I just finished St. Arnolds Divine Reserve #10 that was released today. It's a bog English Barleywine. Pretty good, but going to let it cellar for a year or so, maybe until they release #11.
I had a Trader Joe's Mission Street Pale Ale, then one of my English IPA's, then my buddy killed the english IPA keg, so I switched to the American IPA, and then he killed that keg too, so I switch to the local brewery's Scotch Ale that I have a keg of. It's been a long night.
Kind brewery pale ale, Kind brewery Belgian red, Thomas River Red ale, & Thomas River pilsner... all out of Spartanberg SC. 2 different brewerys sharing a brewery space.
I prefer the taste of the Kind brewery beers but they are higher ABV. the Thomas river is good, and lower abv so I can have more out in the bar. Kind forces me home earlier!
Sam Adams Chocolate Bock. I am not a huge fan of Sam Adams, but I do usually buy the winter variety pack for the Fezziwig ale, and this year they put the chocolate bock in there. What a nice surprise, its Rich, Malty, and Chocolately without being sweet. Its very well done. I am happy there is another beer in the winter variety pack thats good and I don't have to spend $14 for a bomber to try the chocolate bock this year.
Fullers 1845. Just a great beer. Period! Excellent malt and ester character. At 6%, it might be hard to drink a lot of these (at least for me!), but just a fulfilling brew. Listening to the "how to brew" podcast to see if it can be cloned. I am guessing they don't do it well.
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My Graphene IPA. Working on the recipe all the time. Needs more bitterness. I don't have a way to store hops, so my recipes use all the ounces I get from the IHBS (internet homebrew store? ). I moved the hops to late in the boil but it robbed me of my IBUs. It's three weeks in the bottle carbonated and room temp. I like the hop profile, lots of cascade. Just missing the bitterness and some body. I might start calling it my Graphene Pale Ale because their just is not enough hoppiness to justify the name.