What beer are you drinking now? #1337

I’ve been overdue for an oil change…

 

Westvleteren 12 (XII) leaves up to the hype!!!

 

good morning!

 

Good morning BA, have a great Saturday! I finally got my mountain bike back yesterday, so I am definitely going on the trail today. I was thinking Island Lake in Brighton. Haven’t been there in a year or so; would be a nice easy way to fly through 30+ miles of fast and less technical stuff.

My go-to hoppy American brown ale. Fantastic stuff. Flavors of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toast, dark bread, molasses, and light dark fruit; with medium herbal/grassy/pine hop flavors. Moderate pine/grassy bitterness, with a great balance of hop/malt flavors; with a moderately creamy/silky and smooth mouthfeel; with some hop stickiness as well. Light-moderate dryness. Always love it.


Incredible as always. Flavors of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, melon, passion fruit, berry, lemon/orange zest, and light pine hops; with moderate caramel/toasted bready malt and herbal/floral/grassy hops earthiness. Light-moderate pine/grassy bitterness; smooth finish with balanced hop stickiness and bready creaminess in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate dryness. Has all the mosaic and citra hop flavors I love with balanced bready malts to give it that juicy taste feeling. A definite go-to IPA now.


I got the BA Bigfoot from the Costco pack, so I figured I’d open last year’s. Just as amazing as I remember the 2014 I originally reviewed. Flavors of big caramel, toffee, raisin, plum, fig, molasses, vanilla, brown sugar, coconut, toasted oak, and bourbon; with some pine, herbal, citrus peel hop flavors. Moderate pine/rind bitterness and oak/bourbon spiciness. Full bodied with a creamy/slick mouthfeel with some sticky/resinous hop notes as well. Light increasing dryness as well from hop oils and tannic oak spice. I’ve always preferred English barleywines in barrels over American; but this is definitely an outstanding American version as always. Tons of barrel presence/complexity with great malt/hop flavor balance. Love it.


Cheers

 

After an 11 mile run, it's time for New Beer Saturday for me.

 

Stillwater Casita Cerveceria - On Fleek a dark start to a bright weekend!

 

450 North Brewing Scarecrow

#84 on the Indiana's Top Beers List

 

Adroit Theory Black As Your Soul Russian Imperial Stout.

 

Had me some of this last night and will make my way towards another today.

 

Good morning everyone! Yesterday was a big day around here. My son said for beer he wanted "Scotch ale brown ale amber ale or lager Idk classic styles without gimmicks" Today is wee heavy day. And we make a the pancake!

Cheers BA and Happy Weekend.

 

Waiting for the wife to wake up so we can head out to breakfast. While she sleeps I'm putting my time to good use drinking a KBS on the patio.



Cheers!

 

After 5 here in Nevada, and getting morning started with a Stout of the Union. No working wifi, no photo. We will arrive Pocatello, ID this afternoon. Have a great Saturday. Cheers!

 

Anchor Go West! IPA



Appearance: Light amber, very nice white cap.

Aroma: Good malt with hops following. Hops are floral, spicy and a bit earthy in a good way.

Taste: Good clean malt with hops present but in the background. The flavors of this brew are so well integrated it seems that none stand out then you realize that's because they're all working so well together. Very solid stuff that leaves a good impression. Malt in the finish and lingering hops in the aftertaste. Pleasant and rewarding drink.

Texture: Medium and pleasing.

Overall: This is one of the better ones from Anchor, I think. One of those you can't go wrong with when you want something good without being too different.

 

Good morning all, it's not cloudy here in NE Ohio, guess I should buy a lottery ticket. Time for coffee either way.



While I'm at it, here are some WBAYDlast week. My first New England beercation, and damn do I miss it already:


First hotel beer of the trip, why not make it my first ever Tree House growler.


Boom Sauce at the Lord Hobo bar in Cambridge


Make sure to stop at the Smuttynose restaurant Hayseed on your way to Maine--so worth it.


Maine Beer Co!


Does it get any better?


Another hotel, another beer.

 

Flying Southwest later today. Today is their 45th anniversary so one free drink will be given to each adult on the flight. Selection is pretty limited so I will having Dos Equis Especial. Free beer does my frugal heart good.

Cheapskates of the world, unite!

 

Happy Saturday BA.

Sitting here on the deck with a Breakfast Stout to start the day off right. Recently moved to a new condo so i'll have plenty of jobs later but for now some coffee then watch the Ireland vs Belgium game

 

At York Beach and having a Enjoy By 7 / 4. Cheers