What beer are you drinking now? #2397

From the basement 2016, 120 Minute from DFH
This will be the sipper for the night.
Cheers all

 

Off work early and getting into a glass of Stable Genius at Level Beer..



Cheers BAs!

 

Love 120! How’s it drinking for you with 3 years on it? Cheers!

 

Thanks. I am sending Strangeways crowlers they are not sours. IPAs mostly. But there are folks I trade with that like sours (not me for the most part), and I would very much like to send them some Veil or The Answer sours (or Joose) if they can be ok unrefrigerated for about three days.

 

Excellent Kolsch. Fantastic lasting rocky head retention/thick foamy lacing. Aromas and flavors of juicy/tart/tangy pink guava, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, peach, pear, melon, and red apple yeast; with moderate wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit malts; herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery hops; and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Mediumplus carbonation, light-medium body, and fairly crisp/clean finishing. Creamy/silky/grainy wheat; some sticky hops, and fruit tang/acid/tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing tart/bitter dryness; no pucker/astringency. Very flavorful/refreshing, not watery for 5.3%. Awesome balance of authentic juicy guava and clean pale/wheat malts; with nice earthy hop presence/balance, and restrained yeast fruitiness. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. Would buy again. Spot on bast style example for sure. 4.03


Cheers

 

Do I detect Amarillo here?

 

Camp site set up, Mrs. Z resting in our RV’s king size bed...high 80s, but humidity in the 30s and a nice breeze under large shade trees...beer me! Yellow Rose:



This IPA is growing on me! Cheers from San Antonio TX!

 

Goose Island's SPF.......Very sweet, with lots of passion fruit. Refreshing.

 

That bitter head snap, is just a bitter nod, a sweet dried fruit thread is out now. The Alcohol exhale still strong.
Cheers

 

Stone imperial Mexican chocolate stout with some homemade Mexican breakfast cookies.
To answer @TheGent. from Sunday . Yes sometimes I plan out what I'm baking/cooking based on which beer I have in stock. Makes it interesting to try and find things that pair well

 

Got six of them. Do not ask. Ignore the cans i the backgound. I did not drink them. Took them out of the refrigerator to let the condensation wear off. Their sorry asses are being shipped tomorrow.

 

Hey BA’s
I traded some King Sue for some of this and Fayston Maple with a guy in work

I went to the store for Lawson’s and they didn’t have it in. He went to the store for TG and they were out. Coincidence, I think not.
Go Bruins
This guy was one funny shit

 

Sounds like a match made in heaven. Enjoy!

 

Yep. Give it another year and the hops will be long gone and it will drink more like a strong ale/Barleywine, and the alcohol bite will mellow and the whole become more Sherry like, with layers of boozy dark fruit and earthy tobacco notes...to me anyway - Cheers!

 

New Ascension BA sour. This was fantastic. Great fluffy head retention/soapy lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big tart/sour key limes, citrus peel/zest, lemon, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, tequila, oak, hay, straw, and grass; with moderate vanilla, cream, agave, graham cracker, wheat, white bread dough malt sweetness; light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang; light citrus peel bitterness, and tequila/oak spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation and body; very creamy/silky/grainy wheat/lactose; some lactic acid, fruit tang, and oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing acidic/tangy/tannic dryness; no pucker. Very smooth, pretty refreshing, not overly lactic, minimal warming 7%. Fantastic balance of vibrant key limes, graham cracker, vanilla, Lacto complexity, and tequila barrel presence/integration; with a great lactose and pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. Light residual sweetness with lingering acidic/tangy dryness. Amazing for an experimental beer, tastes just like the dessert. 4.25


Cheers

 

Guayabera as the evening sets in and the temp (thankfully) starts to drop a little:



Our “HaRVey” in the background. Mrs. Z likes the breeze, so doors open, flys/bugs be damned!

 

Very tasty brew ...

 

Being a seafood lover I honestly care about pairings. I’d be in a lobster coma at 7 bucks a pop. Cheers