Official tasting pictures thread

[GetchaPull]

Good morning.

Nice and light start to the lambic portion of the evening, 2012 Rose de Gambrinus

Whoops forgot the photo with the bottle, better get one:

After Vigneronne 2009, some bro decided to crash the party:

What a prick. Whoops better get a shot with the bottles
http://s11.postimg.org/ycvj8qt3l/******.png

Coors Light Bro also brought this along to cleanse the palate:

After a few vintages of St Lam and Lambiek Special we decided to get serious:

Lurkaholic in his happy place. 50n and hammock

Ticking hard:

After a short SARA and De Garde palate break, it was time to hit the lambic again. Old raspberries taste good:

A very bromantic candlelit dinner:

And dessert beer #1, before getting into the hottub with a trio of Lou Pepes:

Then real dessert (passionfruit cheesecake) came out with The Statement. Then we passed around a bottle of Parabola as we packed up for the night.

Killshot:

Full list of bottles:
Tequila BA Mexican Cake
Amarillo Hose
Schramm's The Statement
2012 Rose de Gambrinus
HF Double Citra
4 Seasons
2011 Framboos
2008 LPK
2012 LPF
2010 LPG
Armand & Tommy
2012 50n4e
De Cam Lambiek Special
2009 Vigneronne
2013 St Lamvinus
2010 St Lamvinus
Imp Cherry Marion Bu
Imp Orchard Bu
SARA BA Fumare
HOTD Matt Bottleworks X (Batch 1)
Parabola 2015

All in all, a ****** night with Rutager Lurkaholic montrealbcr89 . Thanks for nothing, guys.

How would you rank the seasons right meow?

 

[lopejuice1]

Good morning.

Nice and light start to the lambic portion of the evening, 2012 Rose de Gambrinus

Whoops forgot the photo with the bottle, better get one:

After Vigneronne 2009, some bro decided to crash the party:

What a prick. Whoops better get a shot with the bottles
http://s11.postimg.org/ycvj8qt3l/******.png

Coors Light Bro also brought this along to cleanse the palate:

After a few vintages of St Lam and Lambiek Special we decided to get serious:

Lurkaholic in his happy place. 50n and hammock

Ticking hard:

After a short SARA and De Garde palate break, it was time to hit the lambic again. Old raspberries taste good:

A very bromantic candlelit dinner:

And dessert beer #1, before getting into the hottub with a trio of Lou Pepes:

Then real dessert (passionfruit cheesecake) came out with The Statement. Then we passed around a bottle of Parabola as we packed up for the night.

Killshot:

Full list of bottles:
Tequila BA Mexican Cake
Amarillo Hose
Schramm's The Statement
2012 Rose de Gambrinus
HF Double Citra
4 Seasons
2011 Framboos
2008 LPK
2012 LPF
2010 LPG
Armand & Tommy
2012 50n4e
De Cam Lambiek Special
2009 Vigneronne
2013 St Lamvinus
2010 St Lamvinus
Imp Cherry Marion Bu
Imp Orchard Bu
SARA BA Fumare
HOTD Matt Bottleworks X (Batch 1)
Parabola 2015

All in all, a ****** night with Rutager Lurkaholic montrealbcr89 . Thanks for nothing, guys.

very nice. Leme get some highlights!

 

[kcherney]

1. Lente - so drinkable. sweeter, vanilla / almondy notes
2. Winter - light, citrus, more restrained lente
3. Zomer - like a minerally, more complex lente
4. Herfst - hints of dark berries. fairly different than the other three.

All 4 were incredible.

