Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout (2015). 16.9 % of pure awesomeness. 
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Cant get enough. Took advantage of a 60+ degree day today to light up the grill
Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout (2015). 16.9 % of pure awesomeness.
Wow. That is a beer - or stout - with quite some heft, I should imagine.
What does it taste like?
Yes, that Chimay looks most tempting; enjoy.
Barrel Aged Imperial Satans Pony. First time trying it, and its quite good.
A timeless classic, and one of my favourites.
Glad to see it served in the correct style of glass - I usually use either a Trappist Rochefort chalice, or a St Bernardus one, the proper glass beer chalices; the beer looks better and taste better when consumed from such glassware.
Must say that I rather like the coasters, too - very elegant.
I'll agree with fruit beers, but IPAs are a popular style. Just because you don't care for them doesn't mean others don't. I'm open to trying nearly any beer out there (not sours usually) but I trend toward Pale Ales and IPAs. What styles do you like?
My rant isn't so much that IPAs and fruit beers are becoming commonplace. It's the utter obsession with higher alcohol longer hopped very heavy and shockingly sweet IPAs. To be honest, most of the IPAs I've tried in the bottle haven't been particularly interesting: just heavy and hoppy. I've had much better experience with fresh singles on tap.
I've had some very good fruit beers, some one dimensional ones, and some very disappointing ones. The best are usually sour and from Northern Europe.
There's a lot of mediocre beer out there. The craft beer gold rush saw to that. Lots of money is being spent on label design, but the liquid inside doesn't always see the same attention to detail.
Or maybe I just differ from mainstream American craft beer tastes. It wouldn't be the first time I had divergent opinions from my fellow residents. I've had some better luck on the west coast.
But your point is well-taken. I could use some diversity of style at the beer shop too. And, frankly, when there are 20 different beers of the same style on the shelf that I've never tasted, it's hard for me to decide to shell out $8-$15 for several bottles I may not want to finish.
Last year, it was explained to me (by one of the young men who works in the brewing trade) that one of the reasons behind the surge in IPA style beers, and fruit style beers, and 'sours' - was not just the desire of good brewers to experiment - but, that a global shortages (weather, crop failures, etc) of malting barley meant that brewers had to diversify - and hope some of their clientele would wish to purchase a wider range of challenging - or 'new' beers - or risk going under. That meant producing beers that didn't rely on malting barleys.
Now, while I love the idea of craft breweries - and sometimes love the execution of much of what they offer - not all experiments work, least of all if a "new" flavour becomes the "fashion of the month", and some of what is produced - as @mobilehaathi has argued (and @pachyderm has ranted - or vented about) - both of you correctly - is less than stellar.
Also please note, I didn't say that anyone shouldn't enjoy them, I simply vented a bit about the fact they have almost completely taken over at my local Publix.
Out to unwind after another rough week. A nice local draft and some experimenting with my 7+ camera and zoom.
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An excellent IPA from Lausanne (yes capital of the IOC).
http://www.docteurgabs.ch/
An excellent IPA from Lausanne (yes capital of the IOC).
I second the request. That looks almost like a wine label ... I can imagine complex flavours and a lot of flavonoids.
Its Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Sidamo. Its a coffee stout that they age in bourbon barrels. This one is at 10.5% ABV. I'm not good for describing all the flavors. I taste coffee, for sure, like a dark roast, and then after that first sip, you can feel the bourbon kind of heat up your chest. My wife is not a dark beer lover by any means, but even she found this one to be amazing (she drinks dark roast coffee). The aroma, coffee for sure, but there's hints of other things as well - definitely enjoyable. I went back and bought 4 more bottles
Oh, yes, I'm broadly in agreement with you; I merely offered some reasons (of a technical - or botanical - nature) - as to why this may have been the case.
Sounds terrific - I love those rich, dark, luscious porters in winter.
Some of the coffee 'flavoured' - beers - or porters are simply superb; both Founder's and Buxton produce an excellent interpretation of a rich, coffee style stout.
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So delicious; enjoyed this one last night
Enjoying this with my lunch today
And since I have the rest of the day with nothing to do, going to open up a few bottles that I have had around a few weeks and see what they are about. Starting off with IV, by Center of the Universe. This is a Belgian quad aged in red wine barrels. I expected some bitterness from it, but it is actually quite sweet and delicious
Enjoying this with my lunch today
And since I have the rest of the day with nothing to do, going to open up a few bottles that I have had around a few weeks and see what they are about. Starting off with IV, by Center of the Universe. This is a Belgian quad aged in red wine barrels. I expected some bitterness from it, but it is actually quite sweet and delicious
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