What beer are you drinking now? #4522

Cellar Series: Czech Black Lager
von Trapp Brewing

 

TGIF!

 

Good morning,
this is today's beer that I put on the thread dedicated to the style.
Reading the label I would have expected, or rather, I would have hoped for something more balanced and appreciable, but so be it.
Evidently the current concept of Imperial Milk Stouts (fortunately not all of them, but especially the modern ones) is something that is much closer to a "Pastry", rather than an enveloping beer yes, but with roasted, chocolatey grist and with lactose to make the beer creamy and soft.
In this case we are closer to a liquid dessert instead, in my opinion.


https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...tout-is-life-2025.679440/page-35#post-8142819



Sláinte .
Cheers .

 

Pretty easy work day. Cheers all.

 

Excellent drawing!!!

 

Good day BAs! Thanks @Shanex for opening the bar! And @Jack_14, I agree with your general evaluation of modern (current) milk stouts - add junk because it's easier and cheaper than actually producing a milk stout (Although, honestly, I might have picked one up just to tick and review, followed by a drain pour).

Today's New breakfast Beer is certainly no drain pour - it's another EXCELLENT English Barleywine from my favorite brewery that does NOT distribute anywhere near where I exist:



Straight Jacket from Revolution. Received from @Whyteboar in Barleywine and Stout BIF #2. Received 22/02/25, reviewed 07/03/25 (Review 3464). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
12 oz can stamped on the bottom “FILLED 10-25-2023”. Stored at home at 39 degrees F and served at 55.5 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 60.6 degrees F.
Final impression and summation: 4.5 Excellent English barleywine – the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The ethanol is barely noticeable, making this VERY chuggable – in fact, it just seems to crawl down my esophagus on its own. Thanks Craig – delectable!
Rating 4.38, rDev +0.9%

 

Meal about ready. Never get coffee out of these, fresh or five years out. This was brewed and bottled in Chicago, that will be longer happen as they gone.

Lagunitas Willettized (2019)

 

Is that Gort behind the beer?

 

G'day all!

Well, we got more than a dusting of snow overnight. I "swept" some snow aside so I could back out of my parking spot.

The beer was canned January 13th and is an okay Hazy that I give credit to the Citra hops.

Prost!

 

I prefer Reeses Peanut Butter but this Skippy beer is tres delicious.

Prost!

 

Fat Head's Alpha Ambush at The Lodge.

 

Happy Friday BA's! Thanks @Shanex for getting us going. Nice sketch.

Starting with a Sierra Nevada Celebration, still going strong.



Cheers!

 

Having a Jam Up The Mash from Collective Arts, Hamilton, Ontario. Hoppy and sour

 

Bavarian Pils
von Trapp Brewing

 

Cheers!

 

It's been a while.. here for TBBW.. picking up bottles at Woven. Lucid and Chromatic... Blurry IPA & Blurry DIPA.. Cheers!

 

Rare and unusual weekday drinking but it's the Women's Big10 Tournament and we're playing #1 USC right now (who are really big and really good).





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