time to play the "can you name this style by the pictures" game.

No worries, just proves your superior knowledge of beer. I`m not sure if I should bow down or worry!! haha

 

Freak'n VooDoo going on in this here thread!!

 

I have a suspicion that bragona71 is messing with me a little bit, but I'm sure he'll never admit it

In any case I don't have anything to post at the moment. Someone else want to take it?

 

I'll go....
Hint #1: a rarely used variety of an ingredient
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Is it from a variety pack?

 

Despite my background of "bottle holders" it is not from a mixed pack.

 

Yeah your right I just happened to have that bottle and a picture of it laying around. trying to make you feel better, it took you like 3 guesses last round

 

Heh, the pic with the bottle actually didn't come up for me at first. So I was a bit incredulous

True story, there is a Peruvian restaurant near me that usually has Total Domination on tap and serves it in the exact same glass that you used. We go there often for executive meetings. So I have had it served that way many times. When I saw the glass I was like "wow that looks exactly like a glass of Total Domination at Inka Mama's". Boom goes the dynamite.

Every once in a while you get so lucky that it makes you look like some kind of alcoholic savant If you had used a different glass I am 100% sure I would not have guessed it correctly. It's just color+shape association.

 

Is the rarely used variety a grain?

 

nope

 

Is the rarely used variety a fruit?

 

choco knows already.. Thats 3 guesses next he will drop the bomb

 

Heh, I have an impairment - when I see a beer in that same tulip, I can only think of beers I've had at Inka Mama's. If I guessed the one that comes to mind it would definitely be wrong since it's a local brewery.

But OK I'll do it just to prove I'm not a mind-reading cyber-wizard. Artifex Hibisc-this. A bad beer from a great brewery (who is currently experimenting with usually good results...I just can't get behind a hibiscus beer)

 

I was leaning toward a raspberry but I have noticed quite a few raspberry beers popping up at bev mo,so might not qualify as "rarely used"

 

You are all incorrect.....also, it is not a fruit

 

Hint #2: This was a seasonal beer.

Notice I posted another hint in under 48 hours **cough**chocotaco**cough**

 

Not a fruit. In case any more proof is necessary that I actually think about answers, here is what I was thinking if it was a fruit:

Rarely used citrus: Buddha's hand, yuzu, bergamot, kumquat
Rarely used rosaceae: Quince, plum, apricot, pear, peach, loquat, rose hips, rose petals, crabapple
Rarely used ribes: Gooseberry, redcurrant, white currant

The color doesn't suggest any major fruit interference, which rules out highly pigmented adjuncts like redcurrant. And ribes besides black and red currants are very uncommon. So eliminate ribes.

Apricot, peach, and plum are more likely to appear soon after Spring because that's when they're seasonal. So probably not one of those unless it's been aging for a while. Eliminate those.

I have never heard of a beer using rose hips or petals, loquat, quince or crabapple. So eliminate those. If it turns out to be that, I'll learn something.

Maybe:
Logsdon Seizoen (pear juice for bottle conditioning)
New Belgium Yuzu Berliner Weisse (Yuzu, obviously)
Almanac Farmer's Reserve Citrus (Buddha's hand and bergamot)

But, it's not a fruit. So discard that train of thought.

 

Man, cut me a break! I had a lot on my mind the last couple days. I had a job offer that I had to think really hard about (same thing I'm doing now, less responsibility, no career advancement, but more money) and it was a really difficult decision, mostly because of the "more money" part.

Edit: turned it down, in case you're curious

 

If the rarely used variety is not a grain nor a fruit, is it a hop?

 

If it is a hop, is it (or was it recently) an experimental hop?

 

It is a hop

 

If it is a hop, is it a hop from the South/East quandrant (i.e. Australia/New Zealand)

 

^^ nope ^^

 

I had the same kind of offer 2 years ago and now Im unemployed

 

Stones delicious IPA?

 

Those are not the hops you seek.

 

is it an American hop?

 

it is....

Hint#3: If you guess the hop, you will likely guess the beer.

 

Is it Mosaic?

 

Sierra nevada Harvest Wet Hop IPA?

 

tettnanger..twilight ale

 

No one has it yet.
Hint#4: This hop "happens twice a year."

 

Equinox? SN Harvest Single Hop IPA?

 

Surprise, surprise...., Chocotaco wins again

Equinox hops were the big hint ingredient. Rarely used because they are fairly new to the scene. To my knowledge, only a small handful of beers have been marketed with them.

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I got nothing, so I nominate DarthCitra (because he was *inches* away with his guess)

 

Sorry about the terrible lighting and quality, it's the only decent pic I had.
Hint: This is one of three variations of the base beer.

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Monster's Park - Rye Whisky Barreled

 

That damn reflection lol

 

Haw

 

I've had the whiskey too but not as amazing as the rye barrels

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