What beer are you drinking now? #1168

A very happy 2016 to all BA's !! Cheers !

And a last salute to one of my all time heroes : Lemmy !

 

Actually saw midnight, which is a feat after driving to the lake with a dog, two kids and the wife, all packed into a Tiguan. But, after a morning run and a coffee, it's time for the first beer of 2016. Cheers to all.

 

Finishing one of the leftover ingredients of last night's Black and Tan.
Then back to the couch for more sleep.

 

Just lookin for floaters

 

Happy New Year BAs. I didn't see midnight, maybe it was 9:30? Last night for dinner I cooked some ribs and then watched the Blu-ray 4K restoration of The Third Man. Tremendous! Up now and going to finish watching the bonus features. I opened a bottle of Hipster Brunch Stout to keep me company.

Hope everyone didn't get TOO wild last night!

 

Drinking Cigar City Jai Alai



Listening to The Alan Parson's Project - I Robot

 

hahaha, very good!

 

I need that shirt. I got up about 7am this morning (my son was considerate and played quietly in his room for a while) and saw the Happy New Year text message from my 65 year-old step mom from midnight. My wife and I made it to 11pm though! That's a record for us.

 

A little forever ever over here. Digging it . Session ipa. Good amount of flavor.

 

Happy New Year BA!

 

Cup o' BA-style Joe on this fine New Years morning.

 

DFH 120.
I decided not to mess around.
Now if I can only remember what happened between 1215 and whenever it was I went to bed....

 

Good morning BA, and happy new year. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves last night, the Bois I had last took me out . I've been up for a while, I wasn't able to get back to sleep. Here is what I am drinking this morning:

Always awesome IPA. Flavors of big bright grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, and piney hops; with a moderate amount of caramel, honey, and bready malts. Good sized pine/rind sticky/resinous bitterness; with good dryness and no hop astringency. I certainly prefer Sculpin, but this is also outstanding when I am in the mood for a Centennial/Columbus hop flavor. Just as good as my other favorite C hopped IPAs.


This stuff is simply incredible. Flavors of huge dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, toffee, molasses, toast, dark bread, bourbon, oak, and light dark fruit. Light roasted bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with a really great balance of the coffee/cocoa, malt, and barrel flavors; along with roasted coffee bitterness/sweetness after the finish. Medium-full bodied; with a great creamy/silky mouthfeel. I think they should make this year round. The coffee/cocoa additions seem to give the base beer more body and darker stout-like complexities. It tastes like a poor man's KBS, and that's just fine with me. I'd drink it all the time.


3 years old and tasting incredible! I only have 1 left now, I should go buy more to cellar this week. Flavors of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, licorice, leather, tobacco, char, light pine, and light smoke. Good amount of roast/char and herbal/piney hop bitterness on the finish. Nice full bodied creamy/slick finish with balanced roast malt/hop sticky/chalky notes as well. Even after 3 years, I am surprised how much hop character is still present; but given how hoppy Old Rasputin is fresh, this is right in the same area. Classic RIS qualities. I'll have to go buy more and try it fresh again to see the differences.


Another cellar grab for the day; this has been in there for a while, but it's an instant classic English Old Ale. I reviewed a 2008 last year. Flavors of big caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, and light leather/tobacco; balanced fruitiness of raisin, plum, prune, fig, pear, and apple; and herbal/light peppery hops and yeasty earthiness. Balanced bitter/spicy finish; with a moderately creamy/slick mouthfeel. Smooth sipping with minimal warming ABV. This is so outstanding. Pretty much perfect balance of malt, yeast fruitiness, and earthy hop notes.


Cheers! Have great holiday BA

 

Could've worn this myself, any of the last four years. Love it.

 

Good morning BAs and welcome to the future!


Starting the new year with an old beer:



And a little past music to take us into the future: