Second box from @Jackd33 arrived yesterday, allowing me to take this combined pic of an excellent round selection that Jonathan has curated: Right hand side are beers from first two days (which were great), next 4 days look like big stouts and the extras are fantastic: new brewery ticks R Shea, Streetside, Calusa and Sonder, Listermann/Great Notion and Listermann/Bottle Logic and Listermann's kickass Samuel Jackson label beer. Thank you very much for this awesome box!
Day 3 beer 1 from @Jackd33 was an opulent stout with a very chocolatey taste: Listermann/Phase Three BA Our Brownies Are Made with Love, a 14abv chocolate, vanilla, brownie mix and lactose pastry stout, excellent beer: Second beer, equally decadent, definitely had coffee in it: It was a coffee variant of the Listermann/Phase Three BA Our Brownies Are Made with Love, a superb back-to-back experience with a well made pastry stout: Thanks Jonathan, another great beer day!
Day 2 from @byrdpickem poured a thick and hazy IPA. Great MF, almost some “cheesy” hop nose. Really like it. it was juicy ^^ Day 3 got off to an early start. This was a non-BA roasty stout of some kind? I used it for swing lube and it worked! clever naming, really hid the ~13% alcohol!
Posted to Slack, but forgot BA yesterday - here's day 3 and day 4 from @thatoneguymike ! Day 3 - lightly sour and funky, a bit of green apple - geueze AF, lambic fo' sho'. Hell yeah. Tasting notes aren't distinct enough for me to identify exactly what I'm drinking. But hey, lambic. I'm almost certain I've never had a lambic from Vanberg & DeWulf. Great choice, Mike - thanks, man! Day 4 - I spy another Scofflaw bottle. Oh yeah! This one doesn't have the same coffee notes to the nose, but there's definitely a more present booziness. Light chocolate, mild vanilla. This is definitely barrel-aged. I'm reminded by how awesome this glass is, btw! And revealed: Woot - barrel-aged Absentium. This just gets better as it warms up - it's impressively smooth for the stated 14% - but from what I've read, that ABV isn't accurate... I'm gonna guess it's a little stronger than that. I may need a little mid-day nap. Another kickass day, Mike - thanks again!
Day 4 from @brewnic . Crowler that immediately said big stout. Poured into a snifter, very little head, dark brown but not black in color. Smells like a roasty stout with chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon and some wood tannin. As it warmed got all of the flavors the smell indicated with some addition of a sweet nutty flavor like maple sugar coated walnut. Feel is medium thick with fine prickly carbonation and a little alcohol warming that suggests a big ABV. No idea what this is but it is tasty.
Reveal day 4, 750 ml crowler of 12.5% Space goggles by Forager. Brewed with maple sap in place of water and a smorgasbord of specialty malts. Taking inspiration from Trdelník, a delicious dessert found in Prague, we conditioned this thick syrupy stout on roasted almonds, Madagascar vanilla beans, Ugandan cocoa nibs, Mexican cinnamon and astronaut ice cream. Delicious thanks @brewnic
Day 4 starts a long weekend off with not much else to do but enjoy the Summer Sixer @azuelke knows what I like so a combination of boozy chocolate, maple syrup and coffee is hitting the spot about now Latest vintage of BA Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit, 15.6% and tasty! Not sure I’d add 2020 to anything but Mike does his own thing, right @max13 ?! Thanks Adam!
Day 3 from @xKURTx This one was basically no for me. I still have to finish it https://imgur.com/gallery/2kga9Z3 Reveal Can’t like every style https://imgur.com/gallery/HhcIkMq
Day 4A from @corm44 was drank during a nice respite from the day. Checked into our old faithful cabin. Poured blind I smell strawberry and tartness. First sip confirms this is a sour fruited IPA. It's quite tasty. Secondary adjunct of some sort of citrus. Assume based on trend this is a NY beer. Going to guess Hudson valley of some sort. Reveal: HV Capsule III, I got it right! This has strawberry and lime. It is excellent. Second beer was planned for the evening. Day 4B. Brought to Great Fountain Geyser about 20 minutes away for a planned 10:11PM eruption (+- 2 hours). Got settled in about 10 and it took a lot of photo tries but I got a shot. This beer was poured blind because it was dark. Nose is sour and fruity. Tastes like raspberries and I think pineapple. Based on 4A I'm guessing Capsule II Reveal BOOM! this beer was outstanding both capsules today were great new beers for me. Loved both of them thanks @corm44 Wraps up my Yellowstone trip , Grand Teton tomorrow and Saturday can't wait to have the last two!
