What beer are you drinking now? #1942

Finishing myself off for the night here ba. Heavy Boots of Lead, imperial stout, from Singlecut. Really just straight forward chocolate malt goodness. New look bottles too,

 

Good Evening BA
My work week is over until Sunday night. Celebrating with this...

Congratulations on the upcoming wedding. Cheers all!

 

Happy Mardi Gras, fellow kissers of the hops.

Started off with a Platform Pushin' Pedals, a lemon lime shandy that was a one time offering in support of Ohio bike riding nonprofits. Not sure if it was appropriate to enter a past one off into their offerings but, welp there it is now. Not bad, like a slightly less interesting DFH SeaQuench. Followed that with an Avery Liliko'i Kepolo, which isn't a bad follow up. But now comes a slow sipping end of the evening with a 2016 Backwoods Bastard.

 

Canteen's Laid Back Lager.

Music to fit that mood.

 

Tired Hands Big Dream Sympathic, thanks @CanConPhilly, cheers!

 

Bacon. Can never ever have enough.

 

Staying within the Wolverine state. I learned by driving to Old Nation today that road M43 was enroute, even tho they were closed for repair. It wud have been nice to be informed B4 the 60 mile drive but I still dig the beer. Cheers

 

Good evening BA, hope everyone had a good Tuesday. Another pretty mellow work day once again, all my meetings got cancelled. Listened to Pandora all day again. Found a couple more metal bands I've never heard of.

Today's reviews:

Excellent gose. Great head retention/lacing for the style. Aromas and flavors of big tart/tangy blueberries, fruit skin, lemon, lime, green apple, red grape, sea salt, coriander, herbal, and grass; with moderate wheat, cracker, white bread dough malts; mild lacto funk and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; balanced bready/grainy wheat creaminess, fruit tang, and lactic acid in the mouthfeel; some salinity and light stickiness. Light-moderate increasing acidic/tangy fruit dryness, no pucker. Very flavorful/refreshing, 4.5%. Great between Lacto, fruit, salt, and pale/wheat malts; no overly salty or lactic. Spot on stuff. 4


Awesome English brown. Great head retention/lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big hazelnuts, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toffee, vanilla, dark fruit, and herbal/grassy hops. Mild herbal/grassy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; really nice creamy/bready/grainy malt mouthfeel; light sticky hops and chalky roast. Lightly increasing lingering bitter dryness. Extremely smooth and drinkable, 5.5%. Really spot on brown. Nicely rich dark/bready malt complexity with balanced hazelnut flavors; mild earthy hop balance against sweetness. Not overly roasty. Really well executed all around. Not overdone on any aspect. 4.1


Hazed and Amused. This was awesome! Amazing lasting head retention and thick soapy lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, white grape, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus zest/peel, and light pepper/pine hops; with moderate wheat, biscuit, light honeyed malt balance; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced creamy/bready malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Light resins/rinds, light-moderate increasing bitter dryness, no hop astringency. Very easy drinking, never aggressive, 5.5%. Really awesome balance of juicy/dank hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. My can says Simcoe and Hallertau Blanc on the bottom. Awesome hop showcase of both. 4.13


Scotch ale in Crown Royal rye barrel. Fall 2016 bottling. 3 hour boil and 6 months barrels. This was excellent. Minimal head retention/lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big raisin, plum, cherry, fig, pear, red apple yeast; with balanced caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, rye whiskey, toasted oak, and brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, chocolate, cocoa, herbal, grass, leather, and yeast earthiness. Mild herbal bitterness and rye whisky/oak spiciness on the finish. Light carbonation and medium-plus body; very creamy/silky malt/barrel mouthfeel. Minimal sticky hop, chalky roast, oak tannins, or dryness. Dangerously smooth sipping, minimal warming 10.5%, zero barrel booze. The body was a bit thin, but the silky barrel character made up for it. Really well balanced fruity yeast and dark/bready malt complexity; with outstanding barrel presence and integration. Really delicious and well executed. Not overwhelming on any aspect. 4


Cheers

Been really digging this band since I found them last week. Symphonic Black metal has really been my jam more recently.

 

When a coworker goes skiing in VT...and you slip them some cash.

 

Take THAT! @ovaltine

 

Watching Shawn White be Shawn White. Almanac Tropical Galaxy Dry-Hopped Sour aged in Oak Barrels with Mango, Lime & Coconut

 

Second pour pic...

Picked up the beer and glass in Indy last week while traveling. Contemplating my next beer...

 

Going to enjoy this beauty from @mschrei while watching the half pipe. Thanks, Matt!

 

Cheers!

 

Lagunitas Sucks double IPA with muffulettas for Fat Tuesday and a dance party! Life is good. If I could just Foxtrot better...

 

Took 3 weeks off from this and decided I needed a fix.

 

I'm impressed you can Foxtrot at all.

 

going to have some sierra nevada hazy little thing ipa then some left hand milk stout nitro i nthe 16oz can

today i got a 6 pack of sierra nevada hazy little thing ipa on sale for 8.99 at the store then went to the liquor store which i dont goto often and was going to get some left hand milk stout nitro bottles from the shelf and they were out so then i noticed they had some left hand milk stout nitro in the cans 16oz 4 pack inside the refrigerated beer room which didnt even notice until today which is even better than the bottles probably