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Wine and Beer Enthusiasts
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Enjoyed a Korbinian (a glorious, rich, luscious) doppelbock beer from the Weihenstephaner brewery (in bavaria) last night.
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So good that I enjoyed another - Korbinian, that is - last night. An excellent and gloriously rich and tasty beer.
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I'm having a Weihenstephaner Vitus for the evening. I consider buying another round of Korbinians from Weihenstephaner, but I also happened to receive two more barrel-aged Imperial Stouts in the mail today, so there is no need to hurry.
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Well, you can never go wrong with either a Vitus or a Korbinian.
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A Canadian beer shall end my evening. Maple syrup, a surprising amount of salt, a touch of coffee, dark chocolate, freshly scraped vanilla pods, soy sauce, nougat, sultanas. A bit of liquorice. Filling. Nothing to moan about, I'd buy it again.
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It was absolutely lovely. It was, indeed, € 32 lovely. There are those rare occasions when spending time is more important than saving money.
rhett7660
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Wow... I have had upwards of 28-30%, but this is just wow. How was it? More importantly where did you find this?
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Well, Eisbock is produced by freezing the fluid parts of the beer (thus, sucking the non-alcohol part out of it, physically). So what we had here was a Bock beer with much of the water gone. Schorschbräu is proud to keep the world record of the strongest beer without any additional spirits. (> 60 vol.% beer exists, and all of it contains artificial alcohol strength.) Their 55% was amazing, their 57% is slightly over the top for me (but still amazing in a different manner, hence my comment). Although I enjoy cask-strength whisk(e)y, the 57% Eisbock was an acquired taste... too vinegar-y. I still have a second bottle, because why not. For whatever occasion might happen. Pure Eisbock usually comes with banana (it's strong Weizenbock, after all), umami notes, soy sauce, dark chocolate and an amazing depth. The vinegar notes should not be there...
It's still worth a try, honestly. But if you can, grab a 55%. It is much deeper, more sophisticated, less... wrongly sour. Your mileage may vary.
A German craft beer shop (in Hannover) I visit every two or three weeks bar had a loose budget, I guess. To quote the cashier, "you got TWO of our MOST EXPENSIVE beer? are you CRAZY????".
(Yes, I am. Autism isn't fun, my friend. Anyway. -)
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Shall be attending a wine tasting (in a rather good wine shop) later this evening: The theme is seriously good French wines, Margaux, Chablis, and so on, in other words, some of the wines that I am really rather partial to.
In any case, I am starting off the evening by sipping a glass of French wine (a rather nice Chardonnay from the Pays d'Oc) in a favourite wine bar.
In any case, I am starting off the evening by sipping a glass of French wine (a rather nice Chardonnay from the Pays d'Oc) in a favourite wine bar.
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Inspired by this thread, I purchased a bottle of cask-matured Chablis from the soon-to-be-closed wine shop a few hours ago, to be opened next weekend, perhaps. I will report back when it happens.
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So am I. Today, however, is beer day. Heading to the craft beer shop in an hour.
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I greatly enjoyed the French wine tasting yesterday evening.
As expected, the Chablis and Margaux (they offered Margaux from two different years as an exercise in how the wine can differ from year to year) were excellent, and the event was most enjoyable, but the two real surprises were a Grand Cru Champagne (I am not normally much of a fan of champagne as I think it an over-rated beverage, but, that was probably as a result of only ever having imbibed lesser quality champagne), and, an even greater surprise, - a true treat - was a white wine from Givry, in Burgundy (made from Chardonnay), which was superb.
As expected, the Chablis and Margaux (they offered Margaux from two different years as an exercise in how the wine can differ from year to year) were excellent, and the event was most enjoyable, but the two real surprises were a Grand Cru Champagne (I am not normally much of a fan of champagne as I think it an over-rated beverage, but, that was probably as a result of only ever having imbibed lesser quality champagne), and, an even greater surprise, - a true treat - was a white wine from Givry, in Burgundy (made from Chardonnay), which was superb.
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There was a cocktail bar at the end of my beer evening, leading to me not feeling too well. I'll pause alcohol for a few days.