-50n needed about an hour to decant. Had a real farty/marzipan thing going on at first, but that disappeared completely. Really interesting, one of the most unique beers I've ever had.
-Framboos was ridiculous. So fruity still, tons of funk. "Like licking smashed raspberries off a piece of old wood"
-I preferred Lambiek Special to both vintages of St Lamvinus and a few people agreed with me.
-Vigneronne was not an acid bomb at all like we were expecting. Drinking really nicely. Rose 2012 was glorious, ridiculously jammy.
-LPF was unbelievable. LPK was getting pretty sour, would be better to have fresh. LPG was great but a bit acetic which held it back for me.
-A&T was arguably the best beer of the tasting. Lemon/Lime brightness for days.

As for the non-lambics, Cherry Marionberry Bu is the best de Garde I've ever had. Orchard Bu is up there as well. Both are insane. Believe the hype. Tequila Mexican Cake was also crazy good, it absolutely put Parabola to shame.

 

[Odesseiron]

Never thought Ann would live up to the hype, but it was incredibly mellow. Double Dry Hopped Melcher St is the best IPA I've had. Le Sarrasin, Art, Flora are all perfect saisons in their own ways. The Statement Reserve tastes like getting kissed by YHWH. Cali Brandy Hunah was just boring. Florence is probably my favorite shelf saison from HF. Nice tasting.

 

[montrealbcr89]

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1. Lente - so drinkable. sweeter, vanilla / almondy notes
2. Winter - light, citrus, more restrained lente
3. Zomer - like a minerally, more complex lente
4. Herfst - hints of dark berries. fairly different than the other three.

All 4 were incredible.

-50n needed about an hour to decant. Had a real farty/marzipan thing going on at first, but that disappeared completely. Really interesting, one of the most unique beers I've ever had.
-Framboos was ridiculous. So fruity still, tons of funk. "Like licking smashed raspberries off a piece of old wood"
-I preferred Lambiek Special to both vintages of St Lamvinus and a few people agreed with me.
-Vigneronne was not an acid bomb at all like we were expecting. Drinking really nicely. Rose 2012 was glorious, ridiculously jammy.
-LPF was unbelievable. LPK was getting pretty sour, would be better to have fresh. LPG was great but a bit acetic which held it back for me.
-A&T was arguably the best beer of the tasting. Lemon/Lime brightness for days.

As for the non-lambics, Cherry Marionberry Bu is the best de Garde I've ever had. Orchard Bu is up there as well. Both are insane. Believe the hype. Tequila Mexican Cake was also crazy good, it absolutely put Parabola to shame.

Agreed on A&T being possibly the beer of the night. Zomer really stood out for me from the Seasons. Lente was quite a bit "lighter" or less complex than the previous time I had it. I think Lurkaholic said it was "crushable." If I had to rank them from 1-4, I'd say Zomer, Winter, Lente, Herfst. Tequila MC was delicious and Framboos was so funky and stinky. An absolute treat. The 3 year difference between the St. Lams was surprisingly almost unnoticeable. Would have been cool to do those two blind.
Both deGardes were absolutely ridiculous. Orchard bu was straight up Oasis fruit juice. Whale stone fruits.

Totally worth putting up with Lurkaholic for an evening.

Ps: sorry for pouring myself a pint of A&T.
Not sorry.

 

[Lurkaholic]

Ps: sorry for pouring myself a pint of A&T.
Not sorry.

"Ooooh look at me! I'm so fancy! I have to drink it out of a 3F tumbler that I brought with me, it's totally the same size as these snifters we've been using! Oh WHOOPS looks like there isn't enough to go around for some reason haha *glug*"

...I'm just jealous I didn't think of it first. And he totally shared it. LYMI.

For me it was A&T > Lente >>> Zomer > Winter >>>>>> Herfst.

And the only thing that I don't think was mentioned earlier that Rutager mentioned and I agreed with - the 2008 LPK, while still an amazing cinammon cherry pie of a lambic, didn't feel like it had really benefitted from the aging.

Bonus picture of montrealbcr89 being the rustic philosopher he is on a swingset

 

[montrealbcr89]

"Ooooh look at me! I'm so fancy! I have to drink it out of a 3F tumbler that I brought with me, it's totally the same size as these snifters we've been using! Oh WHOOPS looks like there isn't enough to go around for some reason haha *glug*"

...I'm just jealous I didn't think of it first. And he totally shared it. LYMI.

