Little conflicted about this one, but Let’s Go USA!!!
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Brewing is done accept for the clean up which is in progress. Time for a glass of my blueberry cider with pie spice and vanilla.
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Another one from deep in the cellar
Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2011
A good sound from opening the cap but maybe a little under carbonated.
Aroma is of plummy toffee and molasses.
Burnt sugar, figgy plum, and dark fruit. Some bitterness, but no hop character. Chewy and full with a sweetness.
It’s held up better than many imperial stouts with less than half the age. Not soy saucy like other examples of old imperial stouts I’ve had over the years. It’s past its prime by a decade, but I’ll finish it off.
Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2011
A good sound from opening the cap but maybe a little under carbonated.
Aroma is of plummy toffee and molasses.
Burnt sugar, figgy plum, and dark fruit. Some bitterness, but no hop character. Chewy and full with a sweetness.
It’s held up better than many imperial stouts with less than half the age. Not soy saucy like other examples of old imperial stouts I’ve had over the years. It’s past its prime by a decade, but I’ll finish it off.
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A couple of brews last night while grilling Oork Tenderloin medallions. 1st Irish Red Ale from Latulip brewing from the UP in Michigan. 2nd self explanatory. Cheers!
HB Braggot (Bourbon soaked staves) 16% ABV. Aged it with the staves for just over 4months and wow you can taste it all! Toffee, dried fruits, maltiness, honey and of course bourbon! The Elijah Craig is coming through so good and has a perfect amount of tannins and sweetness.
I just kegged it today and I’m force carbing it but this one was pre carb and it’s definitely worth it!
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Wow! What a way to cap off 3 weeks of British, Irish and Scottish brews. I saved the best for last! Yes, it’s Samuel Smith’s famous Yorkshire Stingo!
As good as this beer is, your Beermeister32 has a sense of failure. I mean there’s so many under-reported beers out there, so few make it to our US shores. I looked high and low for some Boddington’s Pub Ale, to no avail. Timothy Taylor, whose epic Landlord used to grace the shelves everywhere is sadly now gone. Some brews being made elsewhere…. I’m trying my best folks!
Where do you start when describing this behemoth of a Pub Ale? I mean, for starters we have a huge 550 ml bottle of it – fancy label with gold printing – But how’s the beer, Man? Excellent!
Classic Pub Ale, but BIGGER and BETTER in all parameters! This is a limited release beer – not much of it made. The beer is produced at a hefty 8% ABV for starters, one heck of a grain bill. Fermentation is in their famous stone Yorkshire Squares using the proprietary Old Brewery yeast strain. Yes it is dark fruity, raisin and toffee-like with many of the other esters found in Samuel Smith beers. On top of that, this 8% heavyweight ages in well-used and old Oak Casks underground in their beer aging cellars.
That’s all Folks! What more can I add, great beer. Onto something else tomorrow, I’m done with the British Isles for now. Cheers!
As good as this beer is, your Beermeister32 has a sense of failure. I mean there’s so many under-reported beers out there, so few make it to our US shores. I looked high and low for some Boddington’s Pub Ale, to no avail. Timothy Taylor, whose epic Landlord used to grace the shelves everywhere is sadly now gone. Some brews being made elsewhere…. I’m trying my best folks!
Where do you start when describing this behemoth of a Pub Ale? I mean, for starters we have a huge 550 ml bottle of it – fancy label with gold printing – But how’s the beer, Man? Excellent!
Classic Pub Ale, but BIGGER and BETTER in all parameters! This is a limited release beer – not much of it made. The beer is produced at a hefty 8% ABV for starters, one heck of a grain bill. Fermentation is in their famous stone Yorkshire Squares using the proprietary Old Brewery yeast strain. Yes it is dark fruity, raisin and toffee-like with many of the other esters found in Samuel Smith beers. On top of that, this 8% heavyweight ages in well-used and old Oak Casks underground in their beer aging cellars.
That’s all Folks! What more can I add, great beer. Onto something else tomorrow, I’m done with the British Isles for now. Cheers!
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Sampling at Treehouse
Boston Fern (R) and Canniversary (L)
Go away you slush and ice!!!
Big Best Barrel Blend
Imperial Brown Ale that has aged for a year in freshly emptied bourbon barrels, which we then blend with a fresh portion of the same base beer. It carries familiar flavors and aromas of brown bread, nutty caramel, and hints of dark chocolate-covered fruit, that then meld seamlessly with robust barrel-forward notes of bourbon vanilla, tannic oak, and toffee candies. This fusion of old and new makes Big Bear Barrel Blend the perfect beer for you to sit and contemplate, have as a casual accompaniment for any occasion, or both.
Boston Fern (R) and Canniversary (L)
Go away you slush and ice!!!
Big Best Barrel Blend
Imperial Brown Ale that has aged for a year in freshly emptied bourbon barrels, which we then blend with a fresh portion of the same base beer. It carries familiar flavors and aromas of brown bread, nutty caramel, and hints of dark chocolate-covered fruit, that then meld seamlessly with robust barrel-forward notes of bourbon vanilla, tannic oak, and toffee candies. This fusion of old and new makes Big Bear Barrel Blend the perfect beer for you to sit and contemplate, have as a casual accompaniment for any occasion, or both.
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Very nice single-hopped wcipa.
Disciples of Fu, 6.5% abv, from North Park Brewing in San Diego is hopped only with Mosaic.
Disciples of Fu, 6.5% abv, from North Park Brewing in San Diego is hopped only with Mosaic.
A Dale's after firing the woodstove back up, had a few warm days but temps dropping again now.
