time to play the "can you name this style by the pictures" game.

[DisturbdChemist]

Bitter/Flanders Red(sour)/English IPA with fruit syrup

 

[Dave37]

If youre going to put up something this difficult you gotta be on top of giving some hints and narrowing down the field by telling us our answers are wrong! Help us out!!

 

[TCGoose]

Each of the last three guesses has one of the styles. It's not soured. And no one has guessed the special treatment

 

[chocotaco]

Dry-hopped ESB/Tripel

 

[TCGoose]

You're getting colder...

 

[BGBC]

Dry-hopped Bitter Golden Barleywine

I have no idea if that's possible, just putting styles together at this point...

 

[chocotaco]

Could the special treatment be freeze concentration? Or am I taking your last hint too literally

 

[TCGoose]

Ha! Way too literal. I'm trying to give hints without just giving the answer away... The special treatment is a commonly used technique for beers with extended "shelf life"

Bonus hint: two of the beers are ales, one is malty, one is hoppy. The third beer is a lager that tends to be on the strong side for lagers...

 

[chocotaco]

Wait I think I got it!

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Brewer's Reserve Grand Cru

Oak-aged Bigfoot barleywine, SN Celebration Ale, and SN Pale Ale, dry hopped after blending

 

[BGBC]

Is one of those a lager?

 

[chocotaco]

Hmmm, never mind; that beer doesn't have a lager in it. Drat! Even the color seemed a good match.

 

[TCGoose]

Wait I think I got it!

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Brewer's Reserve Grand Cru

Oak-aged Bigfoot barleywine, SN Celebration Ale, and SN Pale Ale, dry hopped after blending

You're very close. You've got two of the styles there (barley wine and IPA), but not the special treatment...

 

[Dave37]

Barley wine IPA bock soured?

 

[TCGoose]

You've got all the base beers. Now you just need the special treatment. Not soured. Oak aged is pretty close...

 

[Dave37]

You've got all the base beers. Now you just need the special treatment. Not soured. Oak aged is pretty close...

Bourbon or barrel aged barley wine IpA bock. Sounds much better than sour haha.

 

[TCGoose]

Bourbon or barrel aged barley wine IpA bock. Sounds much better than sour haha.

Yep!! It's Anchor's Our Barrel Ale. A blend of their bock, liberty ale, and barleywine, aged in Anchor Distilling Old Potrero whiskey barrels

 

[Dave37]

Nicee that was a tough one! Never wouldve got it without the rest of the guys guesses and your hints. Sounds pretty complex. Something id either love or hate. What did you think of it?

I will post something up soon. Unless one of you guys who helped guess this one have a good one. Feel free and post it up!

Cheers

 

[TCGoose]

Yeah I knew it wouldn't be easy.... I thought it was great. Best way to describe it is like a shot of really good bourbon in a pint of anchor steam, except it was 8.5% and you didn't even get a hint of alcohol in the flavor.

 

[Dave37]

Yeah I knew it wouldn't be easy.... I thought it was great. Best way to describe it is like a shot of really good bourbon in a pint of anchor steam, except it was 8.5% and you didn't even get a hint of alcohol in the flavor.

Sounds good. Is it available in bottles or even out of the brewery?

 

[TCGoose]

From what I can tell it's not bottled and is a fairly limited (annual?) release. I had it a bar near my apartment and only tried it because I'd never heard of it. Not sure where else it's available.

 

[Dave37]

From what I can tell it's not bottled and is a fairly limited (annual?) release. I had it a bar near my apartment and only tried it because I'd never heard of it. Not sure where else it's available.

Wouldve liked to give her a try. This is one excellent beer. Guess away! Cheers

 

[GuldTuborg]

Barley wine?

 

[Dave37]

No sit

 

[Dave37]

Sir* haha

 

[MedicMang]

Dubbel

 

[Dave37]

No sir:


I usually give big hints that give it away right away. But ill refrain in my drunkenness. It is a lager

 

[WesleyS]

Dopplebock
Brooklyn Silver Anniversary Lager

 

[Dave37]

Dopplebock
Brooklyn Silver Anniversary Lager

Din ding ding ding. Exactly correct. Extra 1000 points for you. Youre up! Nicely done

 

[WesleyS]

Din ding ding ding. Exactly correct. Extra 1000 points for you. Youre up! Nicely done

Sweet!
On to the next.




Style+adjunct

 

[Dave37]

Sweet!
On to the next.

Style+adjunct

Woolley jack!! Black rye IPA