For me it was A&T > Lente >>> Zomer > Winter >>>>>> Herfst.

And the only thing that I don't think was mentioned earlier that Rutager mentioned and I agreed with - the 2008 LPK, while still an amazing cinammon cherry pie of a lambic, didn't feel like it had really benefitted from the aging.

Bonus picture of montrealbcr89 being the rustic philosopher he is on a swingset

hahahaha. It was a Cantillon tumbler. Jeez.

 

[furley]

by god that's majestic montrealbcr89

 

[GetchaPull]

montrealbcr89 being the rustic philosopher he is on a swingset

I agree.

 

[RyanG1]

Game 1 of NBA finals with jtmartino and grrrah and the other peter.



Standouts for me were the Forest and Main Moeder Seiozen and Backacre.

 

[kindaphunky]

Good morning.

Nice and light start to the lambic portion of the evening, 2012 Rose de Gambrinus

Whoops forgot the photo with the bottle, better get one:

After Vigneronne 2009, some bro decided to crash the party:

What a prick. Whoops better get a shot with the bottles
http://s11.postimg.org/ycvj8qt3l/******.png

Coors Light Bro also brought this along to cleanse the palate:

After a few vintages of St Lam and Lambiek Special we decided to get serious:

Lurkaholic in his happy place. 50n and hammock

Ticking hard:

After a short SARA and De Garde palate break, it was time to hit the lambic again. Old raspberries taste good:

A very bromantic candlelit dinner:

And dessert beer #1, before getting into the hottub with a trio of Lou Pepes:

Then real dessert (passionfruit cheesecake) came out with The Statement. Then we passed around a bottle of Parabola as we packed up for the night.

Killshot:

Full list of bottles:
Tequila BA Mexican Cake
Amarillo Hose
Schramm's The Statement
2012 Rose de Gambrinus
HF Double Citra
4 Seasons
2011 Framboos
2008 LPK
2012 LPF
2010 LPG
Armand & Tommy
2012 50n4e
De Cam Lambiek Special
2009 Vigneronne
2013 St Lamvinus
2010 St Lamvinus
Imp Cherry Marion Bu
Imp Orchard Bu
SARA BA Fumare
HOTD Matt Bottleworks X (Batch 1)
Parabola 2015

All in all, a ****** night with Rutager Lurkaholic montrealbcr89 . Thanks for nothing, guys.

And we have a winner. Nice.

 

[kbhess]

Great tasting last night with skrip , jaken0ss , facesnorth and a couple other friends. Personal highlights for me were 1997 vigneronne, 1999 og, 2000 og and M. Did season set blind and ranked Zomer>Winter>Lente>Herfst. It was unfortunately a bad bottle of herfst.

Full list:
2009/2011 LambicX
Nectarine premier
Palimpsest
Curiosity Sixteen
Et tu Brut
PVW BBVD
BA Abraxas B1
BA9k
CD11
2007 Lou Pepe Set
3F Oude Lambiek (4 year)
07 OGV
1997 vigneronne
2000 OG
Tyrnilambic
1999 OG
M
Season Set
2005 St Lam
2010 Japanese Fou
Para Set
SR 71
Sahalien
Oceanside Daliesque

M

1997 Vigneronne

1999 OG(thanks again schwartzoid )

2000 OG

Tyrnilambic

2010 Fou 375

2005 St Lam 375

 

[ObiWanKushnobi]

Cracked some dolphins with Dbijnagte minnesotadaddy DoctorRock sacrelicio Jus4beer and friends.

Highlights were Prop '14, Bourbon O.E., Termination Dust, Smokey and the Bois, Dangerous Man Rum barrel aged Imperial Coconut Milk Stout and of course Vanilla Rye and Backyard. Not a fan of sours but Fruit Punch #2 from SARA was pretty tasty!!

