Official tasting pictures thread

[drgarage1]

Yeah, what we didn't really enjoy enough that day was the Society & Solitude 4, Everett and Edward. There's only so much time in the day, you know? Life is hard.

LIFE IS SO HARD.

I didn't order enough pints of Susan fast enough, myself.

 

[DmouthCaliBrewz]

Bourbon huna on was holding up surprisingly well. Buttery y Delish. Cali great as always and BA abraxas is so cinnamooony

Srsly not worth drinking past '11 str8 up coffee water drain pours.

A lil pappy to end the night

Naw got room 4 moar **** it time for bourbon

BALSAMIC WALEZ.....yes it's a thing

 

[duketheredeemer]

BALSAMIC WALEZ.....yes it's a thing

So what's the deal with this? There's a grocery store near me that sells little ~100 mL bottles of Balsamic for over $300 each. What do you do with them?

 

[Dbijnagte]

Last night's tasting w/ sacrelicio, jeblikesbeer, supercolter and many others







The line up:
Deschutes - Hop Henge
Night Shift - Mainerweisse
Odell - Friek 2013
New Belgium - Soapy Wild^2
Coop - Reserve BW 2012
FFF- Permanent Funeral
DFH - Kvasir
NG - 20th Anniversary
Jackie O's - Dynamo Hum
NG - Imperial Saison
Pipeworks - OTA (unintended casualty)
Bruery - SitRK
Berkshire - RIS
Upright - Seven
Cascade - Tangerine Dream
NG - VSB
Cascade - Vlad the Imp Aler
GI - Prop
Jackie O's - Chunga's Old Bruin
Cantillon - Rose de Gambrinus (2009)
Crooked Stave - Origins
NG - Imperial Weizen
NG - Enigma (2010?)
NEBCO - Premeditated Murder
Logsdon - Cerasus (2012)
Shipyard - Smashed Blueberry (2012)
Fulton - Worthy Adversary (2012)
Cisco - Pechish Woods (2013)
Cantillon - Vigneronne (2012)
Bruery - ISO:FT
Jester King - RU-55
Surly - Pentagram
Surly - Five (awesome to do the side by side)
Odell - Saboteur
Central Waters - Space Ghost
Odell - BB Stout (2010?)
Vanderghinste Oud Bruin
Lost Abbey - Cuvee de Tomme (2009)
Cantillon - Kriek
Pipeworks - Imperial End of Days

Growlers (only Justin can tell which is which):
Toppling Goliath - Pseudo Sue
Dave's Brewfarm - Funk #1

Home Brews Provided by Levi (I missed these at Darkness Day):
Hibiscus sour saison
kriek
oude bruin with cherries
Blended Sour
and more I can't remember

A ridiculous night over all. Great beer, amazing people!

 

[Michigan1]

Side by side.

MY thoughts:
Rare has lost the "magic". It was still a fantastic beer and had a great character, but it's not worth what it takes anymore (especially with all the other amazing beers).

King Henry is a fading King. It's still a great and world-class beer, but Bourbon County Barleywine is currently drink better than King Henry.

 

[NYCBUCKEYE]

Bourbon County Barleywine is currently drink better than King Henry.

Agreed

 

[DmouthCaliBrewz]

So what's the deal with this? There's a grocery store near me that sells little ~100 mL bottles of Balsamic for over $300 each. What do you do with them?

1) drizzle on strawberries and apples
2) drizzle on your balls and have high-priced Scandinavian hookers escorts lick them clean while their friends entourage take turns blowing lines of coke off your navel on top of a crystal coffee table in a Vegas Penthouse


cheers!

 

[Calcifer]

A small 2-person tasting to celebrate the end of the semester.

Matt:


Imperial Olde Brune:


Pirate Bomb:


GBS:


BB4D:

 

[blue_bleeder]

Last night's tasting w/ sacrelicio, jeblikesbeer, supercolter and many others







The line up:
Deschutes - Hop Henge
Night Shift - Mainerweisse
Odell - Friek 2013
New Belgium - Soapy Wild^2
Coop - Reserve BW 2012
FFF- Permanent Funeral
DFH - Kvasir
NG - 20th Anniversary
Jackie O's - Dynamo Hum
NG - Imperial Saison
Pipeworks - OTA (unintended casualty)
Bruery - SitRK
Berkshire - RIS
Upright - Seven
Cascade - Tangerine Dream
NG - VSB
Cascade - Vlad the Imp Aler
GI - Prop
Jackie O's - Chunga's Old Bruin
Cantillon - Rose de Gambrinus (2009)
Crooked Stave - Origins
NG - Imperial Weizen
NG - Enigma (2010?)
NEBCO - Premeditated Murder
Logsdon - Cerasus (2012)
Shipyard - Smashed Blueberry (2012)
Fulton - Worthy Adversary (2012)
Cisco - Pechish Woods (2013)
Cantillon - Vigneronne (2012)
Bruery - ISO:FT
Jester King - RU-55
Surly - Pentagram
Surly - Five (awesome to do the side by side)
Odell - Saboteur
Central Waters - Space Ghost
Odell - BB Stout (2010?)
Vanderghinste Oud Bruin
Lost Abbey - Cuvee de Tomme (2009)
Cantillon - Kriek
Pipeworks - Imperial End of Days

