New Beer Sunday (Week 778)

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  1. scream

    scream Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2014 Wisconsin
    In Memoriam

    Engaged already that is a quick romance. When is the wedding ?
     
    #121 scream, Jan 20, 2020
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  2. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    And for Later Night NBS...
    Here's one from my brother @hophound that I didn't forward to somebody in the NBS BIF.

    Bull Proof by Odell Brewing
    A "Bourbon Barrel Stout"

    Deep, dark brown. Like Mississippi River roil. Beautiful, tightly packed head rises just over a finger high and retreats only slightly. Dense curtain slowly descends. As I near the bottom, beautiful strata reveal my pauses. Reminds me of the layers revealed on an archaeology site I worked in the late 80's.
    Smell is a cacophony of genteel bourbon, toasty caramel, cocoa, dates and nuanced charred barrel.
    Flavor dances along the line between a Russian Imperial Stout (sweet, but not overly so, with notes of earthy notes akin to anise and peat) and the sweeter American Imperial Stout (usually sweeter and a tad hotter in alcohol- at lest for me). Begins very balanced between the sweet notes, smoky char, and a bourbon warmth. Bourbon, molasses, dates, figs, muted caramel, and cocoa make room for char, and fleeting notes of peat and licorice.
    Thick and chewy. A warm presence throughout, but never hot.
    Overall, I like this one. Almost an old school RIS but with the bourbon barrel bringing it into what is more popular nowadays. The nose foreshadows more sweetness than it delivers, but not by much.
    4.12/5 rDev -1.4%
    look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

    This is how one does Sunday night on a 3-day weekend.
     
    #122 2beerdogs, Jan 20, 2020
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    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    Thanks for sharing Corey. I wanna try brewing with Kveik after reading your link.
    Good to see you here...NBS BIF #11 is coming to a porch near you this spring...
     
    #123 2beerdogs, Jan 20, 2020
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    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    I drank a shit ton of what you had as Famosa, in Guate it is called Gallo (or ****, Rooster). It ain't great, but it worked.
     
    #124 2beerdogs, Jan 20, 2020
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  5. neenerzig

    neenerzig Pooh-Bah (2,885) Feb 15, 2006 Ohio
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    #125 neenerzig, Jan 20, 2020
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  6. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    Well, there's your issue then, of course resizing the picture down to such a small format is gonna mess with the resolution, that has nothing to do with postimage and is simply a normal part of the process. If you have to resize for some reason, use the 640x480 or even better 1024x768 resolution instead, which will give you a much better image quality.

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    #126 Snowcrash000, Jan 20, 2020
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  7. TheDoctor

    TheDoctor Grand Pooh-Bah (3,484) Mar 7, 2013 Canada (QC)
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    Really great review. Sounds nice. I love their beers for the most part.

    And you answered my question about if they changed the name of Gallo. When I lived in central Mexico that was the cheapest beer you could get. Considering it was imported, that's really saying something. ¡Salud!
     
    #127 TheDoctor, Jan 20, 2020
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