What beer are you drinking now? #1663

Fantastic IPA, finishing off the 6 pack. Flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, and pine hops; with moderate honey/bready malt balance; and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine/grassy/citrus peel bitterness on the finish. Medium bodied; balanced grainy creaminess and hop stickiness in the mouthfeel. Lightly resinous and increasingly drying finish; zero hop astringency. Incredibly bright on hops, and pretty juicy/dank feeling. They recently changed the hopping on this beer, but it's still as amazing as it always was. I believe the old beer was Amarillo/Simcoe/Centennial; but now it is Simcoe/Citra/Mosaic/Centennial.


My main go-to fruit beer. Grabbed another 4 pack yesterday, glad it's year round. Flavors of big juicy sweet/tart raspberries; with moderate wheat, cracker, bready malt balance; and some light herbal/spicy hop earthiness. Balanced tart, lightly bitter finish; and lightly creamy wheat/fruit acidity in the mouthfeel. Fairly crisp with light-moderate acidic/bitter dryness. Always amazing, so refreshing.


Delicious oatmeal stout as usual. Big flavors of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toasted oats, brown bread, and light molasses/dark fruit/smoke; touch of herbal hops. Balanced bittersweet roast/herbal hop bitter finish. Very smooth with a nice medium bodied creamy/silky mouthfeel. Touch of chalky roast and dryness. Spot on English style expectation. I love this stuff. Glad they made it year round recently.


Delicious tripel as always. Flavors of big apricot, orange, pear, apple, golden raisin, mango, pepper, clove, and light banana; with moderate candi sugar/biscuity malt balance; herbal/floral hops and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate spicy yeast finish against sweetness; increasing dryness, never cloying. Very smooth sipper for the ABV, and not too heavy on mouthfeel for the style either. Really enjoyable and underrated to me. Tripels are my second favorite style, behind English Barelwyines currently. Was my top favorite for a while. Awesomely priced local for the ABV and 6 pack format.


Cheers

 

sigh... bravo to the Pens....

same shit same story... time to blow this team up...

I am going to start cheering for the Jets at this point...


Firestone Walker Brewing - Bravo Imperial Brown Ale 2017 by imbibehour, on Flickr

Cheers!

 

A couple of these with dinner. Didn't post 'em last night, but let's be real... The Models deserve some respect. Salud!

 

Sunday Morning Stout-



Cheers, all!

 

von Trapp Vienna Lager.

Cheers, all!

 

No it doesn't.

 

Alpha King
3 Floyd's

 

Good evening BAs! Rainy night here, but I won't complain. Current forecast is 72 and sunny at Dark Lord Day Saturday. I'll take that trade every time.



Enjoying my second to last bomber of homebrew Imperial Coffee Stout brewed July 2015. Still tasting damn fine - chocolate, coffee, slight lingering bitterness on the finish.

That's all for now, going to catch up on some posts. Cheers!

 

Sold!!!

 

Yes it does.

 

Trillium Melcher Street

Mikkeller Sensible Sweater

 

I will be looking for that in cans. Great brew

 

Busch

 

Good evening BA's!! Last day of my mini-vacation while the wife is in New York. She and her friend were on the Today Show this morning and went to the taping of The Tonight Show. Have to watch here in a bit to check if I can see her in the audience. Well enough about my life, now heeeeeeeere's the first beer! Cheers everyone!!!

 

Curiosity killed the cat? Hope it doesn't get me.
Really, really,.....really wanted some Annie hop-goodness tonight, but........ also the ol' monkey curiosity wanted to try the new stuff. Sooo....... doing it all. Last one (better be!) . Have I said how fanDAMNtastic she is? (Probably). Sayin' it again. (Smelling the <3 hops from 10' away, as I take the pic!)

#ProperGlassware

Took a #BeerBreak (The Bros say it is OK, eh? )

To NY & VT!(Fantastic cider, if you're into that. ; ) ) Here in Zone:That-Won't-Grow-Here, some wonderful things will grow. <3


& in case you(NY & NE BAs) were feelin' down about some May backslidin' (Co-worker had snow, yesterday a.m.) , it could be worse, eh? (2 yrs ago)

 

The cans are nice but I like it better in bottles.

 

That doesn't surprise me. I personally prefer less heat in these beers than most.