Was tangerine and clementines. Nice and fruity. Bottle was a 10/2015. I am terrible at picking up on oxidation and some other things but I can hit that aged saison thing This was a really tasty beer. Man I dug it. Thanks! And Cheers everyone.
@Eziel Nice guessing! The bottles I got from the barrel society last year were something of a mixed bag, but I thought Sargent was actually really good, glad you enjoyed it.
Good evening, duders and lady. @Yourahoser blew up my porch this morning! Perfect timing for the beach! Due South glass and the 2 wrapped bottles. Looking forward to both! Tampa Bay Brewing - Full Moon Madness Tropical Stout. Sounds tasty! Grimm Double Negative - Want. Yeehaw! Grimm Future Perfect -Sounds delicious! Should've been a want. Funky Buddha French Toast, Lemon Meringue Pie, Sticky Treats, and Barrel Aged Chocwork Orange. Super pumped about all of these. I love FB's other stuff. Perrin No Rules. Stoked I have another one!!!! Will most likely crack this weekend. Tampa Bay Brewing Reef Donkey APA - Sounds Tasty! Tree House That's What She Said - I'm excited to revisit this. Cigar City White Oak Jai Alai - Drinking right now. Tasty stuff. JDub's Brewing Bell Cow Milk Chocolate Porter - Looking forward to this one. Family Shot Thank you so much, Chad, You straight up killed it!!! Will post one of the #VBS beers soon.
Great box Chad! It's always interesting to see beers that are from your area that are really hard to get. Drooling over that Double Negative! It's starting to drop in my area now. Hoping I can get one near my work as I don't have the time to hunt in NYC.
Box dropped form @Avelasquez80 yesterday!! Pretty excited after watching everyone pop mystery bottles over the past few weeks. First up, the haul: Family shot with glass and tired dog The Cans Real Ale - Gose Deep Ellum - Local Legend Oasis - Meta Modern Live Oak - Hefe Martin House - Pretzel Stout The Bottles Goliad - Watermelon Gose Ranger Creek - Imperial Strawberry Milk Stout Mystery Bottle 1 (unwrapped in this pic now that I drank it) Myster Bottle 2 (Creepy Nicholas Cage) Lone Pint - Yellow Rose Oddwood - Saison Jester King - Omniscience Proselytism Not sure if I am more excited for mystery beers or known beers. I have definitely not had much form Texas beyond a pour of Yellow Rose,. Love mosaic so I am ready for some more! Excited for some JK bottles and the nice mix of beers Ariel sent. The cans should disappear quickly. The glass matches the Imperial Strawberry Milk Stout and that should be a nice bottle do dig into next time I want a good dessert beer. The covered bottle art made me laugh. Cheers and Thanks @Avelasquez80 !! I couldn't wait to get into a mystery bottle so I chose sexy santa... I had no idea what this was, my notes are: SMOKEY, oak or spiciness from?, orange juice, tart with a non-sugary sweetness. It dried up a bit as it warmed and the smokiness was more balanced with everything else going on. I couldn't even begin to really describe this beer, but it was very interesting to try blind. Second pour! It is Jester King Gotlandsdricka - JK website - Gotlandsdricka, meaning “Drink of the Land of Goths”, is believed to have been the beer of the Vikings. Our rendition of this ancient style is inspired by the traditional farmhouse ales once brewed on the island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden. Gotlandsdricka (6.6% alcohol by volume) is brewed with birchwood smoked malt, juniper, sweet gale and rye. It’s unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally carbonated through re-fermentation in the bottle.
Mystery #VBS Bottle #1 Super smooth mouthfeel, big coconut notes, some chocolate, nutty, feels like a porter. This really reminds me of/tastes like Last Snow. The Reveal.......Due South One Eyed Tiki Coconut Porter with cocoa, aged on Oak. Delicious! My dad and brother were big fans, too. Thanks again, Chad!
That's awesome Brandon! Thanks for the offer but I'll be in CT tomorrow. This community amazes me all the time with the generosity.