 

[cyde]

Small TB share with Compton25 , BusinessSloth , mgr78704 , deadmolecules , Lutter

 

[drgarage1]

Opened some fun degardebrewing bottles among others today with some of the pdx crew.

Thanks oregonskibum box_social teddyarrowhead cavemanlawyer kscaldef. I can't remember the other's handles so i am sorry for anyone in attendance that I didn't tag.

What are those sharpie-capped DGs?

 

[kbhess]

What are those sharpie-capped DGs?

The are the first 3 bottles from de garde night at the upper lip. I believe they were hand filed from the kegs that night. It's the first batch of cran bu, unblended bueze and vielle peche.

 

[RayP]

Took these beers down last night with mateoloco, BravoDawg, and one other guy. Good food, good beer, and good people. Also consumed that isn't pictured is a 32oz growler of Mexican Siberius Maximus.

Also, a special thanks to the many trade partners that made this possible!

 

[mwbbq]

Flora B/B, B6, and Plum tasting with shelf_turd_ferguson and MrCuvee. I liked Plum the best but all were tasty. B/B was oddly effervescent.

 

[jmgrub]

Had a great share with Rado, mrbubbler, Coolioman, drewone and a few others yesterday, which gave me the opportunity to take some pictures, many of them horrible.

My kill shots were too embarrassingly bad to post, so altogether, we drank:
Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Castleton B4
Captain Lawrence Flaming Fury B1
Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus (2005 Cork)
Cantillon Cuvee de Monk's Geueze
Rodenbach Alexander
Voodoo Black Magick (2011)
Side Project Saison du Ble Batch 1
Hangar 24 Bleu Blanc
Lift Bridge BA Silhouette (2015)
FiftyFifty Coconut Eclipse
'11 Kate the Great v. Mott the Lesser
Treehouse Haze
Lone Pint Yellow Rose
Olvalde Farm Oak-Aged Brynhildr's Gift
Jack's Abby Hoponious Union
18th Street Lake Street Express
Cigar City 110K+OT Batch 7
Other Half Veldrijden Love Chardonnay BA
de Garde Corbeau Noir
Fonta Flora Vestige Bloom
Half Acre Tasty Waves
Lawson's Finest Liquids Rhubarb Basil Saison
Two Brothers Sour Beer #2
Kuhnhenn Shamaretto Mead
Lindemans Kriek Cuvee Rene
Rare Barrel Cosmic Dust
de Garde Amarillo Hose
Treehouse Eureka Galaxy
Jackie O's Wood Ya Honey

 

[SocalKicks]

Went to a Side Project tasting over the weekend:

Favorites of the 375ml were Blanc de Blancs and Unblended. Overall though I think for my taste, the Side Project 375ml sours are a little too sour.

The fruited Fermiers were much more my style and I thought the Abricot was the standout, very soft beers with great fruit presence. The Derivations we're really damn good. Blend 1 had this rich, sweet, chocolatey thing, with a light smokey, and natural vanilla presence. Not really sure I got much maple out of it. Blend 2 added over the top vanilla into the situation. I think I prefer Blend 1 over 2 only because of this.

The Ventures and Project were probably a little over the hill at this point. The Project was tasting a little oxidized, and I'd say Venture 2 with no Lacto was the best of the group. I wish Biere du Pays was a type of thing that was regularly available, at 4% it's really amazing.

Anabasis ranks up there with my favorite barleywines, Great and Aaron. Wasn't big on Origins as it had this red wine quality going on that didn't mesh well with the rest of the flavors. Black and Wild on the other hand was a great sour stout that had this chocolate covered tart cherry thing going on. Orviamo was nice to try, but give me an Imperial Bu over it any day.

Merci was an awesome beer that had a beautiful bright lemony tartness going on with a nice earthy funk to balance it out.

