What beer are you drinking now? #3422

Drinking Chimay Tripel… Cheers!

 

Good day BAs! Thanks, @AzfromOz for starting off today's thread! It's currently 11 degrees F here, supposed to get above freezing again today! Soon it's off to help my son prepare his house for his GF and her kids.
Today's New Breakfast Beer is a survivor from last November's TX trip, one that's been lurking in the depths of Beer reefer #1, waiting to attack. Whoops! I haven't uploaded the pix yet. There.



I'm not big on watermelon brews so I wasn't expecting to like this one. No surprise. Rating 3.55, rDev +0.9%.

 

Howdy.
The usual, pre-run, after some insomnia and some course prepping for the day. Have a good one and I'll see you this afternoon for happy hour.
Cheers!

 

There is a thread in the West Coast folder related to the Top "Hopmaker" California Breweries. I haven't had them all, but have been exposed to enough old/new school to have AleSmith on my list (this beer and .394 Pale Ale, among others). Beachwood (my #1), Green Cheek, Heretic, Kern River, Russian River and Sierra Nevada would be there as well.

AleSmith IPA



Old School and New School
Big and Small
There is room for All

 

Drinking Fiddlehead IPA

 

Good morning BAs! No dogs nor chores today so I slept in, then took a walk around the RV park in sunny 77° weather…coffee time - “Happy Alone” an imperial oat stout finished on coffee, Tahitian vanilla beans, cinnamon and milk sugar:



No canning date. A recent Tavour purchase. Poured at 50°. Inky black with no ruby edges; two fingers of light brown and cinnamon head consisting of mixed rocks; very good cap retention; heavy ring; lasting soapy lacing; thin legs. Strong coffee nose with chocolate in the mix. Taste follows with some vanilla, cocoa nibs and a sprinkle of cinnamon on the finish. Full minus body,
moderate minus carbonation, dusty dry tongue coating; no warmth from 8.4% abv. Overall an excellent coffee stout with a tasty bitter roast coffee linger; maybe not as well balanced as FBS, but certainly more coffee.

4.75 | 4.5 | 4.75 | 4.5 | 4.5
Score: 4.62 rDev +14.1%

I’ve enjoyed the few beers from Anchorage, by way of Tavour, that I’ve had and will definitely buy more. Cheers from Lake Wales, FL and have a fab Friday y’all!

 

Rince cochon Rouge (Red) and missus gets what’s left in the 500ml can, so half of it.

 

Bud this morning and possibly a few more as my day progresses.

 

Drinking Bud, if it's good enough for @Squire it's good enough for me

 

Happy Friday BA's

Sun is shining and the temp is around 30 degrees, and warmer tomorrow - Sunday....yea!

Picked this up this morning after our doggo walk, a cascadian dark ale, or black IPA, or ?
Had it before - pretty tasty!



another pretty sunrise here on the north coast

 

I'm starting off the day with a beer I was very excited to see when I bought a mixed sixer this morning. Victory Berry Monkey, a fruited sour tripel. It's a new beer from my favorite brewery. It's got a lighter aroma than taste. Berries and tartness are dominant with lingering raspberries. I rated it 4.29, Victory has another winner.

 

Surly Brewing Co. -- Barrel-Aged Ten
Old ale
ABV: 10.5%; pouring temperature: 47 °F; bottling data: unknown



3.59/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Murky, reddish brown body; thin, fizzy head. Smell includes raisins, prunes, cocoa. Sweet and slightly bitter taste; cocoa and raisins; cinnamon and anise; boozy. Medium mouthfeel; a little thin tasting for the style; alcohol heat.

An okay anniversary ale. The rum barrel aging truly dominates things, perhaps overtaking things and upsetting the overall balance and depth. It's rather disjointed all around and lacks a deeper, more robust malt presence. Flavorful yet hot and thin.

 

Unibroue Don de Dieu

 

Happy Friday BA's....OT, laundry and other chores complete. Sixpoint Invisible Haze west coast IIPA as the wife makes salads for lunch. Fired up the solar pool heater today, current water temp 67 degrees. We have a 6-7 day streak of mid 80's coming up so we should gain some heat daily.

 

Fortunately for me lunchtime and Bud time arrived at the same time.

 

A Columbus Colosseum. Single hop blond IPA from Uiltje (Haarlem, NL).
Cheers

 

Platform - Odd Future DIPA (can).. cheers!

 

In my glass now is Iron Hill Russian Imperial Stout. A pint at 9.8% might mean naptime when it's done. It's a gorgeous beer, darkest brown with orange tinges around the edges. A thick khaki head that leaves beautiful lacing. Oh, and it tastes pretty good, too.

 

Ten Sleep Double Tap Lager at Old Chicago. Prost!

 

Arclight World Between Worlds Imperial Stout w/ coconut at the source while I grab my bottles. Thick with 15 c’s, creamy, and loads of coconut. Huge decadent dark chocolate fudge presence. Pastry stout done right.

 

Have a great weekend folks



A very nice blond!

 

Rotisserie chicken salad for lunch with an Other Half Double Space Cut DDHIIPA....

 

Enjoying a Melvin Pale Ale with lunch.



Cheers all....

 

Hoppy Friday! I’m drinking a Tired Hands Thematical. Thanks to @JayORear

Cheers!

 

Good after BA's weekend is almost here. Partaking of a Tucker Brewing Southern Heaven Hefeweizen 5.2= ABV. Cheers all!

 

Blackberry Farm Brewery -- Mountain Lager
Vienna-style lager
ABV: 5.1%; pouring temperature: 48 °F; canning data: U SHALL NOT PASS 11/04/21



...we live in strange and ugly times...not the best of them, not the worst...definitely edgy...

 

Now at The Livery in Benton Harbor, MI enjoying a BBA Wee Ale aged in Four Roses barrels. Never been here but have always enjoyed their higher gravity offerings.
Been a minute since I’ve had a wee heavy. Dark fruits, some apricot jam, some peat, some roasted malt, molasses, toasted brown bread, slight oak and bourbon. More barrel presence would definitely elevate this, but it’s still a very enjoyable beer.

 

You ventured closer to my neck of the woods with that selection. I know where that brewery is but have not tried anything from there yet. People like their Saisons. I love Vienna Lager, how as that one (despite being 4 months old).

 

Post lunch beer in the RV - “Captain’s Daughter” DIPA:



Canned 1/25/22. I reviewed this beer 3 weeks ago and then it was a yeasty floaty mess, which I believe negatively influenced my overall scoring. Today’s beer is lovely to look at with good clarity. Still, it smells like cat pissy, garlicy grapefruit and the taste is skunky grapefruit. An example of what I don’t like in an IPA. Mosaic, imo, ruins another otherwise perfectly fine beer…stepping down from soapbox…Cheers gang!

 

That a strong start or is a finish in France. Heck I don't know, I'm time zone challenged. Cheers!

 

70°F on the nose right now and sunny. Sweet! Enjoying a Paulaner Helles out of the ample 16.9 oz can. Cheers!

 

Hey BA's

Back from another walk with a friend on our local Ohio + Erie Canal Towpath trail - 5.35 miles today so far.....time to hydrate



the trail - stretches from Cleveland - south through Akron area where I am, on south to New Philly etc - great resource



trailside pupster

 

I am too, Atlanta dude!

 

Lol! Excellent choice of tune my friend!

 

Avalanche. West Coast IPA from Cierzo (Spain).
Cheers!

 

Cheers!

 

Howdy BAs
Pretty sunny in these parts today

 

Great tune!