Growlers (only Justin can tell which is which):
Toppling Goliath - Pseudo Sue
Dave's Brewfarm - Funk #1

Home Brews Provided by Levi (I missed these at Darkness Day):
Hibiscus sour saison
kriek
oude bruin with cherries
Blended Sour
and more I can't remember

A ridiculous night over all. Great beer, amazing people!

Wut?!? There is a beer called ISO:FT?!?!

How was the Friek? I have yet to open a bottle this year - I have a few...

 

[Arbitrator]

Left to right:

HF Arthur
HF Civil Disobedience 3
HF Juicy
HF Flora w/Satsuma Mandarins
HF Phenomenology of Spirit
HF Madness and Civilization 1
HF Madness and Civilization 2
HF Elaborative 1
HF Prolegomena
HF Biere de Norma 2
HF Geneaology of Morals 2
HF Damon
HF Double Barrel Damon
50/50 Iced Eclipse
TG Assassin
Pipeworks Raspberry Truffle Abduction
RR Beatification batch 6
Lost Abbey Veritas 007
NG Strawberry Rhubarb
GI Bourbon County Barleywine
GI Bourbon County Coffee
Cascade Tangerine Dream
Alpine O'Brien's IPA
George T. Stagg
Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003

The bourbons were not a good idea.

 

[MrVonzipper]

Cracked a few for my lil bro last night. Growler was Nelson.

 

[Dbijnagte]

Wut?!? There is a beer called ISO:FT?!?!

How was the Friek? I have yet to open a bottle this year - I have a few...

ISO:FT is a sour collabo between Cigar city and Bruery (guava and dates on Oak)

2013 Friek > 2012 Friek for sure

 

[blue_bleeder]

My brother is in town from CA. Brought some goodies with him to go with what I have been saving for him. Sunday 4 of us hit this:

And then last night 5 of us did this:

Supposed to go Christmas shopping with the wife today. She said we could go by Avery and tonight we have tickets for a beer dinner at Grimm Brothers. My liver wants none of it. I could go a day or 2 w/o alchohol. Let the callouts on my pussiness begin....

 

[HenrikO]

Supposed to go Christmas shopping with the wife today. She said we could go by Avery and tonight we have tickets for a beer dinner at Grimm Brothers. My liver wants none of it. I could go a day or 2 w/o alchohol. Let the callouts on my pussiness begin....

I approach beer tasting/ticking/general geekery as a sport. You have to train for a big event and in our case the "training" consists of staying healthy, doing exercise and not drinking (so that you can drink more in the long run, of course). I haven't had beer or any other alcohol for two weeks now, building up for our local tasting group's epic pre-Xmas Imperial Stout tasting... Come on Saturday!

 

[ShawDeuce221]

HF Civil Disobedience 3

3 was a 750mL. That looks like 5, 6, or 7.

Luv me some Stagg!

 

[Arbitrator]

3 was a 750mL. That looks like 5, 6, or 7.

Luv me some Stagg!

Thanks for the correction. It looked like it was either 3 or 8 on the label, but we had no idea. Guess I need to do some investigating.

 

[Ben1]

The bourbons were not a good idea.

Just curious, how many people do you have at a share like this?

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

 

[Arbitrator]

Just curious, how many people do you have at a share like this?

Just me, why?

 

[xnicknj]

BCBCS
BCBBW
Sweet Repute
Praecocia (infected)
Proprietor's
Gillian
Oud 15
Biscotti Break Natal
Kane 365
RR Temptation B1
RR Temptation B4
Black Tuesday 11
McKenzie Apple brandy something
Dark Horse BBPt5 '12
Jester King RU55
FFF Warmullet
Allagash Mervielliuex
Surly Coffee Bender
Bruery Oui Oui

 

[Michigan1]

BCBCS
BCBBW
Sweet Repute
Praecocia (infected)
Proprietor's
Gillian
Oud 15
Biscotti Break Natal
Kane 365
RR Temptation B1
RR Temptation B4
Black Tuesday 11
McKenzie Apple brandy something
Dark Horse BBPt5 '12
Jester King RU55
FFF Warmullet
Allagash Mervielliuex
Surly Coffee Bender
Bruery Oui Oui

You're done by 11pm? I've never had a tasting end before 3am.