Stuff between SP beers

Four Roses Cake is damn good. There was no spice to be found, but is was a great brownie-like BA stout. This bottle of Flora BB was pretty bad in my opinion. Big Band-Aid presence. The French Toast was a bit of a letdown for me as well. I've heard people describe it like licking a piece of French toast while this was thin, harsh, and boozy.

Veritas 007 had no idea what to expect coming into this and got puckeringly sour tart grapes on the taste. Wasn't a big fan of Wednesday as it was way too smoky. Thursday was awesome as it had this huge cinnamon presence, but in terms of Cycle stouts, it doesn't come close to Nooner 8. Growler was HF Double Citra which is always a pleasure.

Not pictured was the amazing view, great company, and awesome marinated short ribs. While available to us, every remaining bottled Side Project beer not pictured did not get touched as well as the rest of the Weekdays from Cycle. We lost too many people through the night. Still though... 10/10 Would definitely bang this tasting again.

 

[kmello69]

Just a little quick get-together with a few buddies on a Sunday afternoon. That Cherry Spazz is just stupid good, but overall a nice gathering. Mordred was a drain pour, as were the remnants of Wild Bitter after the first go-round

 

[amk1]

After a fun day of great company and beers, the only proper thing to do is run it back, amirite SocalKicks? Spent Sunday hanging out with friends including JonathanAmes, benbikes4beer, Sage, and numerous others drinking some beers:

Personal highlights were the Casey stuff (first Fruit Stand and Oak Theory series beers for me), Veritas 010 (still lots of peach/nectarine, surprisingly soft in the finish), Imperial Raz Bu (so amazingly jammy), Cellarman (am I crazy to think it's the best representation of a non-fruited BA saison?), and West Ashley (always a treat). Kind of sad Monday arrived so quickly.

 

[jmgrub]

Went to a Side Project tasting over the weekend:

Favorites of the 375ml were Blanc de Blancs and Unblended. Overall though I think for my taste, the Side Project 375ml sours are a little too sour.

The fruited Fermiers were much more my style and I thought the Abricot was the standout, very soft beers with great fruit presence. The Derivations we're really damn good. Blend 1 had this rich, sweet, chocolatey thing, with a light smokey, and natural vanilla presence. Not really sure I got much maple out of it. Blend 2 added over the top vanilla into the situation. I think I prefer Blend 1 over 2 only because of this.

The Ventures and Project were probably a little over the hill at this point. The Project was tasting a little oxidized, and I'd say Venture 2 with no Lacto was the best of the group. I wish Biere du Pays was a type of thing that was regularly available, at 4% it's really amazing.

Anabasis ranks up there with my favorite barleywines, Great and Aaron. Wasn't big on Origins as it had this red wine quality going on that didn't mesh well with the rest of the flavors. Black and Wild on the other hand was a great sour stout that had this chocolate covered tart cherry thing going on. Orviamo was nice to try, but give me an Imperial Bu over it any day.

Merci was an awesome beer that had a beautiful bright lemony tartness going on with a nice earthy funk to balance it out.

Stuff between SP beers

Four Roses Cake is damn good. There was no spice to be found, but is was a great brownie-like BA stout. This bottle of Flora BB was pretty bad in my opinion. Big Band-Aid presence. The French Toast was a bit of a letdown for me as well. I've heard people describe it like licking a piece of French toast while this was thin, harsh, and boozy.

Veritas 007 had no idea what to expect coming into this and got puckeringly sour tart grapes on the taste. Wasn't a big fan of Wednesday as it was way too smoky. Thursday was awesome as it had this huge cinnamon presence, but in terms of Cycle stouts, it doesn't come close to Nooner 8. Growler was HF Double Citra which is always a pleasure.

Not pictured was the amazing view, great company, and awesome marinated short ribs. While available to us, every remaining bottled Side Project beer not pictured did not get touched as well as the rest of the Weekdays from Cycle. We lost too many people through the night. Still though... 10/10 Would definitely bang this tasting again.

