Beer of the Day thread (and ci-derp)
11-12-2015, 12:27 PM
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Ten Fiddy is great off the tap at the brewery! Got my case of Hardywood Gingerbread stout for the year, so much happiness.
Excited for the Mother Earth Silent Night release party next week.
Good2go- I'm jealous of you being able to find KBS in stores. Here it's a "wait in line for 1 bottle from the 3 cases delivered" type of rarity.
EO2K- you can get barrels from Farmhouse Bew Supply. My 5g rum barrel made some great aged moonshine, oh and a 12% RumShine aged Stout
Excited for the Mother Earth Silent Night release party next week.
Good2go- I'm jealous of you being able to find KBS in stores. Here it's a "wait in line for 1 bottle from the 3 cases delivered" type of rarity.
EO2K- you can get barrels from Farmhouse Bew Supply. My 5g rum barrel made some great aged moonshine, oh and a 12% RumShine aged Stout
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11-12-2015, 12:32 PM
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The first barrel-aged beer I can recall having was some sherry-casked Oskar Blues Old Chub which had just gotten done winning all the things at the GABF several years ago. A small pub in downtown Denver had the last dregs of it on tap, and after deeming me worthy, the bartender pulled me a few ounces of it gratis.
That beer changed my life.
Barrel all the things, I say. The purists can have their Reinheitsgebot-compliant bottle conditioned pilsners. I'll take the oaky stuff.
That beer changed my life.
Barrel all the things, I say. The purists can have their Reinheitsgebot-compliant bottle conditioned pilsners. I'll take the oaky stuff.
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11-12-2015, 12:40 PM
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I can agree to that.
One of my favorite oaked non-stouts is Hardywood's Rum Barrel Farmhouse Pumpkin. It adds a great dimension to an already terrific beer (probably the only "pumpkin" beer that I will consistently drink.
One of my favorite oaked non-stouts is Hardywood's Rum Barrel Farmhouse Pumpkin. It adds a great dimension to an already terrific beer (probably the only "pumpkin" beer that I will consistently drink.
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11-12-2015, 02:02 PM
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I have, its tasty. I'd drink it again.
Its got a little honey and floral in the nose but its not cloyingly sweet like other things "with honey." I was surprised that it had such a crisp bitterness for such a light beer. But its a clean bitterness not a heavy hoppy bitterness, if that makes any sense. Body is light and it has a lingering flavor. Also lower carbonation than I expected. Surprisingly enough, you get the honey in the aftertaste rather than as part of body, even more so at lower temperatures. Let it warm up a bit and the flavors/aromatics start to change.
I think keep saying "clean" because every time I get something with honey its never allowed to ferment out and the product ends up being a sweet, disgusting mess. That's the exact opposite of how I'd describe Honey Queen. It's also not rocket fuel, another problem with honey things.
Its very different, but then I like trying different things.
Its got a little honey and floral in the nose but its not cloyingly sweet like other things "with honey." I was surprised that it had such a crisp bitterness for such a light beer. But its a clean bitterness not a heavy hoppy bitterness, if that makes any sense. Body is light and it has a lingering flavor. Also lower carbonation than I expected. Surprisingly enough, you get the honey in the aftertaste rather than as part of body, even more so at lower temperatures. Let it warm up a bit and the flavors/aromatics start to change.
I think keep saying "clean" because every time I get something with honey its never allowed to ferment out and the product ends up being a sweet, disgusting mess. That's the exact opposite of how I'd describe Honey Queen. It's also not rocket fuel, another problem with honey things.
Its very different, but then I like trying different things.
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11-13-2015, 08:34 AM
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Went to a friend's bottle shop last night. This is my main beer buying season, apparently.
Came home with 3 Big Bad Baptists, 4 Backwoods Bastards, 2 Bells 30th Anniv Stouts, a Lindley Park, and a Black Angel. Going to keep warm this winter.
IMG_20151112_220356 by Tony Driver, on Flickr
Came home with 3 Big Bad Baptists, 4 Backwoods Bastards, 2 Bells 30th Anniv Stouts, a Lindley Park, and a Black Angel. Going to keep warm this winter.
IMG_20151112_220356 by Tony Driver, on Flickr
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11-13-2015, 12:56 PM
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Hopefully next month, I'll be holding a vertical tasting of Unibroue's Trader Joes Anniversary Ales (2010-2015). Gonna need some assistance with it, as many of my friends don't care for Belgian Dark Strongs. Luckily the bottle shop owner from the store above has a few extra bottles, and a few friends who wouldn't mind joining in.
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11-13-2015, 02:22 PM
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Mah man! 
This is hilarious because I was just talking about this 3 days ago with my wife. I've got 2-3 bottles of the TJs 2011-2015 in the closet, and we were considering doing a vertical.
This is hilarious because I was just talking about this 3 days ago with my wife. I've got 2-3 bottles of the TJs 2011-2015 in the closet, and we were considering doing a vertical.
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11-15-2015, 02:30 PM
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Although I feel that barrel aging is the new IPA (ie, an overdone fad) in brewing, that actually looks really tasty.
BTW, in homebrewing news, I found that if you dry hop cider, it tastes awesome. Literally just 5 gallons of apple juice (on sale for 3.99 a jug at wally world), leftover yeast from my previous beer and 2 ounces of Citra thrown in a week later.
BTW, in homebrewing news, I found that if you dry hop cider, it tastes awesome. Literally just 5 gallons of apple juice (on sale for 3.99 a jug at wally world), leftover yeast from my previous beer and 2 ounces of Citra thrown in a week later.
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