What beer are you drinking now? #4495

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  1. Dethark

    Dethark Grand Pooh-Bah (3,820) Dec 28, 2020 England
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    Grave Diggers Ale by Church End.

    A very nice dark mild.

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    #21 Dethark, Feb 8, 2025
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  2. Ozzylizard

    Ozzylizard Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,419) Oct 5, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Good day BAs! Thanks @jkblr for opening the bar!
    Today's a triple entry for me - WBAYDN, NBW, and Cellaruary:

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    This dude's been hanging around for a year or two, but it's GOOD!
     
    #22 Ozzylizard, Feb 8, 2025
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  3. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Guinness 0 and Six Nations Rugby (Wales v Italy)
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  4. Dethark

    Dethark Grand Pooh-Bah (3,820) Dec 28, 2020 England
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    Fallen Angel by Church End.

    English pale ale enjoyed in the Alehouse in Reading. Wife desperately trying to get out of the photo!

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    #24 Dethark, Feb 8, 2025
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  5. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,284) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Grabbed a couple of Church End bottles in Birmingham, but can imagine them being way better on tap or cask.
     
    #25 JamFuel, Feb 8, 2025
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  6. MadMadMike

    MadMadMike Grand Pooh-Bah (3,555) Dec 11, 2020 France
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    Bock with breakfast in Maryland? Sure! Cheers!

    Dime for the jukebox:

     
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  7. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    G'day all!

    Nice crispy 3°F this morning. This arrived yesterday from Good Times Oakland. Canned January 15th. The Mosaic hops are doing their thing. Fruity, hoppy, a bit of spiciness. Good brew.

    Prost!
     
    #27 Bitterbill, Feb 8, 2025
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  8. Dethark

    Dethark Grand Pooh-Bah (3,820) Dec 28, 2020 England
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    The mild was beautiful. The pale was good too just not a patch on the mild.
     
    #28 Dethark, Feb 8, 2025
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  9. VABA

    VABA Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,735) Aug 8, 2015 Virginia
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    Cheers!
     
    #29 VABA, Feb 8, 2025
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  10. GreenBayBA

    GreenBayBA Grand Pooh-Bah (4,265) Aug 30, 2015 Wisconsin
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    It is a beautiful snowy morning in Titletown, USA. This phenomenal beer was provided by @azuelke. It is his favorite IPA, so I know it was hard to part with it. It is great to see @JamFuel join us for a virtual bar Saturday. Hopefully he can join us for the BeerAdvocate Zoom gathering tonight. I will be there for sure.
     
    #30 GreenBayBA, Feb 8, 2025
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  11. Whyteboar

    Whyteboar Grand Pooh-Bah (4,286) Jun 7, 2008 Michigan
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    I have exactly 1 of those left, trying to decide if it’s fit for my “ultimate day of stouts” and keep it there or just drink it and hope they brew more soon.
    Cheers!
     
    #31 Whyteboar, Feb 8, 2025
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  12. Bluecrow

    Bluecrow Grand Pooh-Bah (3,501) Jul 16, 2012 New York
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    Roasty Toasty Stout from Great South Bay Brewing. Cheers
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  13. Dethark

    Dethark Grand Pooh-Bah (3,820) Dec 28, 2020 England
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    ESB by Indie Rabble

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  14. scott451

    scott451 Pooh-Bah (2,694) Apr 2, 2009 Canada (ON)
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    The hero we need. Taking one for the team.:+1:
     
    #34 scott451, Feb 8, 2025
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  15. TwentyDimes

    TwentyDimes Pooh-Bah (1,676) Feb 17, 2013 Massachusetts
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    Good day everyone! Thanks @jkblr for getting us going. The bar is already quite busy today.

    Tiger Original Lager from Singapore is nothing earthshaking, clean, and good with local food.

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    Cheers from Hong Kong! :beers:
     
    #35 TwentyDimes, Feb 8, 2025
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  16. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    Good morning, BAs! I've spent all morning getting a ton of work done around the house, and I'm ready to sit down and relax.

    Last week, in the spirit of Celluary, I cracked open a 2017 Huna. While the flavors held up impressively, it was also badly oxidized, and frankly, neither of us could get through it. It's a shame, but that's the risk you run when you toss something into the cellar ... and then forget about it. :wink:

    (TBH, I didn't so much forget about my Hunas; I was saving them for a huge vertical that never materialized, because we are hermits without friends.)

    Today, then, I'm going to go back to Huna, but I'm trying a 2023 bottle, for which I have high hopes. By bookending my oldest and newest Hunas, I can hopefully get an idea of how well this beer is holding up overall (a vertical separated by time). If this one is bad, then all of the rest are going to be bad, but if this one is good, then I can slowly work my way through the older bottles and figure out how long is too long. I already know 7+ years is too long. :wink:

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    Little, if any, oxidation on the nose. Story is the same for the palate: there's some dark fruitiness that I don't necessarily associate with fresh Huna, but not so much that it's overpowering, or implies that she's gone bad. And even then, between the roasty stout base, cinnamon, and peppers, Huna has a solid amount of that flavor when fresh, so I'm not sure how much age has impacted the profile at all.

    This is really quite good.

    Did it benefit from aging more than a year? Not in any way that I can tell. The pepper spice in Huna is never particularly potent, and while it's a roasty stout, it's not a hoppy stout: the bitterness isn't something that fades much over time, nor needs to. It's possible the pepper and chocolate have muted due to the time, but not noticeably so - not without being able to side-by-side it with a fresh example. And even then, I picked up on chocolate and peppers in the 2017 bottle.

    Overall, a very good beer, but drink your Huna fresh. :wink:

    Cheers!
     
    #36 Roguer, Feb 8, 2025
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  17. Gkruszewski

    Gkruszewski Grand Pooh-Bah (5,859) Nov 1, 2013 New York
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    Speedway Stout - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
    AleSmith Brewing Company
     
    #37 Gkruszewski, Feb 8, 2025
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  18. Dethark

    Dethark Grand Pooh-Bah (3,820) Dec 28, 2020 England
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    Single hopped Talus beer from Delphic Brewing.

    Not as strong with the coconut as I was expecting.

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    #38 Dethark, Feb 8, 2025
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  19. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    #39 Beersnake, Feb 8, 2025
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  20. Victory_Sabre1973

    Victory_Sabre1973 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,445) Sep 15, 2015 Minnesota
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    Drinking this while getting some projects done. Damn tasty this snowy morning.

     
    #40 Victory_Sabre1973, Feb 8, 2025
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