Snow Day Beers

Steel Reserve and Some Bourbon. Recipe for a great Snow day.

 

I'd probably grab a nice porter . To be perfectly honest, I find that whatever beer moves you is the one that's going to work for any occasion. IPAs have this amazing ability to transfer time and space. Every time I drink one I feel like I can be wherever I want to be. As a matter of fact, it may be snowing in CT right now, but I'm currently pool side being fed grapes by a harem of Spanish women, while Kate Upton is washing my hair with a can of Heady Topper.

LARRRRGE™.

 

Up here in Michigan every time it snows in Jan/Feb all I can think is Last Snow please!

 

We haven't gotten much snow this year in mid Ohio, but when it does snow I love a chewy stout.

 

Something from Iceland, naturally:
http://einstokbeer.com/icelandic-wee-heavy/

 

Collective Arts Imperial Porter-holy smokes is this great!!!!

Proclamation Derivitive Galaxy

 

Just pulled a BCBS out of the basement!

 

I'd dig into my Bigfoot vertical

 

Our snow is almost gone, so I'm cracking open a Citradelic

 

Snowing insanely here in MA and I just had my first Wee Heavy today. A Skull Splitter. Perfect day for that warming scotch taste!

 

So, perfect day to finish off last year's beers, however, if I had to go with a favorite on a snow day it would be Mad Elf, brewed by Troegs.

 

I've done a batch of Southern Tier 2xOak'd IPA... gonna break into some Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo soon

 

We had 9.5 inches last night and this morning. This is more than normal and tonight is going to be around 5 F. The sun is out and nothing is melting. I have a date with a not so cold Aventinus!

 

I have a little bit of a vintage Weyerbacher Tiny left from a bottle I opened last night, I also pulled a homebrew IPA from my backstock. I may crack into my backlog of BCBS and or KBS later on. Don't know yet.

 

Our first snow of the year. 7+ and still snowing, a lot for south Jersey. This will warm me up

 

I've had a couple of their other beers but wasn't really impressed. How's this one? Worth a try?

 

I'll be popping my first one in a bit, but I generally enjoy their other beers- slightly rustic takes on classic styles.

 

My go to is DFH Palo Santo Marron. It was one of the first beers I've enjoyed during a snow storm, sticking with the nostalgia...

 

I did this on our last snow day.

 

Usually a Barlywine

 

Well, I have a 2015 and 2016 Bona Fide from 4Hands in my fridge right now. So I'd say I'd crack those open and do a little vertical.

If I was pulling out of my stash, heck, I don't know. I'd probably grab an Expedition Stout or Founder's Imperial Stout from last year.

 

Drinking one now, and I really enjoy it. It's rich and malty, but not overly so, with a gentle nuttiness and dried fig quality. The finish is nicely dry, and that's where the smoke comes on along with an earthy herbal character. There's a slight astringency too, but I'm hoping it goes away as it warms.

 

Today I'm going through the last of my Stone Xocoveza. Getting over a cold and still have a stuffed up nose so I didn't want to break out anything I hadn't tried before. This turned out to be a good choice, the spices cut through the stuffy nose and the brew is still delicious.

 

On this 1/2 snowday (left work 2 hours early) I cracked opened a Captain Lawrence Alt IPA, and getting ready to do the live Ten Fidy online tasting. Cheers.

 

Since the Ten Fidy online tasting is underway, regular Ten Fidy, BA Ten Fidy and something I don't normally drink as a palate cleanser: B. Nektar Mutant Killer Zombie Manhattan Project Thingy which is a ciser with cherries aged on bourbon barrels. Actually quite tasty

 

Backwoods Bastard

 

Clown Shoes Pinguna del Fuego. Spicy, barrel-aged, big stout. Perfection.

 

You took the words right out of my mouth.

But, yeah. It's been hovering near zero here, with wind chills in the negative teens, and I'm craving a big imperial IPA. And not just any one, either. It has to be fresh (and thus pretty hard to find around here). I have a cellar full of imperial stouts, but the hoppy stuff really hits the spot in weather like this. (Or in spring. Or summer.) Now I'm off to see if I can track one down. I have a Hop Stoopid on deck, just in case.

Cheers!

 

Founders Imperial Stout followed by some Old Weller.

 

Snow days often feel like stout days. It's a snowy afternoon and evening here in MA and we cracked our last bottle of the Trillium / Evil Twin collar Dusk Trill Dawn. Perfect choice for today.

 

Errr....collab not collar.

 

The GOAT!

 

I prefer to drink whatever I have on hand, preferably a nice, solid double IPA.

 

With you, I cracked a 2015 Parabola.

 

Something dark and malty, considerable bite of alcohol, warming.

I drink while shoveling.

 

I said double IPA, but I am with you. Something like a Winter Warmer, Barleywine, or Imperial Porter/Stout.

 

Man, living in CA, I do miss living in Central NJ and getting a fresh dusting of snow.

To answer your question...barleywines or BA stouts are a good choice. When the polar vortex hit in 2015 I had some big IPAs to hold me over. Put on a good movie and watch the snow fall. Stay warm!

 

This. It's 5 degrees outside, I pulled a 2006 jw lees harvest from the basement. Warming carmel is nice on a night like this.