What beer are you drinking now? #1185

Morning, BA's

Happy MLK, JR Day

This one is tasting mighty fine on this frigid (6 degrees!) day!

 

Founders Mosaic Promise = surprisingly good!!

 

1pm in London- the Kernel export stout, london 1890 recipe:



High wire grapefruit by Magic Rock brewing, kind of the British grapefruit sculpin:

 

Good morning BA, have a great day!

This is a damn good amber ale. Flavors of juicy grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, and pine hops; with moderate caramel, toffee, toasted biscuit, and light nutty malts and floral/grassy hop earthiness. Medium pine/grassy bitterness; with balanced hop stickiness and creaminess in the mouthfeel. Very drinkable and delicious! I threw a random single in my mix pack yesterday, and will definitely do so again.


Really nice brown ale as expected, haven’t had this one in a while. Flavors of chocolate, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, and light coffee; with some light-moderate herbal/spicy/citrusy hop flavors. Hint of dark fruit. Balanced herbal/spicy bitterness; with a nice creamy mouthfeel with a touch of hop/roast malt stickiness. Very drinkable. There are certainly other brown ales I would reach for first; but this one is really well done, and I would have it again.


This is such an awesome IPA. Flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, lime, melon, green pepper, citrus rind, and pine hops; with some light honey/bready malt balance and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind bitterness; with a nice dry and sticky/resinous finish with a touch of malt creaminess in the mouthfeel. I love this stuff, it really showcases a lot of nice characteristics of Equinox hops in the flavor profile along with the citrus/rind/piney notes of the other C hops that are there. I can only get this beer in the mix 12 pack right now(cleared out a singles shelf yesterday). I hope they start sending us 6 packs soon, or I am going to have to live with picking it off the singles selections. I love Equinox hops.


Wow, last year’s batch is tasting incredible as it always is. Huge flavors of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, fudge, caramel, toffee, vanilla, cream, and toasted bready malt. Some herbal/spicy hop bitterness; with a balanced bittersweet roasted finish. Full bodied creamy/silky mouthfeel; very smooth sipping for the ABV, with minimal warming. This stuff is absolutely amazing. I basically love the whole blackwater series the same amount according to my reviews(Choklat, Crème Brulee, Mokah, and Oranj); with honorable mention of the Jahva which may RIP. Warlock is delicious, but not quite the same tier of the others as far as stout's go; but i still love pumking a ton.


Cheers!

 

Morning coffee this chilly (36) Monday morning:



Keep warm fellow BAs!

 

Project Pam.

 

"It's never too early to get Surly"

Cheers BA

 

Good morning BAs! It was a balmy 7 degrees F when I went to the Y earlier. It's up to around 10 now - time to turn the AC back on. Something light for breakfast today since I'll spend all day filling out forms and writing lesson plans:



An old standby, and so is this:

 

Kane's Vanilla ANTEAD.

 

Einbecker Winter-Bock doppelbock.

 

Get any snow yesterday in your neck of the woods?

 

Picked this up yesterday and couldn't wait any longer. Pizza Boy's Sunny Side Up.

 

Another brutally cold morning along the southern shore with below zero temperatures. This 02/11/2015 bottle is working it's magic on such a morning. I imagine this years batch will be bottled soon!

Being Martin Luther King Day, take a moment to reflect on the man and his legacy. As always, let's have a great week!

 

Cheers to you on this holiday! My wife and I are both in education as well so I may have to crack one or two while I work.

 

A great way to start my day.........