Official tasting pictures thread

[Adam Jackson]

Some beers with friends in Gent.

Kriek @ Quintessence

Wild Friendship Blend

Pannepot & other beers @ fermentorum - copenhagen

Anyone want any $400 USD Mikkeller shoes? (seen at Copenhagen beer celebration) People were actually buying these.

:O

 

[Kentucky1]

Anyone want any $400 USD Mikkeller shoes? (seen at Copenhagen beer celebration) People were actually buying these.

:O

They probably taste better than the majority of his beers.

 

[Michigan1]

Some beers with friends in Gent.

Kriek @ Quintessence

Wild Friendship Blend

Pannepot & other beers @ fermentorum - copenhagen

Anyone want any $400 USD Mikkeller shoes? (seen at Copenhagen beer celebration) People were actually buying these.

:O

That Wild Friendship Blend!!!! Thoughts?

 

[Adam Jackson]

That Wild Friendship Blend!!!! Thoughts?

Very bright, juicy and acidic. Having drank a ****-ton of jonge and oude lambiek last week, this had very few Cantillon characteristics at all. Way more Sonamic/Coolship elements to it which is fine by me. Also tasted a bit young with carbonation not as explosive as I'm used to. Hoping I get to try this again in 1-2 years but that's very unlikely.

Reviews so far are very positive..not that it matters since this is supposedly only at Cantillon - http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cantillon--allagash--russian-river-wild-friendship-blend/249189/

 

[Michigan1]

Very bright, juicy and acidic. Having drank a ****-ton of jonge and oude lambiek last week, this had very few Cantillon characteristics at all. Way more Sonamic/Coolship elements to it which is fine by me. Also tasted a bit young with carbonation not as explosive as I'm used to. Hoping I get to try this again in 1-2 years but that's very unlikely.

Reviews so far are very positive..not that it matters since this is supposedly only at Cantillon - http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cantillon--allagash--russian-river-wild-friendship-blend/249189/

I'll take one, please! And a glass.







Srs about that glass.

 

[BadJustin]

Awesome time with mborden, unclejazz and the other site crew today. Sunday Funday indeed. Highlights for me were Art 18, Rare, E., Lawson's Peril and DS and a 2L of Abner. More beer than we needed on a Sunday but one for the books nonetheless. Until next time gentlemen...danke.

 

[sluggo1]

Cellarman rules.

 

[JulianB1]

Big going-away tasting for thegoon55 with drinkblogrepeat and several others. This was the first round of bottles; a few more were opened before I took off for some "other business". Never made it back as I intended for the '14 BADLs and various other things that were opened in the evening.

 

[cosmicevan]

Saturday = ~ 12 hours of drinking, 38 unique beverages and some delicious crepes with bourbon barrel aged "fancy" syrup...

huge thanks to GrumpyOldTroll for hosting and cparles jbuddle NYCBUCKEYE Quackus Speedwayjim Totoropanda for another amazing day jammed packed full of good times and fuzzy memories!!!


Part 1:
Hill Farmstead - Single Hop Citra
New Glarus - Very Sour Blackberry
Anchorage Brewing Company - Deal With the Devil
Side Project - Fuzzy
Lost Abbey - Veritas 013
Rathskeller Rye - Louisville's Grand Hotel Kentucky Rye
Crepes a la cparles with Hill Farmstead - Bourbon Barrel Aged "Fancy Syrup"
Tired Hands - Back into the Emptiness
Tired Hands - The Emptiness is Eternal
Three Floyds - 2014 Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord
Ithaca - Brute (e018)
Bullfrog Brewery - Et Tu Brute
Three Floyds - 2014 Earl of Biggleswade Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord with cardamom, orange peel, and cacao nibs
Side Project - Saison du Fermier
Side Project - Black & Wild
Side Project - Pulling Nails
Hill Farmstead - Madness & Civilization 3
Schramm's Mead - The Heart of Darkness
De Cam - Special
Drie Fonteinen - Hommage

