What beer are you drinking now? #2023

Good morning BA, have a great Saturday! I've pretty much ran out of beer to review now, so today will be a good day to seek some out. Need to get a haircut as well, getting uncomfortably thick again.

2015 is tasting fantastic. Flavors of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, caramel, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, dark bread, and light smoke/char. Light-moderate bourbon/oak spiciness, and light roast/char bitterness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very creamy, silky, velvety mouthfeel. Some bourbon/oak tannin dryness. Touch of chalky roast. Mildly increasing warmth, touch of lingering booze. Never had a KBS this old before, oddly more barrel presence and a bit rough on tannins. Coffee is basically gone. Still delicious as expected otherwise.


Tasting awesome! Flavors of huge raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, orange, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, and toasted brown bread; with some herbal, grassy, peppery hops. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, spicy hop bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; nice creamy mouthfeel; some sticky hops and light slickness/resins. Lightly-moderate increasing sticky/resin hop dryness. No hop astringency. Mild/pleasant warming ABV, minimal booziness. Smooth sipper. This seems a bit rougher than I remember last year, Jan 2017 batch. This has a lot of similar complexity of an English Barleywine with the added fruits, with enough hop character to feel American on style; without being super bitter/resinous like most of the classic American styles. Really well balanced, kind of a style hybrid of sorts. Will revisit again in 6 months again as I have been.


Cheers

Finally a new album after 8 years. Like what I heard so far. Will finish listening to the whole album later on.

 

Outstanding milkshake IPA. Great head retention/thick lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, pomegranate, berry, citrus peel/zest, and light pepper/pine hops; with moderate vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, white bread dough malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness; and slight pomegranate tartness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced creamy/bready/grainy lactose/oats and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Slight resins, lightly increasing bitter dryness, no hop astringency. Awesome soft mouthfeel, insanely drinkable, never aggressive, 7.8%. Not a ton of pomegranate; but is noticeable, and it complements the hop profile. Probably Galaxy/Mosaic/Simcoe. Balanced juicy/dank hop complexity; nice malt/lactose balance, never overly sweet/heavy. Will definitely grab more while I can.


Fantastic! Flavors of huge milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, vanilla, cream, fudge, toffee, vanilla, spicy rye whiskey, oak, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of coffee, coconut, smoke, marshmallow, molasses, licorice, and dark fruits. Similar aromas, a bit of booze in there as it warms. Very mild roast bitterness and rye whiskey/oak spiciness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and super full body; very creamy, silky, slick, and velvety mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal chalky roast, oak tannins, or dryness. Never cloying. Dangerous smooth sipping, mildly increasing warmth of 11%, touch of booze. Hit all my expectations. Extremely rich malt complexity with perfect rye barrel integration. A very thick and dense pouring beer from the rye and lactose. Very impressive and spot on for an imperial cream stout, not too roasty. Glad I grabbed a couple more a while back.


Cheers