Official tasting pictures thread

[Joel66]

What did you think of Fen Tao? I've dy made my opinion of it known, but I'm curious what others think. I want to make sure I'm not crazy.


Also Joel66, you see what Cantillon opened the other day to celebrate their new building?

I did see, it was amazing to see.

The carb was still in ours too. Truly an amazing veer

 

[Joel66]

Cant edit so:
Truly an amazing beer and most fun to hunt down. A real ghost, that exceeded all expectations

 

[Joel66]

Blanc de Blanc's is really sour, but tastes great. I love that white grape in American Wilds.

I domed it and it was so sour to the point of being hard to take.

I havent had a side project beer since batch 1 fermier ive considered to be worth what they take to get

 

[BusinessSloth]

I domed it and it was so sour to the point of being hard to take.

I havent had a side project beer since batch 1 fermier ive considered to be worth what they take to get

Thank you. That makes me feel a bit better about not being able to taste the latest insta-whales.

 

[Joel66]

if it makes you feel any better, the peche fermier was nothing to rave home about either. almost tempted to trade my apricot, grisette and ble

 

[BulkCarrier]

Last night's damage with blackcloud

The white one in the middle was New Glarus's R & D Wild Peach. Everything else looks fairly recognizable to most.

 

[Joel66]

 

[yancheng90]

Met up with Phillyz on his visit to Singapore yesterday. Et Tu was the best fruited wild. Parageusia2 was the best AWA without fruit and I felt it held its own against A&T, albeit being very different. Apricot Bu was delicious.

 

[Resuin]

Last night's tasting:

L to R - Jack's Abby Bride Maker, TG King Sue, Lawson's Hopcelot IPA, Spiteful Absinthe BA Klutzy Buffoon, Firestone XVII, Hunahpu (2013), Cali Brandy Hunahpu, 2013 St. Lam, 2011 BT, 2013 Abraxas, 2014 Parabola, Lawson's Super Session IPA, Three Floyd's Blackheart, Cabernet BA Laika.

My favorites were (INO): TG King Sue, Cab BA Laika, Cali Brandy Huna (awesome finish on this one), St. Lam.

 

[omgeezo]

Bad picture of good beer

 

[bahnfire]

Had a nice little football Sunday tasting with some new beer friends:

If I had to pick a favorite it'd be Art. I can confirm the SP sours are damn sour. I preferred Blancs to Fencerow. But Fuzzy is still better than either of those. Brute was a treat as well. Norma was b2 and from the recent "vintage" sale at HF. I found it much better than the b2 bottle I had from the initial release. Nelson was delicious as all hf IPAs are. And BG&E was great to try, but I don't care for stouts so I can't really comment, but I loved the maple aspect.

 

[blue_bleeder]

Xpost, 0fux

 

[PHBoiler]

Good time with friends yesterday watching some football and tasting some great beers. DB Huna missed the photo.

 

[user 306349]

birthday bottle share last Friday. dat Westly...

 

[matedog]

Did a blind framboise tasting with the lady this weekend:

Unlike the gueuze(ish) tasting I did a few months back, I guessed everything right on this. The lambic stuck out like a sore thumb and was head and shoulders above the AWAs. My rankings and notes:
1. Rose de Gambrinus - wonderful funk that added a huge layer of complexity to the flavor. Tasty raspberries too. Way better than the rest.
2. Framboise de Amorosa - Ugliest of the bunch, a reddish muddy color. Full raspberries and a rich depth. It's something like 8.5%, so that could explain the disparity between it and FFAC. Very very good.
3. FFAC 2014 - Less raspberries than 1 and 2 and not as much going on. A little disappointing.
4. FFAC 2013 - Same as 2014, but less fruit. You can kind of see from the photo above, it's a less red color too.

 

[Peteostro]

Brute was a treat as well.

Enjoy the brute don't think you'll ever see that again since Jeff O'Neil left Ithaca. One of my favorite beers

 

[BuckTuckian]

Went to a bottle share in Ohio a few weeks ago.

dontdrinkbeer

 

[dontdrinkbeer]

Went to a bottle share in Ohio a few weeks ago.

dontdrinkbeer

That's actually the perfect format because so many of those beers I would only want .3 ounces of, just enough for the Untappd checkins to blacken the sky

The best is at tastings like this when someone tries literally 1 ounce of west Ashley and goes "IT WASNT ALL THAT KINDA BORING AND LUKE WARM"

 

[BadJustin]

Enjoy the brute don't think you'll ever see that again since Jeff O'Neil left Ithaca. One of my favorite beers

Luminous is close, minus the bracing acidity Brute had/has. It's pretty close IMO though.

 

[regularjohn]

Went to a bottle share in Ohio a few weeks ago.

dontdrinkbeer

what in the actual ****, how many people were there? also how did you accommodate everyone? red solo cups?

 

[BuckTuckian]

what in the actual ****, how many people were there? also how did you accommodate everyone? red solo cups?

NOTSRS, 75+ people coming and going over a 12+hr duration. Everyone brought their own syringe,,, tasting glass.

 

[regularjohn]

NOTSRS, 75+ people coming and going over a 12+hr duration. Everyone brought their own syringe,,, tasting glass.

thats a lot of neckbeards in one area, i don't envy the person that had to clean up the mess

 

[dontdrinkbeer]

thats a lot of neckbeards in one area, i don't envy the person that had to clean up the mess

I would call the CDc, so much adult onset scurvy. Tinder servers crashing due to massive influx of leftswipes

 

[gregkoko]

birthday bottle share last Friday. dat Westly...

So god damned good. Also Brute was surprisingly good

 

[user 306349]

So god damned good. Also Brute was surprisingly good

i don't think i'll ever have a beer as good as Westly again, just incredible. and that Brute was really solid, can't believe it was still holding up. also, it was good to meet you, gregkoko! thanks for bringing the 09 bomber! we'll have to do it again sometime fer sher.

 

[BuckTuckian]

thats a lot of neckbeards in one area, i don't envy the person that had to clean up the mess

Simple clean up. Homies help homies

 

[gregkoko]

i don't think i'll ever have a beer as good as Westly again, just incredible. and that Brute was really solid, can't believe it was still holding up. also, it was good to meet you, gregkoko! thanks for bringing the 09 bomber! we'll have to do it again sometime fer sher.

Westly was just insanity. Great meeting you. Definitely hope we can do it again some time

 

[TillTheMedicineTakes]

A friend came by.

 

[BadJustin]

Syracuse area "Electric Brewgaloo Vol. 5". Good times with mborden unclejazz Chouffe et al. For the inquiring minds, that would be me in the Trill Farmsteed shirt.

 

[oldp0rt]

Little Tired Hands tasting here in mtl.

Every bottle released so far plus a few growlers and a couple that will be released soonish.

Amazing night.

Thanks bloguedebieres GuisseppeFranco Rifugium and jones for coming out.