How are the Temptations drinking?

 

[xnicknj]

You're done by 11pm? I've never had a tasting end before 3am.

How are the Temptations drinking?

Pic was actually from last weekend...I think we were done at like 8pm ha

Both were still really nice although the B4 was the clear winner for me. A bit more vibrant and flavorful, stronger white wine and soft fruit with slightly less acidic sourness.

 

[eyesonsaison]

Decided to open the majority of the .rar in my cellar with family over Thanksgiving time, was pretty liberating.

This was very good, probably the best mead/non-traditional wine I've had

Gross. Reminded me of Raspberry Truffle Braggot in all the wrong ways, definitely not my thing..

This is still one of the better American framboise I've had. Less raw oak taste than the last bottle I tasted, but it still has that cool spicy cinnamon influence from the barrels; unique.

Really liked this bottle! Much more nuanced than I remember batch 1, tasted like the malt bill was tweaked. Great food beer.

Also decidedly different than batch 1, less lime-dominated. Hibiscus was easily picked out by a couple wine tasters who had it blind, and trace blood orange was perceivable where I didn't get any of either in the b1 bottles I've had. Immensely drinkable, one of the better saisons I've had from HF, or anywhere.

Most recent batch, tart and awesome right out the gate! One of the best bottles of Arthur I've had in a while, such a great beer.

Been looking forward to this for a while. Really, really tasty saison, but maybe not worth the price of admission. Everyone present (not beer trders) preferred Brother Soigne and Arthur, and I honestly don't disagree. Mandarin flavors were threshold level, if that, as it turns out most of the same fruit/citrus pith notes were also present in regular Flora.

See above. 750ml is better than 375ml. Curious to try with some age on it.

Thought this was very good, though different than every flanders I've had. Much less tart and sweet interplay, and more earth and roast character. Interesting, but not mind blowing.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I actually preferred this fresh, and at about 6 months old. Still awesome, though.

RareR Dos with homemade cinnamon ice cream and pumpkin pie.

Nooner

Pretty disappointed by this one. I remember the Upland Raspberry I had in the Spring being oaky, jammy, cheesy, tart, and awesome. This was not that, and falls much more in line with Cascade than a 'real' lambic.

This was great, but probably on the lower end of hard-to-get seasonal Cantillon that I've had. IMO Fou Foune>St Lam>LP Kirek>Viggy>LP Fram

 

[drbenzo1]

Had a small bottle share last night…
Thanks ThreeFishes for sending out the Rapp and Triumvirate! Loved both those beers!
Thanks rcubed for the dank home-brew! And for sharing a few bottles! Cheers!

 

[bahnfire]

Power Grid is an awesome game.

 

[HevvyMetalHippie]

Tonight's Christmas Boston Bang:

Damon Batch 1
Damon Batch 2
Damon Port Barrel
Damon Bourbon Barrel
Double Barrel Damon
Madness & Civilization 1
Madness & Civilization 2
Twilight of the Idols 2012
Twilight of the Idols 2013
Birth of Tragedy 2012
Birth of Tragedy 2013
Genealogy of Morals 2013
Everett 2012

Jon
ShawDeuce22
DonFrap

GIFSoup

 

[Ataraxia1]

Tonight's Christmas Boston Bang:
Damon Batch 1
Damon Batch 2
Damon Port Barrel
Damon Bourbon Barrel
Double Barrel Damon
Madness & Civilization 1
Madness & Civilization 2
Twilight of the Idols 2012
Twilight of the Idols 2013
Birth of Tragedy 2012
Birth of Tragedy 2013
Genealogy of Morals 2013
Everett 2012

Jon
ShawDeuce22
DonFrap

 

[HenrikO]

This was great, but probably on the lower end of hard-to-get seasonal Cantillon that I've had. IMO Fou Foune>St Lam>LP Kirek>Viggy>LP Fram

No mention of Mamouche? For shame.
Looks like a great tasting tho.

 

[yamar68]

BCBCS
BCBBW
Sweet Repute
Praecocia (infected)
Proprietor's
Gillian
Oud 15
Biscotti Break Natal
Kane 365
RR Temptation B1
RR Temptation B4
Black Tuesday 11
McKenzie Apple brandy something
Dark Horse BBPt5 '12
Jester King RU55
FFF Warmullet
Allagash Mervielliuex
Surly Coffee Bender
Bruery Oui Oui

Those old Temptation bottles make me very, very horny.

 

[eyesonsaison]

No mention of Mamouche? For shame.
Looks like a great tasting tho.

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