Same here. Temps went from unseasonably warm mid 80's to 64, (and still dropping), in a little over an hour. May not see 60 degrees for the next several days. Back to stout weather.
Noticed this in Rouses in Spanish Fort, AL. I don't think I've seen one of these in about 40 years so had to grab a 6er (used to be 8). I think I'll have 2!
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HB Grodziskie. Clearing nicely despite being a 100% Wheat beer, apparently that's expected for the style. Very refreshing and only light smoke...
Stone... stick to what you know, this is not it.
Moving on to my hb neipa, now this is more like it.
There's is called FML which has its meaning.. this batch of mine is named PMS, which is not related to female hormones but I brewed it for the superbowl this year and it has a meaning.. any guesses?
Moving on to my hb neipa, now this is more like it.
There's is called FML which has its meaning.. this batch of mine is named PMS, which is not related to female hormones but I brewed it for the superbowl this year and it has a meaning.. any guesses?
I agree with the Stone FML (which seems almost appropriate). 3 cans showed up in an ill-advised Stone mixed 12 pack purchase. I dumped most of the first can and all of the other two. Come to think of it I dumped most of that 12 pack, and probably won't be drinking any Stone products for a long while...
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From yesterdays beer deep in the cellar, to today’s beer from a much more recent vintage.
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 2024
I always enjoy these from fresh to about three years old with around 1.5 to 2 being around perfect. It’s good fresh, but mellows out with age.
This one with one year of age on it.
Aroma is citrus grapefruit and pine
Flavors are right with the aroma. Caramel toasty malt with grapefruit and pine hop flavor, with the bitterness reminiscent of pith, in a good way. Flavors linger without being cloying or heavy.
This is really good, but I bet in 6 months to a year it’s even better.
With all my moving recently I just realized I didn’t pick up any 2025 yet. I need to get on that before it’s impossible.
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 2024
I always enjoy these from fresh to about three years old with around 1.5 to 2 being around perfect. It’s good fresh, but mellows out with age.
This one with one year of age on it.
Aroma is citrus grapefruit and pine
Flavors are right with the aroma. Caramel toasty malt with grapefruit and pine hop flavor, with the bitterness reminiscent of pith, in a good way. Flavors linger without being cloying or heavy.
This is really good, but I bet in 6 months to a year it’s even better.
With all my moving recently I just realized I didn’t pick up any 2025 yet. I need to get on that before it’s impossible.
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Drinking this while my HB HAZY IPA boils.
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Ah, Sureshot. That's a name I see less than I would like in my local bottle shops.
I'm up Sheffield way next week so maybe a detour is in order.
Hb neipa... needed a beer after work but have to meet the wife for dinner so I made quick work of this one, happy Friday y'all..
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What better way to return back home from my British Isles beer journey than a can of Good ‘Ole American adjunct Lager, Budweiser.
Actually, this shot was from my business trip last week. My hotel was across the street from a gas station that had plenty of beer. I had just blew into town, off the plane, rental car, hotel, threw my bag on the bed, and time for a brew! Nothing too exotic, but how can you go wrong with a Budweiser, right? I’m loving these 25-ounce cans too. Bring me a 32-ouncer!
Budweiser isn’t as large a market share as it once was. There was a time however that this occupied the lion’s share of the beer shelf at the supermarket. Budweiser is really a case study in remarkable brewing. If you consider this same brew is made at locations all over the world with a consistent flavor profile and quality, you begin to understand all that goes into making it happen. Like regular new yeast sent out in cold containers all throughout the world, all grown off their master slants from original 1800-vintage yeast. Amazing.
Budweiser is a 5% ABV beer, and is really remarkable that all those different brewery locations can make something so consistent, wherever you are.
Actually, this shot was from my business trip last week. My hotel was across the street from a gas station that had plenty of beer. I had just blew into town, off the plane, rental car, hotel, threw my bag on the bed, and time for a brew! Nothing too exotic, but how can you go wrong with a Budweiser, right? I’m loving these 25-ounce cans too. Bring me a 32-ouncer!
Budweiser isn’t as large a market share as it once was. There was a time however that this occupied the lion’s share of the beer shelf at the supermarket. Budweiser is really a case study in remarkable brewing. If you consider this same brew is made at locations all over the world with a consistent flavor profile and quality, you begin to understand all that goes into making it happen. Like regular new yeast sent out in cold containers all throughout the world, all grown off their master slants from original 1800-vintage yeast. Amazing.
Budweiser is a 5% ABV beer, and is really remarkable that all those different brewery locations can make something so consistent, wherever you are.
Drinking a glass of cabernet, it's like kissing your cousin, as long as no one catches you its OK.. I'm so ashamed
Hey, don’t worry about it, I kissed your cousin once. It was no big deal, really.Drinking a glass of cabernet, it's like kissing your cousin, as long as no one catches you its OK.. I'm so ashamed
Opening of their new location today. Opening day WCIPA, Anchors Aweigh. Pretty easy decision, and a good one.
Cask Fridays for a quick dinner
Petroglyph 10% Triple IPA ($3.00/$6.00) *Cans To Go
A hazy triple IPA hopped with Citra Incognito, Citra, Citra Cryo, Rakau, and Motueka. (2) 1/2 pour limit per person.
Petroglyph 10% Triple IPA ($3.00/$6.00) *Cans To Go
A hazy triple IPA hopped with Citra Incognito, Citra, Citra Cryo, Rakau, and Motueka. (2) 1/2 pour limit per person.
My yummy way of saying to hell with it.
Abita maibock, 6.5%. Not bad.
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