Day 4 from @locoformavs brought on two more tasty ones. First up was a nice tropical hazy with a beautiful color. Lots of pineapple and guava, great body. And the reveal shows yet another new to me brewery Knotted Root this was tasty! 4B poured quite dark, smelled roasty with cinnamon, taste followed. Smooth and silky. New Image Cinnamocha, very tasty one here as well. Thanks for the awesome days so far @locoformavs!
Day 4 had smell of cinammon and, like all heavy weights, bourbon. Pour was dark as molasses but no clue what it was. laptop tastatur Reveal. This was tasty and perfect after pizza. проверка мыши онлайн
Day 4, ready for more. So, this was very exciting on the pour....Thick, opaque orange color, almost glowing. Like a puree, but I figured not a smoothie since it was a 750mL bottle. Nose was pretty easy to pick out, there are a shit-ton of peaches in this thing. Taste confirmed this, and I was getting vanilla on it. Gf said peach and cinnamon. Tart as hell, gave me AWFUL heartburn, but a few Tums and a few hours with it to nurse it, and I was good to go. The flavor on the beer is INCREDIBLE. And, upon the reveal, it turns out gf and I were both right, sorta. Une Anee Le Grand Monde 2020-3, with peaches, vanilla AND cinnamon sticks. Barrel-aged, I wish they listed what kind of barrels, just out of curiosity. I recapped it with my crimper and enjoyed the other half of it this morning, and it's still drinking great. Nice carb, thick mouthfeel, tart but very pleasant and well-balanced flavors. It's been a while since I'd had anything from Une Anee, but I'm glad to see they've kept it up (and are doing great, no, Grand, things with their barrel program). Another hit from @max13 . He sure knows how to treat a BA. Thanks again! Day 5 beer coming soon, and I can't wait!
Day 4 revealed 3 bottles that ultimately revealed themselves to be from the same brewery. @Sturgeon83 absolutely crushed it. the CSV was a decadent end to a long day. I’m glad I was able to start slow with the sours! Thanks, Sturgeon!
Day 5. Another crowler of a big stout from @brewnic . Poured dark with a small khaki head. Smell is a delicious blend of roasty and chocolatey with a hint of sweet vanilla and some nuts. Tastes like a big vanilla macadamia stout with a nice mouthfeel. No idea what it is but it is tasty. I will let it warm a bit because my beer fridge is too cold for this one.
Day 5 reveal. Barrel theory, Cubic Zirconia in the Rough. Imperial Stout with Coconut, Macadamia nuts and Almonds. What I thought was vanilla tasted more like coconut as it warmed and the pecans became evident when warmer. Very good! Thanks @brewnic
Day 4 beer from @Jackd33 brought some heat! Turns out blind-tasting pepper and cinnamon beer is a trip, I didn't know what to make of it senses-wise in the first few seconds before it all settled in. Cycle Thursday 2020, easily the best spicy beer I've had and up there on Cycle weekday beer complexity: You're on a roll Jonathan, very enjoyable line up!
Day 5 in two parts thanks to @azuelke Lots of peachy/apricot notes, thicc and chunky Eagle Park Stone Fruit purée Day 5B is straight up strawberry jam...not sure why I didn’t start with #pgw Eagle Park Strawberry Purée Another excellent day, thanks Adam!
I'm a day behind so the 4th will be a twofer. Anyways, another wonderful hit from @MTKATL ...he's really nailed my styles with this box. Day 4 starts with a 375ml profile and a silver cap. Based on what I've already had so far, the brewery guess is Side Project. The nose is stone fruit so I'm also going to say it's Fuzzy After drinking this down pretty quickly, the reveal shows that I've yet to correctly guess any blind beer in my life. Fuzzy was used in the production of the beer but it's Floue Floue - an amazing beer indeed. Thanks again Mike!
Got some return fire from Matt @Burrass . Just in time as I'm going on vacation in a week and nothing beats 90 degree heat like Joose! Thanks again Matt
