Official tasting pictures thread

[Number45]

Two shares in three days with LambicKing, liquiddegenerate, and some one night only appearances by Coldsnack and Number45.

Day one:

Day two:

Some of my personal favorites:

Zomer

Sang Noir

West Ashley

Raspberry Dark Origins

Leon

'12 and '13 Fou' Foune

BA Batch 9000

1991 de Neve Gueuze

A little blending to end the evening.

Wish I could have been there both nights after seeing what you guys took down on Wednesday!!

Let the record show that I had zero bottles to contribute to this since I was 1,500 miles from home. These jerks (liquiddegenerate ThreeFishes LambicKing ) ended up bringing all of these and didn't give a **** that I was mooching off their generosity. Well done boys, thanks again and payback is coming.

Also, BB9K jumped to the front of the list for me as far as barrel aged non-sour beer goes. That thing was waaaaay beyond what I expected, and I knew it would be awesome. Just an incredible beer, I now will need to trade for one.

Other highlights for me were the Sang Noir, Herfst (amazing as always), SitR Kumquat (who knew Kumquat was a citrus fruit? **** if I knew) and Yo Soy Un Berliner.

 

[mixed_master7]

Two shares in three days with LambicKing, liquiddegenerate, and some one night only appearances by Coldsnack and Number45.

Day one:

Day two:

Some of my personal favorites:

Zomer

Sang Noir

West Ashley

Raspberry Dark Origins

Leon

'12 and '13 Fou' Foune

BA Batch 9000

1991 de Neve Gueuze

A little blending to end the evening.

I need to start hanging out with you guys...

 

[OakedCanuck]

Little 2 person tasting. Not pictured: 3-4 pints of homebrew.

 

[dimensionx]

Little 2 person tasting. Not pictured: 3-4 pints of homebrew.

How is Between the Staves?

 

[Wagon Circler]

Did this tonight. Mexi cake is apple brandy. Last had it about 4 months ago. Still top notch . DBD was amazing. West Ashley is so juicy delicous. I might be weird but this peche Brett was 10x better than the last one I had.

 

[Dbijnagte]

jeblikesbeer , itcamefromthesea , sacrelicio and I did a tasting with a few friends in MN last night.
Before:


After:



05-13 BCBS
10-13 BCBCS
BCBBW
KH
Rare
BCBVS
Bramble
Cherry Rye
Prop
Backyard

Randalled
BCBCS 13 with maple syrup
BCBS 13 with strawberries
BCBS 13 with toasted macadamia nuts and coconut
BCBS 13 with chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers. (S'mores BCBS was one of my favorites of the night)

10 people, 500+ oz

I know a Chicago group did a vert last night as well on a much larger scale. JohnfromPurdue , gpawned

 

[tectactoe1]

For me, it was (1) BA Kopi, (2) regular ass SS, (3) BASS, (4) Vietnamese, (5) Jamaica Blue, (6) reg Kopi. All fantastic, though, this might be my favorite variant'd stout series.

Couple brews we enjoyed after...

Fantastic saison, tastes like something Shaun Hill would do... O WAIT.

Awesome, I definitely like this better than Abner.

Might like this even more than Double Citra. Could easily take 64oz to the dome.

Good, that bourbon is no joke. Better than the last sample I had.

This beer sucks.

Cinnamon toast crunch & Teddy Grahams covered in vanilla drizzle, hot fudge, & sweet apple brandy.

 

[montrealbcr89]

For me, it was (1) BA Kopi, (2) regular ass SS, (3) BASS, (4) Vietnamese, (5) Jamaica Blue, (6) reg Kopi. All fantastic, though, this might be my favorite variant'd stout series.

Couple brews we enjoyed after...

Fantastic saison, tastes like something Shaun Hill would do... O WAIT.

Awesome, I definitely like this better than Abner.

Might like this even more than Double Citra. Could easily take 64oz to the dome.

Good, that bourbon is no joke. Better than the last sample I had.

This beer sucks.

Cinnamon toast crunch & Teddy Grahams covered in vanilla drizzle, hot fudge, & sweet apple brandy.

Man do I love that Kuhnhenn mini-shaker.

 

[sacrelicio]

jeblikesbeer , itcamefromthesea , sacrelicio and I did a tasting with a few friends in MN last night.
Before:


After:



05-13 BCBS
10-13 BCBCS
BCBBW
KH
Rare
BCBVS
Bramble
Cherry Rye
Prop
Backyard

Randalled
BCBCS 13 with maple syrup
BCBS 13 with strawberries
BCBS 13 with toasted macadamia nuts and coconut
BCBS 13 with chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers. (S'mores BCBS was one of my favorites of the night)

10 people, 500+ oz

I know a Chicago group did a vert last night as well on a much larger scale. JohnfromPurdue , gpawned

And let it be known, Vanilla don't fade, Coffee don't fade.