Hill Farmstead - Single Hop Citra

New Glarus - Very Sour Blackberry

Anchorage Brewing Company - Deal With the Devil

Side Project - Fuzzy
Lost Abbey - Veritas 013

Rathskeller Rye - Louisville's Grand Hotel Kentucky Rye

Crepes a la cparles with Hill Farmstead - Bourbon Barrel Aged "Fancy Syrup"

Tired Hands - Back into the Emptiness
Tired Hands - The Emptiness is Eternal

Three Floyds - 2014 Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord

Ithaca - Brute (e018)

Bullfrog Brewery - Et Tu Brute

Three Floyds - 2014 Earl of Biggleswade Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord with cardamom, orange peel, and cacao nibs

Side Project - Saison du Fermier

Side Project - Black & Wild

Side Project - Pulling Nails

Hill Farmstead - Madness & Civilization 3

Schramm's Mead - The Heart of Darkness

De Cam - Special
Drie Fonteinen - Hommage

 

[cosmicevan]

...part 2

Cigar City - Amplitude
Cigar City - Forgotten Island
Three Floyds - 2014 Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord
Hill Farmstead - Abner
Grassroots Brewing - Arctic Soiree
Hill Farmstead - Beyond Good and Evil
Jefferson's Presidential Select 17 Yr
Jester King - Vie en Rose
Pappy Van Winkle - Family Reserve 15 Yr (pre Buffalo Trace)
Sherwood Rye 1897
Winkle Family Reserve Rye
Willett 24 Yr Rye 110 proof (coppertop)
Armand4 - Lente
Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout
Voodoo Brewing - K13 aged in Pappy Van Winkle Barrels
Hill Farmstead - Edward
De Dolle - Stille Nacht Reserva 2000
Cantillon - Cuvee des Champions (batch 1)
Cantillon - Zwanze 2010

Cigar City - Amplitude

Cigar City - Forgotten Island

Three Floyds - 2014 Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord

Hill Farmstead - Abner

Grassroots Brewing - Arctic Soiree

Hill Farmstead - Beyond Good and Evil

Jefferson's Presidential Select 17 Yr

Jester King - Vie en Rose

Pappy Van Winkle - Family Reserve 15 Yr (pre Buffalo Trace)

Sherwood Rye 1897

Winkle Family Reserve Rye

Willett 24 Yr Rye 110 proof (coppertop)

Armand4 - Lente

Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout

Voodoo Brewing - K13 aged in Pappy Van Winkle Barrels

Hill Farmstead - Edward

De Dolle - Stille Nacht Reserva 2000

Cantillon - Cuvee des Champions (batch 1)

Cantillon - Zwanze 2010

 

[sluggo1]

 

[GrumpyOldTroll]

cosmicevan I have no idea how you always manage to keep the list straight. I can't even manage to check into untappd toward the end of these things.

I think the favorites were VSB, Back into the Emptiness, Heart of Darkness. The SNR 2000 was great. The 1897 rye was a fun experience and Rathskeller is obviously in a completely different category by itself.

 

[NYCBUCKEYE]

I think the favorites were VSB, Back into the Emptiness, Heart of Darkness. The SNR 2000 was great. The 1897 rye was a fun experience and Rathskeller is obviously in a completely different category by itself.

Agree with GrumpyOldTroll, although I'd add A deal with the devil to the list. Surprisingly, with one or two exceptions, there were very few disappointments of the group.[/user]

 

[gregkoko]

Totes jelly

 

[Calcifer]

cosmicevan I have no idea how you always manage to keep the list straight. I can't even manage to check into untappd toward the end of these things.

I think the favorites were VSB, Back into the Emptiness, Heart of Darkness. The SNR 2000 was great. The 1897 rye was a fun experience and Rathskeller is obviously in a completely different category by itself.

I thought the same thing as I was following cosmicevan posting everything on Instagram. Nuts.

On another note, just opened my Back Into The Emptiness last night and it was absolutely fantastic.

