What beer are you drinking now? #4250

Cheers!

 

Beautiful picture - you always post great pics, looks like you live in a gorgeous area. Cheers!!

 

Abita Brewing Company
AlphaGator Imperial IPA



Deep golden color with lasting white cap.

Aroma of sweet malt and citrus hops.

Taste on entry is sweet malt in abundance with a dusting of citrus hops. I find sweet, caramely malt to be the main flavor but hops have a close enough presence to balancing the malt richness.

Full texture with balancing carbonation.

This is a big (9%) malty brew that comes across as more finess than powerful. Like a large, heavy man who is also a graceful dancer.

 

A rainy Sunday. Straight up juice to get me started. Cheers all.

 

Next up and different but very tasty.

 

The Kriek
de Garde Brewing

 

I love agricultural stuff. "Hay, that's nice!" I believe with all of the rain we've had so far this year locally, any crop be it grass, veggies or trees will do very well this year. Hopefully the rain machine won't totally shut off.

 

St Andre' Vienna lager
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3255/1659/

A bit thin but overall not bad.

 

Good day BAs! Thanks @MadMadMike for kicking off today's thread!
Off to a damp start here in NW PA - spent most of unusually dry and sunny yesterday working outside in my bushes and in the garden - sorry @thebeers - I haven't had Boston lager in forever but as I recall, it was my initiation into beer with hops you could actually taste, so, no.

Today's New Breakfast Beer derived from Half Time (they could at least use some lubricant!):



Final Impression and summation: 4 Not dinging the score for an undated can – style is consistent with batch #2 – beer geeks know, and beer non-geeks won’t pay the price. Decent barleywine with weak barrels versus strong dark fruitiness. Seems a bit aged to have so much burn although the burn is more mellow at the end temperature.

Rating 4.08, rDev – 4.9%

 

I vaguely remember thinking my first Sam Adams Oktoberfest 30+ years ago was “too hoppy” (which then meant bitter). How tastes change!

 

Watching the French Open final.



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No kidding! I think this past Oct I tried more Oktoberfest beers than ever before and gained new respect for ones that are a little bit more hoppy and that are light. I recall finding Shiner Okto being quite pleasant in this regard.

 

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The Château
de Garde Brewing

 

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Back from eating an icecream at the local dairy farm. Now beer o'clock. Cheers

 

Enjoying this solid stout now
Notes at NBS/nbw
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