What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #4796

1) Barrel Theory TDH Rain Drops (7.8% canned 11/5/2025): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Citra and Mosaic for flavors of orange, pineapple, grapefruit. Clean.
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2) Parish Ghost Prime (8.0% canned 11/3/2025): A NEIPA from Louisiana with Citra for flavors of orange, pine, floral citrus, with smooth peach and grains. (Correctly matched the two blind)

Happy Saturday BeerAdvocates. Citra Hop Battle with Barrel Theory and Parish. First is Barrel Theory with triple dry-hopped version of their flagship Rain Drops with Citra and Mosaic. Bright, citrusy, and very nice.
Next is Parish Ghost Prime. A version of their famous Ghost In The Machine still with Citra, but with all sorts of resins and cryo-pellet technology done to beef it up. My first try at this. All Citra aromas here. Classic orange with some peach notes. Also a cereal grain and malt sweetness to this. It's malty and thick. Drinks very smooth, but not overly sweet. It reminds me of Drekker's King Of The Thing. One month out. I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet. I think I prefer it to Barrel Theory here, but unsure about the "World-Class" status.
Winner: Parish Ghost Prime

 

Yo dog, I heard you like chocolate, so I chocolated your chocolate. BCBS Chocolate Praline Stout and triple chocolate mocha cookies.

 

Once you go Urq you don't ever go back!





Cheers Heathens!

 

Beautiful pic!

 

Prairie Grand Hazelnut Reserve BBA Imperial Stout, 13.5% ABV. Pours black, with a ring of brown bubbles. Aroma is chocolate, hazelnut, and bourbon. Taste follows, with chocolate up front, slight bourbon burn, moderately sweet, equally bitter. Decent mouthfeel if a bit light on carbonation. Overall excellent.

4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Today was baking day for Christmas goodies. Tons more not shown in the picture.

 

Post Big 12 Championship game nap in the bag. More football, hell yeah

Not big on Cold IPAs, but worth a try as a single

 

Iron Brewery (France) ‘Big D’ Imperial Chocolate Stout.,. Cheers!

 

Heyoooo...

Finally checking at the bar.

This time? Cerebral-Ghost Town collab.
Mass Extinction in a glass.
Behold its clarity! Great beer... under 3 weeks old.

14 miles of rolling pavement>ice>packed snow today with some decent climbing.
Unsurprisingly? Didn't get into 2026 Western States 100. @Beersnake
Wife says "just as well" ...

Cheers...

 

Secret Swami's BA

 

That's awesome, hope you enjoy it! Last time I bought Magnanimous they still were not dating cans. All of their hazies will have the usual sediment....cheers!!!

 

Two breweries this afternoon. Two rounds of "pictures with Santa" for your dog or your kid for my wife's charity. Good times actually. Home now. Sweet potato shepard's pie in the oven.
Oh, and BTW, my second grandchild was born today, a girl (rare in our family). She's so cute.

 

It's been a really pleasant 70-ish overcast day. Jai Alai as sunset approaches....

Appropriate song for a Dawgs vs Tide kinda day..........

 

A new brew for me and I'd say so far this is another great brew from the Drowned Lands out of Warwick, NY. Cheers

 

Surly Abrasive Ale (9.2%): A West-Coast IPA from Minnesota with flavors of earthy orange, toasted caramel, and bitter pine.

Always drinking well for a cold and snowy Saturday. Not as abrasive as in October or November, but still holding up well. Very enjoyable and warming

 

Good choice sir.

 

Cheers!