 

[sluggo1]

Yep, had bite last night as well. Drinking so awesomely. Between Norma b3 and Cellarman it held it's own

 

[mrk_d]

...part 2

Cigar City - Amplitude
Cigar City - Forgotten Island
Three Floyds - 2014 Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord
Hill Farmstead - Abner
Grassroots Brewing - Arctic Soiree
Hill Farmstead - Beyond Good and Evil
Jefferson's Presidential Select 17 Yr
Jester King - Vie en Rose
Pappy Van Winkle - Family Reserve 15 Yr (pre Buffalo Trace)
Sherwood Rye 1897
Winkle Family Reserve Rye
Willett 24 Yr Rye 110 proof (coppertop)
Armand4 - Lente
Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout
Voodoo Brewing - K13 aged in Pappy Van Winkle Barrels
Hill Farmstead - Edward
De Dolle - Stille Nacht Reserva 2000
Cantillon - Cuvee des Champions (batch 1)
Cantillon - Zwanze 2010

Cigar City - Amplitude

Cigar City - Forgotten Island

Three Floyds - 2014 Brandy Barrel Aged Dark Lord

Hill Farmstead - Abner

Grassroots Brewing - Arctic Soiree

Hill Farmstead - Beyond Good and Evil

Jefferson's Presidential Select 17 Yr

Jester King - Vie en Rose

Pappy Van Winkle - Family Reserve 15 Yr (pre Buffalo Trace)

Sherwood Rye 1897

Winkle Family Reserve Rye

Willett 24 Yr Rye 110 proof (coppertop)

Armand4 - Lente

Goose Island - Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout

Voodoo Brewing - K13 aged in Pappy Van Winkle Barrels

Hill Farmstead - Edward

De Dolle - Stille Nacht Reserva 2000

Cantillon - Cuvee des Champions (batch 1)

Cantillon - Zwanze 2010

Srs question - how screwed are your taste buds after alternating American wild ales, lambics, stouts, IPAs and bourbon? I mean can you even taste Zwanze after drinking 20 unique libations prior to it?

 

[duketheredeemer]

Crepes a la cparles with Hill Farmstead - Bourbon Barrel Aged "Fancy Syrup"

whoa Whoa WHOA. That comes in 750s? That's a shitload of syrup. Also, you seem to have accidentally spilled some out of your glass and onto that pancake looking thing.

 

[GrumpyOldTroll]

Srs question - how screwed are your taste buds after alternating American wild ales, lambics, stouts, IPAs and bourbon? I mean can you even taste Zwanze after drinking 20 unique libations prior to it?

For me, alternating is helpful. Having only bottles of a single style the makes the subtle nuances of similar beers harder to distinguish. It's also a lot more fun to change things up once in a while. As for the Zwanze, we were just looking for something fun to open at the end of the night. Science had nothing to do with that one.

 

[justforrazors]

For me, alternating is helpful. Having only bottles of a single style the makes the subtle nuances of similar beers harder to distinguish. It's also a lot more fun to change things up once in a while. As for the Zwanze, we were just looking for something fun to open at the end of the night. Science had nothing to do with that one.

What did you think of this year's BADL variants? Specifically looking for info on Biggleswade.

 

[GrumpyOldTroll]

What did you think of this year's BADL variants? Specifically looking for info on Biggleswade.

Bvdl is awesome, just like the prior years' releases. The brandy was better than 2011 by a lot. As for biggleswade, the nose was very strange and we thought it would be terrible, but reactions ranged from "this isn't for me" to "omg I need moar." It's a beer that I'd love to try again but I wouldn't give up what it takes again.

 

[DanzBorin]

Bvdl is awesome, just like the prior years' releases. The brandy was better than 2011 by a lot. As for biggleswade, the nose was very strange and we thought it would be terrible, but reactions ranged from "this isn't for me" to "omg I need moar." It's a beer that I'd love to try again but I wouldn't give up what it takes again.

Very much agreed. It's very good, but hard to drink a ton of. It's a beer I could see be polarizing, but we all agreed the execution was done well.

