Torst in Brooklyn Heads Up

Saw the event on FB, was too hungover to make it. They didn't kick yet?!

 

I was there yesterday and had a great time. It was very busy but still pretty easy to get whatever beer you wanted. I still prefer fresh regular Mexican Cake over the variants but Coconut, Chipotle & Coffee were all are very good. The rest of the lineup was great as well: Gozu, Valley of the Heart's Delight, Even More Jesus & 3 different Weisse Weisse Babies

From what it sounds like everything is still flowing so today should be another good day to head to Torst is you missed out yesterday or you want to go back for seconds.

 

Yeah was a great event and worth checking out for sure.

I'd also say regular is probably still my overall fave, but all of the variants were great. Particularly liked churros. The 2012 regular definitely past it's prime.

 

Oh man if I wasn't already going to a bottle share tonight I would be over there this afternoon.

 

Mr. Chipper was my fav of the day

 

Good to know, I'm at Torst right now and was about to order the 2012.

 

Yeah definitely avoid that one. It was badly oxidized.

My top 3 from yesterday were the Coconut, Churro and Chocolate-Raspberry, all of which tasted exactly as described but without destroying the integrity of the base cake. The coffee was really tasty, but didn't add too much to the base beer imo. The chipotle was good too, but I couldn't really identify the addition of the chiptoles vs just the habaneros...it didn't have a distinct chipotle taste. The cherry just muted the chile heat and didn't really bring a noticeable cherry profile.

All three of the Weisse Weisse Baby variants were delicious (my preference for those was Lemon Coconut>Tamarind>Key Lime). The 2013 Mr Chipper and the Gozu were also great.

The 2.5oz pours (although I'm pretty sure all of mine were larger than that) was a great way to try a lot of the beers.

 

We came. We saw. We kicked its ass! But no, really, we had all of them except the chipotle and the aged variants. All were great! My top 3 in order were choco raspberry, churros, coconut.

 

I liked the Churro version a lot, the Chocolate Raspberry one tasted a little too medicinal for me. The Tamarind Weisse Weisse Baby was probably my favorite I had, thought it was really interesting.