What beer are you drinking now? # 3615

Good morning BAs! Thanks @Shanex for getting us going today. The dogs have been walked and fed this steamy am, kitchen cleaned…it’s coffee time - Revolution’s “Deth By Raspberries” BBA Imperial Stout:



Canned 9/28/21. Poured at 53°. Two fingers mousse-like foam with rocks; ok cap retention; solid ring with soapy lace; black with ruby see through with some clarity; medium minus legs on swirl. Strong raspberries jam nose. Taste is slightly tart raspberries; chocolate; no bourbon nor vanilla; a little oak as beer warms. Medium minus body; medium minus carbonation; no warmth from 11.8% abv; thin feel. Overall, a one trick pony - raspberries; very little base and virtually no barrel; very tasty if you like raspberries (I do) but if it weren’t for some chocolate notes,I could be drinking a fruited ale instead of a BBA impy stout…

4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.75 | 3.75
Score: 3.96 rDev -5.5%

A rare miss, imo, from Revolution’s Deep Wood Series.

Cheers and have a terrific Tuesday y’all!

 

Gulden Draak Imperial Stout. A stout with a Gulden Draak taste or a Gulden Draak with stout taste. But definitely imperial with 12% alc by vol.
Cheers

 

Thanks for kicking it off @Shanex . Delicious looking beer and Gyro with fries!

Drinking Abolitionist Ale Works Hazy Got Back.



Another West Virginia beer from my connections.

 

Which brings to mind the inimitable "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Groovin' With a Pict" from Ummagumma. Under certain conditions back in the day we would listen to the entire album. We always marveled at the audacity and strangeness of this tune. But I remember it still!

 

Hey BA!

Drinking Stauder Pils. This brewery is ~10km from here so their beers are everywhere. Very good Pilsner and always cheap (10L/20x0.5L @ €15)

Looking forward to Bayern München vs FC Barcelona tonight



Prost!

 

Nice walk in earlier - chilly morning, jeans and long sleeves - first time in a while!

The long awaited return of GLBC Blackout - perfect day for it!

 

Jester King Black Metal

 

Day off, it’s 74° and breezy no humidity… I see no reason not to sit on the balcony have a few beers and listen to some music.




Cheers BA!

 

Dogs walked, chores completed.
Nice beer.

 

Your gyros (pronounced year-rohs) may have inspired a change in my lunch plans, either today or later this week. Opa!

Revolution is one of my favorite local breweries, but I get the same impression on at least of their fruit or other (vanilla, maple, others) adjunct varieties, even beyond stouts. This was the one apprehension I had about buying their “season ticket” of all releases (I ended up pulling the trigger, really enjoyed the first two of three, Lumberjack being the outlier).

If you stick with their core lineup, coffee or coconut adjuncts (these two may be a case of personal preference) and their “very special” releases, you’ll rarely find anything short of great.

Ok, time to leave the house so I can have a late lunch and pop open a beer after I return.

 

Good afternoon BA's! A short 8 hours work day today, a repairman and an aluminum contractor coming by........between 1-5. Stone 26th Anny IPA is loaded with taste and flavor!!

 

Short's - Pumpkincrusha (can).. cheers!

 

Drinking Warsteiner Oktoberfest

 

Beautiful 72° day. MTB ride earlier and now watering and picking in the garden.
The beer.



Cheers all.

 

Good afternoon, all! Throwing back a mug of Clonefest, from Backpocket Brewing, Coralville, IA. Noble hops, German malts, and a thrift store O'fest mug from Sumner, IA. I thought the "Clone" in the name had something to do with the brewing process. Not so. According to the blurb on the can, this was brewed "...in honor of our fans, friends, and family in Clone country." For the uninitiated, that's Iowa State Cyclone country. I should have guessed that from the team colors of the can label. Outstanding beer from an outstanding brewery. Prost!

 

Prost!