What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3073

Thank you for sending me this beer, @drunkenmess!

 

You’re going to be flying today!
ps-Congrats on the Wisconsin demolition of UNC!

 

Great day of games yesterday, getting ready for the second half of the first round. Found half time carries foam brewers, an exciting development!

 

Last day of skiing at this hill, but our pass will be honored at the company's sister hill. Cool.
Crimson Halo from All Saints.


Cheers!

 

What ski hill?

It's the missus' birthday today. We are starting with this and I have 4 more lambics in the lineup, 3 are from 2015. Then it's Orval tasting so it should be an ok birthday for her. I'm just imagining what it would be like to have kegs of this stuff, the 25 cl bottle is just a tease!


The missus likes classical

 

Cherry Chouffe

I expected the large Chouffe head but this is the best fruited beer I’ve ever had either way. The sweet/tart cherry is real. Not cough syrup at all. Medium bodied for 8% alcohol. No heat. Funk from the yeast. It really is awesome. But is this McChouffe with cherries? Is it la Chouffe with cherries? Or it’s own thing? Either way I’m shocked at how much I love this and letting it get up to cellar temp was a great move.

Such an amazing and strong cherry flavor without being artificial in any way. Sweet dark cherry and a tart bite with their yeast.

 

It’s amazing. I picked it up thinking coriander and cherry would be a good combo and it was so real. A lot of times it gets medicinal with cherry but the tartness was on point

 

Never seen the cherry Chouffe but I love their beers!

Here's me with Chris Brauweraerts, one of the founders of the Achouffe Brewery in Antwerp for the Modeste festival 2015. Very nice man.


A fresh cassis from last xmas, we'll try a 2015 a little later.

 

Woke up with some Malpais on my mind, and now Stout it is in the morning.
Cheers y'all.

 

Cross post with the New Beer Weekend thread. This is my second attempt, though the first was a cross rating pairing with Irish Whiskey, in this thread going strong through the weekend.

Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee



Long story short, looked great, smelled so-so, tasted like frappuccino, not for me.

Will enjoy WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback more while cramming for my upcoming draft later today. 1969 is the year, the year I was born. Here is how the set started.



More cowbell flute.

 

Time for a beer after a bike ride. Cheers!

 

Comparing 4 ipa’s from a local brewery during Milan - San Remo. Grain is king, frontowl, hazebro’s Asher and operation doomsday from brewery frontaal.

 

Happy Birthday to the missus

 

Starting the day with some Blade Runner: The Final Cut before some hoops. Haven’t heard word that UVa can’t field five players, yet.


This seems to have gained on the ginger front from my recollections. Still has a roast and wood note in back, though.

After this and in the spirit of competition, I might do another side-by-side in that thread today.

 

I love cherries and I love that beer too - Cheers!

 

At least one beer this morning before I drive to the hospital in Tampa - Tree House’s “Human Condition”, a milk stout brewed with coconut, caramel and chocolate:



Canned 1/21/21. Poured at 55°. The coconut is subtle, and didn’t show up for me until the beer continued to warm. A fine tasting offering, and highly rated by many, but in my milk stout world this one is just good...

Got a lot on my plate today...I took good notes, maybe a review later today. Cheers y’all!