What beer are you drinking now? #859

6% alcohol. Brewed in Belgium.

 

RIP Kingofhop

 

Fantasy Factory for the first time. Wow! Exceptional beer IMO...

 

2013 Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine

 

Fat Head's Hop JuJu

This stuff is incredible! Thanks @rpbuckeye !

 

Sun's up, feels like morning — time for coffee.

There are more assertive, coffee-y beers out there, but I can find no faults with this one.

Me too! haha

Yeah, it's a great one. I save a couple in the back of the fridge for late winter / early spring, so I can keep enjoying it just a little longer. I would definitely be 'celebration-ing' in the summer and fall if I could!

 

Said I was gonna drink these till the snow stopped....



Think It finally stopped....................whew !!!!!

 

SNOW DAY

 

Anytime Zap. Glad you enjoyed it and it arrived safe in this cold ass weather. Cheers!

 

Should be doing some homework, but ... I'll get to it.

Burton Baton: #686



I know this isn't exactly a hard beer to find, but I've been on the lookout for a few months now, being increasingly interested in trying it. I got a $4 single and, as usual, poured it into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint. Bottled 1/27 and poured 2/26.

Appearance: Poured straight down the glass and got a pretty modest finger of head -- creamy and soapy, but more creamy, and egg shell colored. The beer is a moderately hazy orange-brown color.

Smell: Since it's almost frozen from the fridge, it's hard to get a good nose on it. I definitely get the woodiness from the barrels first and foremost. I don't know if Dogfish head specifies if they use bourbon barrels, but I'm pretty sure they don't, and I'm thankful for that -- bourbon barrel non-stouts tend to underwhelm me. The oak also gives a vanilla vibe, with some citrusy hops in there as well. Even pretty much ice cold, this beer smells great. Not extremely potent, but super pleasant.

Taste/feel: The hops really shine on the tongue -- juicy, fresh, sweet, somewhat tangy (!?), and just delicious. Herbal hops with some citrus are the dominant hop flavors I get, followed by the barrel and the malt which all combines to make for a phenomenal aftertaste. The feel is also incredible on this beer... it has about a medium body with a fairly high prickly carbonation that really suits this beer well: it just makes the hops "pop". As far as alcohol, it's untraceable -- nowhere to be found. For bitterness, well, this is a DIPA. It's obviously hoppy, but *too* drinkable at 10%, and isn't very bitter at all to my tongue.

Just an excellent, excellent beer. I liked it the more I went on. The smell was better than the appearance, the taste was better than the smell... Burton Baton is a must try. The bottle suggests maybe cellaring this beer, but I wouldn't ever do that. The fresh, bursting hops is what makes this beer -- the barrel just adds a bit of depth. If you see this beer, pick it up.

4.25/5 (+0.2% rDev)

Cheers, BA!

 

Great w eggs and sausage. Cheers all!!!

 

Velveteen Habit....

 

Bottle share last night... It was awesome!

 

Appleton Beer Factory - Sonoma Blonde
A Cabernet Sauvignon barrel aged blonde. This is really great! Tart, sweet, so refreshing.


Cheers Advocates!

 

Breaking in the new glassware with a work-day friendly low ABV pale ale.