 

[kmello69]

I found out last week that my University is giving me tenure, so I dug into my cellar to provide all of the beer for a small 5-man celebratory tasting last night.

Opinions were divided as to which was the winner - JD Mexican Cake or Murda'd Out Stout - but a great time was had by all!

FFF BA Behemoth
Beat 6
CW 16
JD Mexican Cake
DB Huna
2014 Huna
DDG
Sosus (provided as a "break beer" by someone else)
Freetail Pechecus
Westbrook Siberian BMP (Bourbon and Apple Brandy)
Peche n Brett
Rodenbach 2010 Vintage
FFF Murda'd Out Stout
Upland Sour Reserve 4
All 3 Blakkr variants

 

[Boilerfood]

I found out last week that my University is giving me tenure

Congratulations!

 

[kmello69]

Congratulations!

Thanks! Huge weight off my shoulders. Local beer sellers are rejoicing at my job security as well.

 

[Lurkaholic]

Little 4 person tasting last night:

Omnipollo Leon
Stone Grapefruit IPA
Upright Jeux D'eau
De Garde Imperial Raspberry Bu (incredible)
Humboldt Black Xantus
Commons Emelie
Logsdon Peche N Brett
Great Divide Peach Grand Cru

 

[Michigan1]

Gene, post the kill shot.

 

[sobeleg]

Hung out with NYCBUCKEYE and finest Saturday night while enjoying these:



11-14 KBS
Daybreak
BA Framinghammer
Vanilla BA Framinghammer
Amarillo Showers
Don Gavino's Big Guava

not pictured: growler of Kane Head High

 

[lucas1801]

Went to Chicago and had these with bourbonbob

 

[Jaminjohnson]

Sunday roof tasting overlooking forest park in STL
A couple bottles were thrown away before the picture

 

[Bluecane]

With pksauce and BeerWorld:

 

[sherm10161]

We had a nice tasting here in Milwaukee last night. Ten people or so. Highlights for me:

07 gratitude
AC Golden Apricot
Brandy Old Stock
Sour Reserve #4

 

[trxxpaxxs]

From yesterday: Voltron Achieved!

 

[sherm10161]

From yesterday: Voltron Achieved!

Hope you had plenty of Tums, Zantac, and whatnot.

 

[FalconA]

From yesterday: Voltron Achieved!

How did the Reserves stack up at this point?

 

[Michigan1]

Hope you had plenty of Tums, Zantac, and whatnot.

And Beano

 

[trxxpaxxs]

How did the Reserves stack up at this point?

My personal rankings are as follows (best to worst): SR2, SR1, SR3, SR4.

But our tasting group was split 50/50 on whether SR1 or SR2 was the best.

 

[Michigan1]

My personal rankings are as follows (best to worst): SR2, SR1, SR3, SR4.

But our tasting group was split 50/50 on whether SR1 or SR2 was the best.

And the feeling overall? Best? Worst? Most surprising?

 

[sliverx]

From yesterday: Voltron Achieved!

L to R:

SR4, SR3, SR2, SR1, '10 Kiwi, '13 Kiwi, '10 Persimmon, '10 Peach, '08 Blueberry, '10 Blackberry, '13 Blackberry, '10 Strawberry, '13 Strawberry, '11 Cherry, '13 Cherry, '11 Raspberry, '13 Raspberry.

Sour reserves: 2,1,3,4 (4 needs some time, 1 is most sour,2 if perfectly balanced and 3 is on its way.)

Fruits: Persimmon, peach, blueberry, kiwi (its so obnoxiously sour, older was more rounded) strawberry (older one had a rotten fruit thing) cherry (older had floaters but tasted awesome), blackberry, raspberry. The peach wanted out of its bottle bad. I hit a tree 20' away about 8' up. Not a bad sour in the bunch and was excellent to have them all in a single day.

 

[trxxpaxxs]

And the feeling overall? Best? Worst? Most surprising?

Best to Worst:

SR2 (perfect.)
SR1 (a a touch more sour than SR2, damn near perfect.)
'13 Strawberry (so much strawberry. most strawberry forward beer I've ever had.)
'10 Peach
'10 Persimmon
'11 Cherry (cherry pie for days. really nice.)
'10 Kiwi
SR3
SR4
'13 Kiwi (incredibly sour. ridiculous.)
'10 Blackberry
'13 Blackberry
'08 Blueberry
'11 Raspberry
'13 Raspberry
Gilgamesh
'13 Cherry
Dantalion
'10 Strawberry (disgusting.)

 

[sluggo1]

Just that waiting for the blood moon work.

 

[RyanG1]

Just that waiting for the blood moon work.

How was the Almanac and Elab?

 

[sluggo1]

Almanac was great, like #3&#4 this was fruity light session able sour. So nice as an opener. The Elab was out of this world, so fun how the walnuts played with the oak in layers of earthiness. Thanks again Ryan_G