What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3400

My we're off to a bizarre beginning today

 

*eppCOS is now following this thread*

 

I didn't get around to posting this yesterday, so here you go.

Holler time yesterday afternoon. And they have one of my favorite beers on CASK right now. So, they make this beer called Stouty with a Chance of Peanuts. This is of coarse what it sounds like, and nothing I really care about at all (never got into the peanuts and stout thing, and much prefer less junk in my beer). Actually for one of those kinds of beers, its not over the top so its not too bad. Holler is always going to be balanced, so that is not a surprise, but still nothing I particularly care about.

Anyway, the point is, whenever they to the Peanuts beer, they always have just Stout on Cask. Which is just the base no adjuncts, no cheese ball name, just Stout Cask Conditioned, and this is something I'm always looking forward to. Since they have done this a few times now, might as well add it to the database.


Pours a near opaque black color. A dense, but silky smooth cascading beige head forms. Excellent retention and lace. This is a looker.
The nose is so simple but damn good. Roast, creamed coffee, light chocolate and a touch of dark fruitiness.
Taste wise, all the roast is up front. With coffee and chocolate flavors. A touch of fruity esters that comes off as dark fruits, this can vary depending on what day you have the cask though. Beautifully simple and enjoyable.
A medium body with excellent carbonation for a cask. A textured, silky smoothness. Which all leads to a really easy to drink stout.

I couldn't care less about the Peanut Stout, but always look forward to this whenever available. This is a perfect example of why less is more, and how cask can elevate simple styles and beers and makes them great. More breweries should do be doing this. All around excellent.

Overall score is 4.39, a rare sold A score for me.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/45647/589166/?ba=champ103#lists

Oh and a Czech My Phone Pils, yeah this one is excellent too and one of my staples around town.



Will most likely be back after work

 

Beautiful morning and I'm having a Bud.

 

Good evening to all Advocates,
I uncorked this late last night with a friend of mine pizza chef, as soon as he finished his shift.

Brouwerij De Ranke (BEL) - WIJNBERG Vintage 2020 - Oud Bruin (5,8%)

75 cl bottle (12 €).
Vintage 2020 - On the cap : "Best before: 02 July 2025".
It's a blend of a young Oud Bruin and one aged two years in oak barrels, with the addition of Browerij Omer Vander Ghinste's CUVEÉ DES JACOBINS beer (pure lambic aged at least 18 months in oak barrels before bottling) .
Color between dark red and light brown, with ruby reflections.
Soft foam, not indifferent.
As soon as uncorked it seems to have opened a red wine: almost tannic notes then wood, red fruit in alcohol (cherries), red grapes.
In the mouth it is a very particular Oud Bruin, very different for examples from that of T'Verzet (which for me is a bit of a term of comparison) there is no acetic astringency, but the drink is much softer and rounder: the fruity note reminiscent of cherries, caramelized notes, red fruit, together with a polite sense of wood that has smoothed the edges making this Oud Bruin easy to drink thanks to a balanced but well-present sweetness in which peeps a sour note that does not take the scene.
Balanced beer, very easy to drink in which the acid note does not exceed but fits into a very wide range of vinous, fruity, woody reflections etc.
In my opinion, it would age very well, with that acid note that would certainly become sharper, increasing its general complexity perhaps at the expense of the ease of drinking.







Sláinte !
Cheers !

In these dark times, a small tribute to my travel companions




Sláinte !
Cheers !

 

Thanks for taking the time to post that informative review.

 

Lager Heads - Nut So Fast "Peanut Butter Stout" (can).. cheers!

 

Hey BA's - happy Thursday

It's getting on towards "bock bier" season.....love it! This is a nice Maibock....



cool glass too - better not lose that bottom thingie!

 

A nice California made Belgian style ale.

 

Finishing up an Eliot Ness lager and about to open Creeper from Columbus

 

Good day BA's. A late post breakfast beer is hitting the spot. Cheers!


Had potatoes, unions, eggs, apple wood smoked cheddar cheese and sour cream. Bacon on the side.

 

Last of these fine specimens from my buddy's brewery. I'll have to find more:









A few from the many shots I took yesterday during a great hike of the Southern Presidentials.

Mts. Eisenhower, Jackson, Pierce, and Webster. 13 miles and was loving every minute!