BVDL is liquid marshmallows again.

I unfortunately didn't get Brandy yet.

 

[NYCBUCKEYE]

What did you think of this year's BADL variants? Specifically looking for info on Biggleswade.

I agree with GrumpyOldTroll regarding the Biggleswade. I was not fond of the smell and the taste was quite polarizing amongst the group. A couple people could not finish their glass, while others really enjoyed the taste. I was very glad to have an opportunity to try this beer, however I would not seek a bottle for the cost. Likewise, I would certainly not turn down another opportunity to try Biggleswade.

Personally, my preference was BVDL>Brandy>Biggleswade with the distance between BVDL and Brandy smaller than the distance between Brandy and Biggleswade.

 

[cosmicevan]

cosmicevan I have no idea how you always manage to keep the list straight. I can't even manage to check into untappd toward the end of these things.

I think the favorites were VSB, Back into the Emptiness, Heart of Darkness. The SNR 2000 was great. The 1897 rye was a fun experience and Rathskeller is obviously in a completely different category by itself.

Dirty job but someone has to do it!

As for favs, I know I was not in the majority, but i really couldn't get over fuzzy and felt it lived up to the hype. I wasn't too impressed with either tired hands beer. Biggleswade was also really nice (all the DLs were good fresh this year). I was floored by everything non beer that was consumed (including the crepes!) but most of all dat heart of darkness. One of the best liquids I have ever tasted. SNR 2000 Was also a huge surprise since I wasn't a fan last time. Really so much great beer food and everything. Amplitude was a pleasant surprise and VSB lived up to the hype for me too.

Srs question - how screwed are your taste buds after alternating American wild ales, lambics, stouts, IPAs and bourbon? I mean can you even taste Zwanze after drinking 20 unique libations prior to it?

Wait, we drank zwanze? :^O

 

[phishbfm]

Just a random "my buddy's truck is @#$%ed up, let's have a couple" Monday night.

 

[Calcifer]

Had a few pretty nice shares this past week.

Sunday I met up with a buddy that I hadn't seen in almost two years to share a few things he hasn't had before:

Best three beers (in my opinion) were all from PA (or collabs with PA brewers, in the case of the Soleil Reverie):

Back Into The Emptiness was honestly one of the best BA saisons I have ever had, so damn good. Wish I had another bottle left!

And last night went over my friend Adam's place for a few beers with friends:

Of course we had to do all of the A Night To End All Dawns variants together which was fantastic:

A few other stand outs:

And the best beer of the night (again, in my opinion):

Good week of sharing good beers with good people before I head back to Pittsburgh on Saturday!

 

[Brez071]

Had a few pretty nice shares this past week.

Sunday I met up with a buddy that I hadn't seen in almost two years to share a few things he hasn't had before:

Best three beers (in my opinion) were all from PA (or collabs with PA brewers, in the case of the Soleil Reverie):

Back Into The Emptiness was honestly one of the best BA saisons I have ever had, so damn good. Wish I had another bottle left!

And last night went over my friend Adam's place for a few beers with friends:

Of course we had to do all of the A Night To End All Dawns variants together which was fantastic:

A few other stand outs:

And the best beer of the night (again, in my opinion):

Good week of sharing good beers with good people before I head back to Pittsburgh on Saturday!

If you remember, how's the Green Monster doing?

 

[Calcifer]

If you remember, how's the Green Monster doing?

This was the first time having it, and the best way I can describe it is definitely interesting. Not really my thing right now, but if I had another bottle I'd definitely hold onto it for a bit and see how a little age treats it. We did open it before the "Best After" date though.

 

[DanzBorin]

This was the first time having it, and the best way I can describe it is definitely interesting. Not really my thing right now, but if I had another bottle I'd definitely hold onto it for a bit and see how a little age treats it. We did open it before the "Best After" date though.

That's why... gotta follow instructions!!!

 

[GetchaPull]

Crossing it up