What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3348

Good morning everyone and good week,
yesterday there was the Bologna Derby in basketball, and to celebrate Virtus for the victory of the tough battle against the fortitudo I opened this beer directly from the cellar, after giving it 10 minutes in the fridge just to cool the bottle a little :

Dugges Bryggeri (SVE) + Hunter & Sons Speciality Coffee (ING) + Hill Roastery (ING) - THE SIDAMO DIMTU (Imperial Coffee Stot) 10%

Imperial Coffee Sotut with the bar in Bath (ING) Hunter & Sons, specializing in coffee and craft beer, which obtained the coffee from the Round Hill Roastery (also in Bath, ING); a Dimtu from the Sidamo region of Ethiopia.
33 cl bottle, aged a couple of years in my home cellar (fixed temperature 16 ° C).
Beer that I drank several times, when I also found it on tap (@ Luppolo12, Rome) and of which I wanted to leave a bottle to age.
On the nose, espresso coffee and a hint of licorice / anise.
When poured, the scent of coffee is released even more, little light brown foam, which remains just veiled to the side of the glass, very little consistency.
Impenetrable black color.
In the mouth the entrance is sweet, but soft, but soon the full body of the beer comes out and makes the drink full and round.
The predominant taste can only be that of an espresso coffee, bitter, with a balanced smoky (rather than roasted) aftertaste almost an earthy touch, but not in a negative sense, to convey the idea of the incisiveness of this gustatory note.
Alcoholic note that makes itself felt before a closure in which notes reminiscent of dark chocolate and (once again in my opinion) a slight hint of licorice emerge.
Great taste (even slightly spicy).
All in all dry finish, even if the underlying creaminess also remains on the lips.
Full, hot drink, very characterized by malts and coffee, but with a sweetness that "rounds" the particularly smoky / roasted notes of the coffee more than I remembered with the younger beer itself.
Maybe aging hasn't gone a long way but, in my opinion, this beer is in great shape.
Nice balance, perfectly in style in my opinion and I tend to believe that this particular coffee used has contributed a lot to the characterization of the taste of this beer.





Sláinte !
Cheers!

 

Good day BAs! Off to a late start for no particular reason - Thanks @ChicagoJ for opening the virtual bar early! And @Jack_14 I really enjoy your reviews of beers I'll probably never see!
Off to a sunny start today - we usually get most of our sunny days in winter here - always pisses me off that we get them Jan - Mar and damn few May - Jul. Oh well, that's the curse of NW PA.
Anyway, today's New Breakfast Beer is from @Roy_Hobbs and NBS BIF #14:



Quite non-funky saison, appley, and tasty - rating 3.79, rDev -2.3% - thanks Ross!

 

Drinking Founders Backwoods Bastard. I slipped a late review into the tasting thread.
This bottle is from 2012

 

Slept in late…having my morning coffee and packing the car - KBS:



Bottled 10/15/21. Poured at 57°. Long day ahead, I may not be back for a few days. Have a Happy Holiday y’all, and Cheers!

 

Sibling Revelry - Christmas Bock (can).. cheers!

 

Fresh Hops IPA from Brouwerij Kees (NL).
Straight frozen from the bine. It is a start. There is not a real tradition when it comes to fresh hops here. I'm glad some breweries are picking this up at last
Cheers!

 

G'day Advovates! and thanks there @ChicagoJ for beginning this thread today. Happy Holidays to everyone. A beautiful sunrise this morning after a groovy weekend and I'm enjoying this Breckenridge Juice Drop Hazy IPA. Taking a break from some early-in-the-day power drumming. This beer is absolutely gorgeous looking, feeling AND tasting. Man alive the citrus fruits are almighty & juicy in it. Lightly tart, well balanced, a hint of dry white bread crust and EZ drinking to boot for a 7%'r. Real clean. Miles of smiles! Cheers!

 

Happy Monday BA's

Was enjoying my first day off, until a while ago - when someone from my work texts me about some parts that they are short.....like I can do anything about it now that I am off (idiots)....anyway, enjoying this coffee cream ale from my Saturday visit to Columbus to see my daughter....quite tasty



earlier walk with the pup



a bird in the hand - or - is that, a beer in the hand?



lovely sunrise over the lake here....

 

My a.m. "fruit juice" usual a la N/A.

Day off today from running, and back at the monkey grinder. Been an O.K. year, all things considered, and I hope yours has treated you well, but let's hope for an even better '22.

Cheers, as always...

 

Flying Dog Kujo Cold Brew Coffee Porter.

 

I am willing to make a bet that I'm the only one here that appreciated your comment about the Bologna derby. Sure, it's not as glamorous as it once was but it is a special game nonetheless. I recall the days of Danilovic, and later Manu, Carlton Myers, Basile, Fucka. Those were great games. Virtus has been stepping up their game in recent years, especially after getting Teodosic so let's see if Fortitudo can match them.

This conversation is making me thirsty. Time to open a lager.

 

Mid day off coffee break.
Cheers!



I wanted to open this sooner but as you can tell, it sorta rolled out of the fridge!

 

Cheers!

 

Lunch at Murphy's Pub in Rapid City.



Buffalo Meatloaf and a Lord Grizzly Scotch Ale from Lost Cabin Brewery.
Cheers!

 

TG FF DIPA
I dig it. Cheers!