney/spicy hop bitterness on the finish; light touch of tannic wine and fruit tartness. Full bodied creamy, silky, slick mouthfeel; with a fair amount of sticky/chalky roast and hop notes. Increasing roast/char and bitter hop dryness. No acrid/astringent roast/char notes; but some lingering oak tannins. Dangerously smooth sipping, mildly warming ABV. Mind blowing stuff as usual, complexity and balance is simply off the charts. This and the Black Butte Anniversary are always must-buy beers every year. Already got the 2016 vintage of Abyss in the cellar. Looking forward to the Rum and Tequila 100% BA versions later this year.


Cheers

 

Rise and shine, BA's! It's a beautiful sunny morning here in the Cedar Valley, tailor-made for a nice glass of mango juice. Jokes aside, this Mango Bohemian is another fine Berliner Weisse-style brew from Exile. Light bodied and refreshing, pleasantly tart, and fruity and funky. Thinking outside the box here, but I could see this in a Bellini with a little mango puree and prosecco. What the hell, I'll do it!

Edit: I know this is a vase, but it's the closest thing I have to an actual stange. #proper



¡Carpe mañana!

 

Photobucket has called you out Dude...no image...

 

Sierra Nevada Narwhal. Have the day off, so doing some chores.

 

Crux Fermentation Project • [BANISHED] Freakcake - Barrel-aged Oud Bruin

 

Figured this'd be a good way to start the day off before Independence Day...

Evil Twin's latest take on Biscotti Break...

Cheers...

 

Thanks for the info. The post looks fine on my computer, but when I check it on my phone I get the same message as I was getting the other day. Fair warn, though: I am going to re-post this pic as soon as I sign up for a decent hosting service.

 

Switched to Imgur for that same issue. Easier to use and no ads!

 

I'm so happy I switched to Imgur a few months ago. Good luck with whatever you choose next

 

And my iphone doesn't have to be connected to WIFI to post photos, which was a real drag being on the road, visiting breweries, pubs, etc.

 

Can you see me now?

 

I heard it is national Duvel & Tool day. Cheers friends!

 

Yes! Nice, er, glassware

 

Is some Parabola next?

 

I wish. hey maybe if im a good lad krampus will get me one for christmas.

 

Actually really hoppy and bitter at 5 weeks. I like it


And a revisit. It's OK.

Cheers.

 

Best....Glass...Ever