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Wine and Beer Enthusiasts
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I was finally able to crack open and enjoy Stone Brewery's Abnormal Neapolitan Dynamite Stout! And holy smokes it did not disappoint. At all. As this one sat for a few minutes after opening the flavor only got more intense. This beer for me was intense from the first sip to the last. I really did taste all the flavors of the classic ice cream flavor! The smell is something special also. Yup, I will be tracking this one down for another go! Loved it!
That sounds amazing. Will make a note of it.
Methinks that beer time doth approach........
the Weller is known as the baby pappy. the 12 year is hard to find and significantly marked up in today's bourbon market. however, the regular version and the antique are more readily available and priced more reasonably.
A few glasses of a rare elegant Pinot Blanc from Alsace to help the evening go by.......
And a glass or two of Riesling from Alsace to accompany me tonight.....
Speaking of Fieldwork, they have a delightfully unique beer on tap right now, a "holiday farmhouse ale" named Hors de Saison. It's essentially a dark farmhouse/saison ale, delightfully dry but with a nice plummy, pruney, cacao body. Definitely a nice change of pace from all the IPAs, etc.
Getting close to a porter, or stout, perhaps?
In other words, serious winter drinking......
Usually they are not porters or stouts. They are more along the line of an ale. They tend to be lighter in color (not all, some do have a dark or red color to them), they tend to be dry like @mobilehaathi mentioned and they can also have a hint of wheat or other earthy flavoring. Some can use a little fruit to help with the flavor, some don't. But not so much a porter or stout. They can actually be had year round.
I consider them to be a very clean, crisp, and a beer that can actually be dry to the tongue and mouth. Beachwood Brewery makes an excellent farmhouse ale that is super crisp, which is one of the reason I like it so much.
Yep, and I was really happy with it. It was a very very dark ruby color, definitely a nice option in a sea of IPAs.
Sounds like a good idea, will have one before bed.
Ah, wonderful. Bliss.
My definition of something close to perfection in a winter beer (or, rather, quad, a smooth but robust porter style beverage).
Do enjoy it - both of you.
Ok, had another outstanding beer last night.
Run don't walk! One of the best Dark Ales I have ever had! While it is pretty high in ABV, you do not taste or feel it. However as the beer settles down, the full flavor comes through. This is also one of the best smelling beers I have had. If this is any indication of the quality of beer from this brewery, I can't wait to taste my other bottle from them, an imperial stout that clocks in at 19% ABV known as "Black Tuesday"... Salivating already thinking about this one and remembering the "Zesty Mounds"!
Run don't walk! One of the best Dark Ales I have ever had! While it is pretty high in ABV, you do not taste or feel it. However as the beer settles down, the full flavor comes through. This is also one of the best smelling beers I have had. If this is any indication of the quality of beer from this brewery, I can't wait to taste my other bottle from them, an imperial stout that clocks in at 19% ABV known as "Black Tuesday"... Salivating already thinking about this one and remembering the "Zesty Mounds"!
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Sounds brilliant.
And what - if I make be so bold as to ask - is the actual ABV, ("pretty high", yes) as I am unable to read it from the screen grab you posted.
Port.
Ruby port - produced by a colleague who had just returned from leave - (what he called "tourist standard" port - he has better stuff he is reserving....) along with blue cheese. Massive chunks of blue cheese........which I devoured (in greedily vast quantities). Oh, bliss.
There is something in my withered soul that thinks it has died and gone to heaven.......
Ruby port - produced by a colleague who had just returned from leave - (what he called "tourist standard" port - he has better stuff he is reserving....) along with blue cheese. Massive chunks of blue cheese........which I devoured (in greedily vast quantities). Oh, bliss.
There is something in my withered soul that thinks it has died and gone to heaven.......
Well, I'm several glasses into a Zinfandel from a nearby family winery I'm fond of...
A delicious pint of an oatmeal cocoa coconut Stout, which has been brewed with "twice the usual amount of coconut."
Yum!
Yum!
Sounds incredible; Founder's have produced some excellent oatmeal stouts.
Do enjoy.
I have already posted this saga in the 'cheese' thread, and shall now post it here, too, as I suspect that the advice tendered may well be rather different.
To wit: I spent no small period of time this morning (a work day, or half day) perusing sites about blue cheese, in between writing reports. Necessary distraction, at times.
Over lunch, a colleague (he of the port and blue cheese from a few nights ago), expressed stupefaction that I could spend time browsing blue cheese sites. the immortal sentence "I think you need a life" was uttered, (to which I was tempted to reply - "but this is my life").
Now, a dilemma: Aforementioned colleague over a shared meal (lunch) - the same gentleman who returned from leave some days ago with a suitcase full of delights including blue cheese and port, informed me today that he could well be despatched to Paris for a brief visit next week.
Whereupon he grinned, and remarked, still giggling, "I'm evil,", and proceeded to announce that he would bring me back a gift - might bring me back a gift - comprising a kilo of Something. "But this is going to hurt: Your choice - a kilo of aged blue cheese, or a kilo of aged port"?
Advice welcome.........
To wit: I spent no small period of time this morning (a work day, or half day) perusing sites about blue cheese, in between writing reports. Necessary distraction, at times.
Over lunch, a colleague (he of the port and blue cheese from a few nights ago), expressed stupefaction that I could spend time browsing blue cheese sites. the immortal sentence "I think you need a life" was uttered, (to which I was tempted to reply - "but this is my life").
Now, a dilemma: Aforementioned colleague over a shared meal (lunch) - the same gentleman who returned from leave some days ago with a suitcase full of delights including blue cheese and port, informed me today that he could well be despatched to Paris for a brief visit next week.
Whereupon he grinned, and remarked, still giggling, "I'm evil,", and proceeded to announce that he would bring me back a gift - might bring me back a gift - comprising a kilo of Something. "But this is going to hurt: Your choice - a kilo of aged blue cheese, or a kilo of aged port"?
Advice welcome.........
Stout, porter and winter - even the sort of 'winter' where temperatures are more suggestive of the sort of places that writers such as Somerset Maugham used to refer to as "the tropics" - go awfully well together.
A nice porter (or two) kept me company last night, and very pleasant it was, too.
A nice porter (or two) kept me company last night, and very pleasant it was, too.
An Italian white wine, called "Bolgheri" from the Antinori vineyard, made from the Vermentino grape.
Which one did you have? I have had a few really good oatmeal stouts with coconut in them.
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I love blue cheese, one of my favorite cheeses out there, if not my favorite, so I am more skewed towards the cheese!