Got the GIF box from @Steban the other day. Awesome box with some great stuff in it that was a really great surprise to find on my porch when I got home. Everything is a new tick and most of it I've never even heard of. From Left to right: Brevard Bohemian Pils Brandy Barrel Ten Fidy Civil SOciety Fresh Burial and Other Half's Prismatic Eye Highland Brewing Mandarina IPA Wicked Weed Calimost Burial Surf Wax Hesit Brewing Company Thirst Here's the Mandarina in the Newbies glass that came today (thanks @Elkevjoe!) Thanks for the beers @Steban I'll open up the next round of GIF tomorrow
Awesome pickitupbro box landed from @Elkevjoe. Full Allotment X 2 Noble Sorrel Bourbon Barrel Black Maple Bourbon Barrel Oro Negro X 2 I've been able to get my hands on more Jackie O's in the last few months thanks to our Ohio Newbies. Thanks so much for this one Kevin.
I was notified by UPS yesterday that I was receiving a package from @Elkevjoe, who told me "it's just a sixer." Today I received this return-fire ninja box full of ALL WANTS, a damn fine sixer if you ask me. The Veil Master Shredder - I've been dying to try some Veil and see what these guys are about The Veil Idonteverwanttobu - Really intrigued by this 0 IBU DIPA, I love citra and mosaic Hoof Hearted Konkey Dong - Excited to try this, only ever had Minotaur from HH Jackie O's Oro and BB Oro - Oro is a permawant and I'm stoked about the BB version Jackie O's BB Wood Burner - Pretty much want to try every stout they make. I've been impress with the few I've tried. Thanks Kevin! Don't forget I have your address saved in my BA messages...
Every page of our thread includes so many amazing pics. Serious quality flowing in this group. Great summer for sure!
I've been using my awesome newbies glasses all week, but have been too busy to post. Here is my week in beer: Second mystery beer from @jschott75 Dark, syrup, vanilla, and maybe some fruit. My husband is convinced the fruit is cherry. And he was right! Pipework's Cherry Truffle Abduction. Good stuff! Another Pipeworks from @jschott75 (my last Pipeworks). This was a new brewery tick for me. And I think this is my unexpected favorite beer this month!! Partially because this is my favorite beer can ever! But also, this Belgian IPA is really interesting, really funky. This Grimm I picked up at the last minute of my NY trip was worth the checked bag fee! This tastes so citrusy, like I spiked the beer with grapefruit juice. The newbies glasses are seeing a lot of hops this week. This beer was also pretty citrusy tasting to me. Not quite as much as Grimm. This was my first Kern and I am a fan. Great glasses @Elkevjoe Bart I have yours too!
Drank my second mystery beer the other night. First thing that hit me was the bourbon. There was also a fruit sweetness that I couldn't place and hints of caramel as well. This was a great blind and something I would have never guessed. Really tasty beer. I'm gonna have to drink an old fashioned soon so I can compare. Thanks again @Steban
Opened up my second mystery beer from @andreizm. First thoughts are it's a spiced stout. Now time to try to figure out what.
Beer kept getting better and better as it warmed up, but I didn't have much luck figuring out what it was. I was focused on west coast breweries. Pretty sure it wasn't from the Bruery based on the shape of the bottle. Next thought was Alesmith based on the last mystery beer. I couldn't come up with anything from Alesmith that was spiced and not barreled. Thought I would take a quick look under the tap on the cap to see if I could figure it out from that. I was focused on the wrong coast. Only one spiced stout comes to mind from CCB, but could it be? Holy Shit.....CCB Huna. Never would have figured it out. Way too generous. Thanks again for the awesome box @andreizm.
It looks like our good friend @Elkevjoe has been busy.... a very generous box from Kevin crushed my porch this weekend.... totally blew me away. Thanks so much dude!
@Elkevjoe is an animal. Pure and simple. Between you and @RayOhioFelton , it is tough to find and opening to spread the JOs love around! That is what you get @CBrodbeck for trying to stray over into the Viper Pit I really enjoyed it. I've enjoyed every Night Shift brew I've tried. Has any Newbie not been destroyed by Kevin's JOs bombs? I have some spare bootles I'd like to send.
