What are you drinking now?

Jester King El Cedro
Harpoon Leviathan
Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Sumpin
My Red IPA

Frohe Weihnachten!

after 4 who cares

Skunky sucker/good hoppiness underneath. I kinda like it? Pretty flavorfull for a 4.7%. Strong grassy burntish/herbal bitter.Good feel. Im starting to think some of these english esb's are kicking a lotta pale ales asses. Plus I like titties.

certaut said:

after 4 who cares

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I wish it only took four to reach that point.

tonight, i have been relying heavily on my Falconer's American lager. and I'll have another, F you very much.

Having a Badfish IPA from Nuke. Fantastic beer! Nice hop aroma and flavor. Smooth bitterness. If this were a commercial offering I'd be buying it all the time.

Homebrew.. All I can say is its a Frank'in Dunkeweizen... Leaning towards a porter in SRM and mouth feel... Hint of cinnamon and nutmeg... Hopped with Zythos and Cascade...

The Lost Abbey Judgement Day "Mayan Apocalypse". It's amazing with notes of chilies.

Big Eddy RIS. Kind of rough, but I think it would be a lot better with some aging. Lucky for me, I have plenty of room to cellar this one. I bought a 4 pack, so the other 3 will be aged for a while before I try another one. Next up is a couple of my Hefeweizens while I wrap gifts for my kids.

La orange petite from northern brewer.

Decided to crack the Avery 19th Anniversary Tripel. So far not really digging it. I get a little bit of pilsner malt aroma, a big peppery flavor and tiny hint of lemon. It's not fridge temp or anything but Im letting it warm up a little before I stamp it "Severly Disappointing".



Edit: Yea temperature doesn't seem to matter, all I get from the yeast is pepper and nothing else. Tastes very much like a sub-par American attempt at a Belgian style. Maybe I scored a bad bottle since I picked it up in TX? Supposedly this should be fruity.

Starting out my night with this and I've got to say it's pretty good. This is my second Left Hand brew with the other being Milk Stout.

A little port. Had some of my RIS earlier.

My Strawberry Belgian Blonde. Meh. Base beer seems ok, but there's this funky off-flavor I can't place. I'm leaning towards DMS.

alternating between robust porter and 2xIPA...

Squat. Laid up with the flu and a hurt back. Christmas without beer. Seriously. How lame is that?

So no alcohol for me. These Norcos, however, do have me feeling okay for the time being.

Second beer in the sampler pack. I'm not really a fan of pilsner and this adds to the dislike. So bland and uninteresting.

ICWiener said:

Squat. Laid up with the flu and a hurt back. Christmas without beer. Seriously. How lame is that?

So no alcohol for me. These Norcos, however, do have me feeling okay for the time being.

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That's a bummer! I'm just getting over a cold myself, but I'm still having a few beers. I'm also mixing in some narcos, just for good measure! :cross:

Warm going down!

Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10, 11.11.11 and 12.12.12, along with a Corsendonk Christmas. Merry Xmas everyone!

ICWiener said:

Squat. Laid up with the flu and a hurt back. Christmas without beer. Seriously. How lame is that?

So no alcohol for me. These Norcos, however, do have me feeling okay for the time being.

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Suck man. I've had a pretty bad cold for a few days, I've still been getting stuff done and having a few, but I've got a fridge packed full of super premium beer right now and I don't want to drink any of it because I can't smell, taste, or get a proper buzz because after a beer or two I just want to go to sleep. Pretty lame.

bottlebomber said:

Suck man. I've had a pretty bad cold for a few days, I've still been getting stuff done and having a few, but I've got a fridge packed full of super premium beer right now and I don't want to drink any of it because I can't smell, taste, or get a proper buzz because after a beer or two I just want to go to sleep. Pretty lame.

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That's how I feel. I have a Heady Topper that a friend sent me, but I'm saving it until my tastebuds work again!

Deviant Dales! So Good!

I'm just getting over a cold myself, but I'm still having a few beers. I'm also mixing in some narcos, just for good measure!

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Wooooo! You'll be feeling it in a little bit.

I've got a fridge packed full of super premium beer right now and I don't want to drink any of it because I can't smell, taste, or get a proper buzz because after a beer or two I just want to go to sleep. Pretty lame.

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Same here. I have a bottle of Logsdon Seizoen Bretta and a bottle of Drie Fonteinen Golden Blend sitting in the fridge. No way I'm touching those without all of my faculties in working order.

Mmmm, that's the stuff. It's been a long time, but this seems to be roastier than I remember. Not that that's a bad thing, just sayin'.

You guys are a buncha sickies, gross clean it up!

Merry Christmas fuzzer muckers!! May all of you get all the best beer gadgets and recipe kits that Santa can haul!

nukebrewer said:

Starting out my night with this and I've got to say it's pretty good. This is my second Left Hand brew with the other being Milk Stout.

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Im a pretty avid fan of Stranger for sure as is my fiancee, we love gettin that variety 12 pack

I just had my first Stone, their Imperial Russian Stout. Awesome!

Firestone walker double dba followed with a jolly pumpkin madrugada oscura.

JesperX said:

Decided to crack the Avery 19th Anniversary Tripel. So far not really digging it. I get a little bit of pilsner malt aroma, a big peppery flavor and tiny hint of lemon. It's not fridge temp or anything but Im letting it warm up a little before I stamp it "Severly Disappointing".

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Edit: Yea temperature doesn't seem to matter, all I get from the yeast is pepper and nothing else. Tastes very much like a sub-par American attempt at a Belgian style. Maybe I scored a bad bottle since I picked it up in TX? Supposedly this should be fruity.

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It's going to be at least 7 months old by now. The bottle dates on Avery are xxyyy where xx is the two digit year, e.g. 12, and the yyy is the numerical date of the year. So 043 would be the 43rd day out of 366 in 2012.

They Wyeast 3522 / WLP550 yeast in this which tends towards more phenols and less esters than some of the other Belgian yeasts. So you will certainly get that pepper which I can see how people don't like it. Some pepper flavors are different than others. I don't mind the hot clove / allspice style phenols, but the white pepper styles ones I can't stand.

I thought it was a solid beer. Of their holy man or whatever series, this was my favorite. The Salvation golden strong wasn't golden, and had far too much body for my taste. But once you've tried Duvel, you're ****ed because nothing else compares.

The Tallgrass Velvet Rooster is a decent triple as if the Long Strange Tripel from Boulevard if you want to try something a little different.

Bells Two Hearted....best IPA ever.

Heavy Seas Peg Leg and AVBC Winter Solstice. Yum.

Polishing off one of my iipas as I wind down from setting Christmas stuff up for the kids. Time for bed since the little bastards will be waking me up in a few hours.

Coffee

mrnic said:

coffee

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+1

g-love said:

+1

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+2

Santa's elves had a late night.

Coffee ... For now