New Beer Weekend #57

Only at the lower "region." Once you climb up to the heights there's not enough oxygen.

 

And I'll get the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th...

 

Well my beer is also from @FBarber tonight, sent my direction during the iteration of the BIF earlier this year. You should join number 14!

G.F.Y. is a stout from Spiteful, and this is the 2020 version.



Body is super dark, and beautiful. Even a reasonably gentle pour yields a massive dark brown head that is initially half the glass. Slowly settles in, and there's a few lonely islands, but that's about it.

Nose is again rich and roasty with creamy chocolate and a touch of roasty coffee. Maybe a touch of char and some oatmeal creaminess. My mind jumps to imperial porter moreso than stout, though I realize how meaningless that distinction is.

Flavour builds on that rich creamy foundation but layers it with deep bitter dark chocolate and charred coffee bitterness. Forget the porter talk last paragraph, this big imperial RIS is bitter with char and coffee and chocolate. I like it quite a bit.

Not particularly thick, but creamy/oily with decent carbonation. That dark bitterness carries for quite a while and I am here for it. There's no barrel involved, so it isn't going to get as much hype, but it's really well done and deserves some love.

This is right up my alley. Thanks Frank for sending it my direction.
The label certainly doesn't hurt, though it stands up on its own even without that added boost.


Vertebrae we found on the beach this afternoon



Cheers!!

 

OMG, that head. They should make flotation devices from that. Impressive! No bones about it.

 

ISO: Rub_This_BBQ's dirty bug brewery's fruited home brew sours!

 

Too late? I actually saw this after I made my ISO joke.

 

Must be the far northern latitudes...and proximity to Russia..