What beer are you drinking now? #1889

Noel a Belgian style dark ale from Goose Island , Saw it at the Hy-Vee . Looked interesting, decent reviews, not bad.

 

Blue Moon was not fooling around when they named this beer "Pacific Apricot Wheat." Strong apricot smell and taste.

 

Miskatonic Plum Gold

9.5% Belgian aged on smoked plums in gin barrels. Nice warmth down there.

 

Stepping up a bit from 3.5% abv.





Undoubtedly, my last sample of The Beast. Bottled July 2015, batch 13!!!

 

Plain old pale ale here

 

Happy Friday BA’s.

Henri doesn’t get the flying can concept, but digs Foggy Geezer

 

Made the trip up to Moms house now relaxing with an Aslin Double Orange Starfish.Holy shit this thing is amazing!!!

 

Last night's closer, held up pretty well but with alot more licorice/anise due to the age...



... while hangin' with Gus.



And right now? Just killin' some time while waiting on @jhartley 's family to stop by since the posse is back in town! Enjoyin' a howler of this from TheDogMan, @SawDog505 . A Double IPA from a brand new brewery up in New Hampshire, Kettle Head Brewing Company. This is some rock solid shah!

 

Happy Place.

 

Canned 12/13/17, nine days old.
Just about perfect Lush.
Wonderful nose, taste, feel, and finish.
Really nothing wrong at all with this beer.

Best. Lush. Ever.

Cheers!

4.43/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12/18/16:
Nice one inch head that dissipates down to a ring in a few minutes, but comes back with a couple swirls. Nice floral and fruity nose. Taste follows suit with a not too bitter finish. The feel is where this really stands out. A solid offering from the Frost family. Cheers!
4.25/4.25/4.25/4.5/4.25...4.28

Edited 12/22/17 from 12/13/17 canning.
4.25/4.25/4.5/4.5/4.5...4.43

 

A couple of new tastings this evening.
The Mezcal smells insanely good.



The Drumroll smells GREAT too!
Both are fine.

 

Ritual Brewing Monk's Lunch, a Belgian style pale ale, to start, cheers!

 

I think I noticed recently this overtook Master of Karate for highest rated. I found it more juicy and probably better constructed as a “juicy IPA” that MoK, but I could think differently tomorrow.

I recall the same. What I don’t recall is if I have one more to re-verify. I think not, but I’ll be sure to post if I find differently. Cheers and happy holidays!

WTF!?! Rejoin us ASAP after the holidays

On the Siracusa, I wanted to hate it to spite @PatrickCT, but honestly agree - it’s well made but has what I found as a high tannin level just beyond what I’d have liked.

 

Home and onto some fresh Break the Bank. Magnify sometimes has consistency issues but this collab with Barrier Brewing is always great. In fact, this may be the best batch ever!

 

My next beer, and my first ever Firestone Walker beer.

DBA from Firestone Walker.

I picked this up in Iowa Wednesday. I saw a lot of their IPAs, but they were bottled/canned back in June, so I passed. I did pick up this one, and I like it.

3.94/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a amberish color. Fairly clear. The head is 1 finger, white, and frothy. Some lacing on the glass.
The nose has a bit of sweetness to it. Some malt aroma. S
Taste - intersting. I get a lot of flavors, but all are somwhat on the mellow side. I get some sweetness. Some malt. Slight hop bitterness. I almost get a hefe flavor to this beer.
Feel is pretty decent bodied. Some carbonation feel.
First Firestone Walker beer, that I picked up in Iowa, and I like it.

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New canned in Decorah not Florida Psuedo Sue. That's more like it.

 

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale. The best of the best concerning Christmas Ales.

Cheers, all.

 

I have to agree with you about Aslin. @cjgiant gave me six of them. Four of the six were just downright awesome. The other two were just a shade under awesome. I cannot comment on any other beer styles they may brew but their double IPAs are world class. And I am comparing them with Veil and Triple Crosssing, both of which brew great double IPAs.