What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2059

Good morning BA, have a great Sunday! Not much going on, another normal Sunday with bottle returns, laundry, and a grocery run later on.

World class as always, haven't had this in a while. Flavors of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, toffee, molasses, chili pepper, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of raisin, cherry, currants, smoke, char, and nuttiness. Bittersweet balanced roasted finish, mild pepper spice. Full bodied creamy/silky mouthfeel; lightly slick with a bit of sticky/chalky roast and spice notes. Slightly increasing roast/spice drying. Very well hidden ABV; minimal warmth, no booze. Great pepper balance with minimal heat. The different coffee is definitely noticeable. Quite a bit more fruity, nutty, and smokey for this one vs Nordaggios. Both are equally amazing.


2017 rum barrel edition apparently(but it's only 22% of the blend; 36% french oak/42% american oak). This was fantastic! Awesome lasting head retention and thick lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big raisin, plum, fig, cherry, pear, red apple, red grape, peppercorn, clove, rum, toasted oak, and light banana; moderate caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread malt balance; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, herbal/floral/grassy hops, and yeast earthiness. Moderate peppery yeast, rum/oak tannin spiciness; and light herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish. Medium high carbonation, medium-plus body, and fairly crisp finishing. Balanced creamy/grainy malt, sticky hops/yeast, and oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing spicy/tannic/carbonated dryness. Very smooth, zero warming 10.5%. Really loved this one, but not any more than the base Grand Reserve. Awesome balace of yeast complexity and malts/sugars as usual; the oak is VERY prominent, but not overwhelming. For 42 dollars, I'll take the base beer over it all year. Was a wonderful experience otherwise. 4.23


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Fantastic Gose. Aromas and flavors of huge juicy/tart/tangy passion fruit, papaya, fruit skin, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, apricot, mango, melon, guava, berry, sea salt, hay, straw, and grass; with moderate wheat, white bread, light honeyed malt; light lacto funk and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang; and light yeast spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation, medium-plus body, and fairly crisp finishing. Balanced bready/grainy malts, lactic acid, fruit tang/tannins, and light salinity in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing acidic/tangy/tannic fruit drying. No puckering. Insanely drinkable, 5%. Ended up buying a lot more after my review. First gose I've had from Mikkeller, and they nailed it. This is top tier stuff for the style. Super juicy fruit, balanced lacto complexity, and solid pale/wheat malt balance against acidity.


Amazing IPA as always. Aromas and flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, apricot, mango, citrus peel/rind, pepper, and pine hops; with moderate honey, toasted bread malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced creamy/bready malt and sticky/resinous/rindy hops in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing resin dryness, no hop astringency. Very drinkable and not overly aggressive. Even with the new hops they added for the 1.1 version, it still tastes like the original Chinook/Centennial hop profile the most. Hope we keep getting these fresh cans more often now. I will keep buying them. Perfectly balanced juicy and dank hop complexity; with a nice solid malt backbone. A true classic IPA. Pretty much just as impressive as the first time I reviewed it over 6 years ago. Will get more Arrogant cans soon as well.


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