What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2430

Have a nice Sunday BA. Had a migraine yesterday afternoon, so took a 6 hour nap and been up all night as a result. Did not review any new beers yesterday, which is rare. Songbirds were up at 4AM.

Pulling out a rare one from the cellar for the morning. 2016 vintage. This was fantastic. Poor head retention, no lacing as expected of 17%. Aromas and flavors of huge caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, and brown bread/dough; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, cocoa, leather, tobacco, wood, peppercorn, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, peppery hop bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and super full body; very creamy, silky, slick, syrupy, bready malts; light sticky hops, and bourbon/oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing bitter, tannic, spicy alcohol dryness; no cloying sweetness. Smooth slow sipper. Mild increasing warmth of 17%, minimal lingering barrel booze. This is definitely the sweetest beer I've ever had from them. It's surprising that the barrel didn't take over the beer like with the "Days Of The Week" series. Those are really boozy and drying on the alcohol presence. Fantastic balance/complexity between super rich malts, fruity English yeast, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. Got smoother as it warmed up. Thought most of the Anniversary Old Ales were a lot better FWIW. I have a 2016 Hoarders Cuvee in the fridge for another day. 4.2


Cheers

Been on a Black Metal addiction all week.

 

Starting my Father’s Day with my last one of this tasty treat.


Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and grandfathers!

 

NBS BIF beer from @Coronaeus with a glass from @TheDoctor. The electrical tape came off pretty seamlessly. This was fantastic. Fantastic lasting fluffy head retention/thick foamy lacing. Aromas and flavors of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, coconut, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, grassy, peppery hops; and roast, charred, coffee bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; balanced creamy/silky/bready malts, sticky hops, and chalky char/roast in the mouthfeel. Light lingering resins through the glass. Light-moderate increasing hop/char bitter dryness. No cloying, acrid, astringency. Dangerously smooth, not overly bitter/charred, minimal warming 9.5%. Fantastic balance between rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee complexity, coconut, and earthy hops. Mild residual sweetness with lingering bitter dryness. Definitely would benefit with some cellar time as with the base beer to smooth out the resinous hops. Coconut is not overwhelming at all, very well integrated with the base beer. Looking forward to the other 2 variants that I was sent. 4.23


Cheers

 

They need to make this again next year or I will be depressed

 

Excellent session IPA! Great fluffy head retention, spotty foamy lacing. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, and pine hops; with moderate cracker, white bread, light honeyed malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Medium carbonation, light-medium body, and fairly crisp/clean finishing. Balanced bready/grainy malts, sticky hops, some resins/rinds, and light fruit tang/acids in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing bitter/tart/tangy dryness; no hop/fruit astringency. very flavorful/refreshing, not overly aggressive, not watery at all for 4.5%. Awesome Ahtanum, Cascade, Chinook, Columbus, Mosaic, Simcoe profile. Super juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops/citrus; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. One of the better session IPAs I've ever had. Brewdog just keeps pumping out great beer! Glad I got the 6 pack as usual. 4


Cheers

 

Happy Father's Day! Will be going down to Columbus in a bit to hang with my daughter for a bit and have lunch.....remembering my own Dad, who passed way too early at age 57, some 33 years ago now....cheers to all!



played a new local and awesome 18 hole disc golf course Saturday before the rains returned; beautiful course! First time I have played a course that has a hole over 1000 ft long!

 

Happy Father's Day, BA! I am drinking a special beer for the occasion, and it is really unique and tasty! The beer is courtesy of @DoctorZombies, and the glass is courtesy of @goingbrokeonbeer. Thank you, guys!

 

You and a lot of people. Easily one of the best new beers of the year.

 

Another from @Coronaeus in the signature glass! I've never had a lambic glass before. This was fantastic. Poor head retention, and minimal spotty lacing as expected for the style. Aromas and flavors of big sour/tart/tangy plums, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, apricot, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, hay, straw, and grass; with moderate wheat, cracker, white bready malts; lighter notes of leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body, and fairly crisp finishing. Balanced creamy/grainy wheat, lactic acid, fruit tang, and oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing acidic/tangy/tannic dryness. No puckering/astringency. Very smooth, not overly lactic, 5.8%. Fantastic balance of juicy plums, and Brett/Bacteria complexity; with great oak presence, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp acidic/tangy dryness. Not quite funky/barnyard enough to be a true gueuze style feel. Still really impressive American style sour/wild all around. 4.2


Cheers

 

Happy father's day BA's! Couple hours of work and a 25 mile road ride completed. Thanks to @scream for this great Paid Time Off...cheers!

Great 31 mile paved trail...

 

Happy Father’s Day, Dads!
This is flippin fantastic. A pretty good way to begin the day. The coconut in this is exquisite.

 

Junkyard Full Brewhouse

 

Good morning BA
Still drinking dubbels...

Cheers all & happy Father's day to all you fatherly type figures at the bar today!

 

Perpetual Flower of Slumber, a hoppy pale ale from Foreign Objects, is superb! Happy day dads!

 

Fantastic as always. Aromas and flavors of huge mango, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, lemon, lime, passion fruit, papaya, honeydew melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, and pine hops; with moderate honey, toasted biscuit, and light caramel malt sweetness; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied. Sticky/resinous hops, with balancing creamy/bready malts in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing resin dryness, no hop astringency. Mildly increasing warmth of 9.5%. Dangerously smooth. Fantastic Simcoe, Williamette profile. Super juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; nicely rich balanced malt backbone. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering resin drying. Such a delicious DIPA. I love Chillwave more, but this is still always amazing. The main difference is Simcoe hops here, vs Mosaic in Chillwave. This is basically imperial Commodore Perry, minus Cascade hops. Glad we got it this year while it was still fresh. Last couple years we only saw it in August after the best before date! .4% higher ABV this time around as well.


Cheers

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Another WW coffee french toast breakfast treat. Dig it. Still like drinking a sweet brunch...
oh..and it reminds me I never posted a photo of the resulting braise last night. 4 hour short rib in a reduced braise meets bordelaise sauce over creamy Parmesan polenta. Yep.

 

Cigar City's Jai Alai White Oak - Happy Father's day to all the dads out there

 

Too malty for me

 

Morning and Happy Father's Day.

Enjoying an early favorite along with a present from my wife.
Heading out for an adventure into the Black Hills today.