What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3692

Enjoying a Celebration with round 2 after having a Foothills Sexual Chocolate with round 1 which surprisingly was a heavy roasted and hopped imperial stout with a light touch of cocoa adjunct. Turned out to be much better than expected.
Cheers!
Tom

 

Leinenkugel's Toasted Bock, 5.1% ABV. Pours dark brown, with a one-finger beige head that left no lacing on the fine plastic cup. Nose is toasted malt. Taste is toast, faintly bitter. Excellent mouthfeel, overall excellent.

3.99/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This was a free beer I got with my hotel room in Chippewa Falls, WI, home of Leinenkugel's. I suspect that the brewery provides these at most/all hotels in town. I had a choice of others, but this sounded good, and it was. Just occurred to me - I paid for two rooms, should have gotten two beers.

 

Big Horn (The RAM) Bogus West Coast IPA

 

It's some straight purple bud. Real nice aroma and flavor. Surprisingly its better than the last batch of Gary P. Puts off a lot of kief so iv been topping bowls.

 

Well, the time has arrived for a lawn mower beer except its not grass I'm grooming. The two-stage snow blaster LIVES!! A tin of Labatt Blue Light to clear my elderly neighbor's drive first and I'll take a break w another one B4 clearing my drive. Rock Steady! Cheers!

This tune goes out to @LarryV and @budsNpils

 

G'day all!

Snowy and night it twas. Enjoying this nice "Double Coffee Porter".

Prost!

 

Lovely drawing
So expressive
Cheers

 

That beer is so good
Cheers

 

Life can be unkind at times.

 

Miller Lite is right.....

 

Agreed - it's a bit different than most other brown ales too. Uniquely Berkshires.

 

Tonight’s Blind Battle Beer Tasting Lineup:

1) Alaskan Winter Ale (6.4%): A Winter Warmer from Alaska with flavors of dark bread malt, sweet grape, and chocolate. Malty, yet drinkable.
versus
2) Deschutes Jubedale (6.7%): A Winter Warmer from California that has flavors of citrus, roasted caramel, and bitter pine.
versus
3) New Belgium Holiday Ale (7.5%): A Winter Warmer from Colorado with flavors of cranberry and cinnamon spices.

4) Hubbard’s Cave Fresh IIPA One Hop Simcoe (8.5% canned 8/17/22): A NEIPA from Illinois with Simcoe for flavors of resinous tangerine, earthy grapefruit, and a smooth malty body.
versus
5) Toppling Goliath Soul Hunter (7.8% canned 9/8/22): A NEIPA from Iowa with Simcoe Cryo and Riwaka for flavors of sweet orange flower, pineapple, and mango.
(mismatched #1 and #2 blind, correctly matched the rest)
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Winners:

1) Alaskan Winter Ale: New Belgium drinks like an autumn harvest tea with cinnamon spices, but not quite my "cup of tea". Jubedale drinks much more bitter and piney than I remember.... maybe even up the alley of Celebration. If Alaskan Brewery can do one thing that is make malty beers. This one has tons of dark bread, toasted flavor with some smooth chocolate notes within. Lots of flavor, yet a drinkable ABV.

5) Toppling Goliath Soul Hunter: Approaching three months out and still drinking at top quality. Nice balance of sweet orange, pineapple, and mango balanced by the bitter floral notes. It may be getting even better with some age on it. Simcoe and Riwaka are a great combination here.

 

Sweet!! #ILoveKief

 

Work complete
Cemetery work complete
Service work today, got that canning line running
This now
Do good
It is giving Tuesday, (every day in my mind)
Be well

 

Good tune, going to have to break out the Lambs Bread

 

That's another good brew from BBC. Cheers my friend!

 

Turning into a Bock-like evening. Samuel Adams Winter Lager. Smooth as silk.



No telling how great Lee Morgan could have been. Died at age 33. Shot to death by his common law wife.

 

Picked up some Deschutes Jubel Ale today. Going to try it for the first time sometime this week.

 

Told myself I wouldn't buy any BCBS this year because I just don't need it. Have too much from previous years...but now I'm feeling left out.

Breaking out some 14 from last year to compensate. Tasting quite good actually. Cheers!