What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2114

Good morning BA, have a great Saturday. Going to be a nice but hot weekend over here.

This is amazing. Aromas and flavors of big nutty dark roast coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, and herbal/peppery hops. Light roast/char/herbal bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; very creamy/silky/bready mouthfeel; light slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast/coffee, and oak tannins. Lightly increasing lingering bitter/tannic dryness, never acrid/astringent. Mildly increasing warmth of 8.5%, minimal barrel booze. Amazingly rich and complex; with perfect balance of fruity/nutty coffee, bourbon barrels, and malts. Not overly roasty, letting the coffee really have a strong showing. This is my favorite CW reserve yet. Reminds me of KBS a lot, just a bit lighter on the body.


7/22/2015. This is fantastic! Flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, and pine hops; with balanced caramel, brown sugar, and lightly toasted bread malts; with herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; balanced creamy/slick malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Slight resins. Light-moderate increasing lingering bitter/spicy alcohol dryness. No cloying/astringent flavors. Dangerously smooth, minimal warming ABV. Just as outstanding as when I revisited the review a few years ago. More recent batches have been better with age then I remember previously(the first time I had it). The Amarillo/Simcoe hop character is very well retained, and it is not overly sweet/heavy on malt character considering the ABV. I buy this every single year for good reason.


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Stillwater Blown Speakers TIPA. This was fantastic! Aromas and flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, melon, citrus peel/zest, light pepper, and pine hops; with moderate honey, toasted biscuit, light nutty/caramel malt balance; and floral/grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; creamy/bready malts and some sticky hops in the mouthfeel; slight resins/rinds. Light-moderate increasing bitter dryness, no hop astringency. Lightly increasing warmth of 10%. Dangerously drinkable, not overly aggressive. So get this: this tastes exactly like Founders Centennial except it's 10%. Awesome juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank Centennial hop complexity; nice bready pale/Munich malt backbone. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. Would get again for sure.


Still tasting insane. Aromas and flavors of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, pecan, fudge, marshmallow, biscuit, toasted dark bread, caramel, toffee, molasses, vanilla, cream, and light smoke/charcoal. Light roast/char and herbal hop bitterness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is amazing. Light slickness, chalky roast, and sticky hops. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/char bitterness; never acrid/astringent. Super smooth, minimal warming 11%. Glad these are in cans now, this meets and even surpasses what I remember when I reviewed it in 2016. Pretty much identical to the one brewed in Europe at the time, but this one is a bit less bitter on the roast. Phenomenal. Hope they make some more soon, Pretty sure I don't have any left.


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I don't know why it took so long to get into this band. I love them now. Very similar to Tesseract(which also took me a while to get into). New album next month.