Roaring Table (2022)

Can we just have non-adjuncted barrel aged stouts?

 

Tuba Tuba has officially made it into my IPA of 2022 category. I think cutting out the citra and el dorado from Tuba Solo and substituting it with the nectaron and strata really elevated the double version. Doubling up on the 4pks before I walk across the street to the P3 Bushels of Apples fest.

Damn this is tasty…

 

More Tuba!!!!

 

Copped 2 bottles of Observer & Observed (the double barrel aged, non-sweetened stout) today...just cracked it.

I regret not buying about 3 more.

 

It’s incredible

 

Fawkes on Fawkes, Part ?
(The latest installment of GuyFawkes interviewing himself while "solo doming" large format, high abv beers)

Q: Hey, heard you picked up the new barrel aged stout from Roaring Table. No sweet stuff, just like you want! I bet you can't wait to try it.
A: (grunts, avoids eye contact)

Q: (sees an open bottle of Observer & Observed on the table) Oh, uh...do you have some friends over? I didn't hear anyone come in.
A: (grunts a bit louder, avoids eye contact)

Q: (sighing) ...Listen, I didn't love you taking down the Revolution crowlers, but that was during the height of the pandemic. I understood, you couldn't really hang out with others, and you didn't want to miss out on these very special beers. But now? You could easily wait & share this one. What's the deal, man? You OK?
A: (glowers directly at the questioner, and no grunts this time, only silence)

Q: (unsettled) So, uh, how is it?
A: (immediately brightens) Oh it's pretty great! Milk chocolate & banana notes in the nose; banana & brownie batter on the palate. Barrel and bourbon shine both ways. Silky, luxurious mouthfeel makes this a pleasure to drink. Highly recommended!!

Q: Nice! Say, Sunday night is a work night, no?
A: (grunts, avoids eye contact)

 

Any reports of Observer and Observed still for sale at RT?

Or for that matter somewhere out in the wild?

Wanting to grab one bottle & narrowly missed it at Beer on the Wall...

 

Well, it is on their website

 

not sure if you are in city but beermicious and bottles and cans got it in today

 

This "Quiz Night" cask ale is fantastic.

 

thanks for the heads up, yeah I am near the city.

 

It wasn't last night... Okay good deal. Will check it out.

 

Went last night and had a few pours. Thatch Whistler on cask was great. Win a Boat was also really nice but Observer and Observed was a stand out. Such a well done barrel aged stout. Not motor oil thickness but close. Thought it was a liquid brownie with a perfect barrel presence. Bought two bottles and want to go back to get a few more

 

Finished my evening with Quiz Night on cask at the Beer Temple...that's damn near a perfect beer.

 

I'm not going to lie, I like most beer, but some mixed ferm beers and pub ales (after having a few warm, flat beers in UK) aren't my thing. Nonetheless, I got talking to one of the servers at RT and they gave me a sample of Quiz Night on cask, which really impressed. It's almost like a light brown ale and a smooth marzen blended into one? Idk if that makes any sense.

 

I believe they are literally the same beer, but there so seasonable you'll probably drink them all in 1 setting.

It's a new series, I think, and there will be recipe variations...just not in the same 4 pack.