That's a monster share. I'm jelly.

I maintain that Abricot du Fermier should have been called Saison du Fapricot

 

[gameover170]

With BigBlueShep
This was a long weekend, but most of the work done was just us. Also not pictured were multiple KBS and IPAs.

Highlights were of course Prop and VR. Virgin Cherry and Chevalier were both solid, and that Golden Blend was funky as ever

 

[gameover170]

With BigBlueShep
This was a long weekend, but most of the work done was just us. Also not pictured were multiple KBS and IPAs.

Highlights were of course Prop and VR. Virgin Cherry and Chevalier were both solid, and that Golden Blend was funky as ever

Man in the back is father-in-law. Did not know what "down in front!" meant. Zero Fuxx

 

[brian4beer]

Went to a Side Project tasting over the weekend:

Favorites of the 375ml were Blanc de Blancs and Unblended. Overall though I think for my taste, the Side Project 375ml sours are a little too sour.

The fruited Fermiers were much more my style and I thought the Abricot was the standout, very soft beers with great fruit presence. The Derivations we're really damn good. Blend 1 had this rich, sweet, chocolatey thing, with a light smokey, and natural vanilla presence. Not really sure I got much maple out of it. Blend 2 added over the top vanilla into the situation. I think I prefer Blend 1 over 2 only because of this.

The Ventures and Project were probably a little over the hill at this point. The Project was tasting a little oxidized, and I'd say Venture 2 with no Lacto was the best of the group. I wish Biere du Pays was a type of thing that was regularly available, at 4% it's really amazing.

Anabasis ranks up there with my favorite barleywines, Great and Aaron. Wasn't big on Origins as it had this red wine quality going on that didn't mesh well with the rest of the flavors. Black and Wild on the other hand was a great sour stout that had this chocolate covered tart cherry thing going on. Orviamo was nice to try, but give me an Imperial Bu over it any day.

Merci was an awesome beer that had a beautiful bright lemony tartness going on with a nice earthy funk to balance it out.

Stuff between SP beers

Four Roses Cake is damn good. There was no spice to be found, but is was a great brownie-like BA stout. This bottle of Flora BB was pretty bad in my opinion. Big Band-Aid presence. The French Toast was a bit of a letdown for me as well. I've heard people describe it like licking a piece of French toast while this was thin, harsh, and boozy.

Veritas 007 had no idea what to expect coming into this and got puckeringly sour tart grapes on the taste. Wasn't a big fan of Wednesday as it was way too smoky. Thursday was awesome as it had this huge cinnamon presence, but in terms of Cycle stouts, it doesn't come close to Nooner 8. Growler was HF Double Citra which is always a pleasure.

Not pictured was the amazing view, great company, and awesome marinated short ribs. While available to us, every remaining bottled Side Project beer not pictured did not get touched as well as the rest of the Weekdays from Cycle. We lost too many people through the night. Still though... 10/10 Would definitely bang this tasting again.

Wait a minute. Are u saying not every single Side Project beer is a perfect 5?Don't let some of those Mizzou folks read this blasphemy....

 

[omgeezo]

Man in the back is father-in-law. Did not know what "down in front!" meant. Zero Fuxx

Probably because he was behind

 

[boltfan]

Polished these off with another couple last night. Great beer. Great company. Nothing better.

 

[GoozySosa]

Kicked it with OsLovesBeer sluggo demmons dbawdbawdbaw and some others last night.

 

[demmons]

Kicked it with OsLovesBeer sluggo demmons dbawdbawdbaw and some others last night.

Apricot tasting in the middle with Grrrz v West Ashley v Map of the Sun.. Apricot Grrrz is head, shoulder, knees, and, toes above the competition. Its not even close, should even be compared. The level of soft juicy fruit that exudes from the nose continues through the entire drink. Fantastic, easily the best beer of 2015 that I have had.