Demon Lizardman
Banned
I'm looking for a nice winter ale, something nice to enjoy by the fire.
I've really grown fond of Young's Double Chocolate Stout. My first was I wasn't so sure. The flavor was too familiar with baking chocolate or something to that degree. Very one dimentionaly like my least favorite stout.Guiness
Anyways I've really warmed up to it, and now I'm tasting all those wonderful layers of malted barley. It's just so refreshing to drink.
Anderson Valley's Winter Solstice is nice. Not too heavy but fits your description nicely.I'm looking for a nice winter ale, something nice to enjoy by the fire.
A local bar managed to get ahold of a keg of last year's Proprietor's back in August and it was pretty amazing.Nothing wrong with that, regular will be easy to find here. She waited for it just like everyone else.
Enjoy that Proprietors, it is a delicious cinnamon and coconut bomb!
Try Rogue's double mocha porter as well, very similar with a slightly different body.
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout. Best chocolate stout I've had.
Being a reader of Mike Tonsmeire's blog, I'd have pretty high expectations of the sours coming out of Modern Times. Wish I could get ahold of them myself. They've got the rough recipes posted, but the blend of microbes and barrel character is something I'd never be able to properly replicate.Trying the Modern Times Monsters Park Imperial Stout tonight (the normal, not barrel-aged). I wasn't fond of the first sip but as it's warmed up it's gotten a lot better. I'd prefer a bit more roast but it's a nice sipper, didn't realize it was 12% either!
PG2G, you see the info for their upcoming sour release? The peach and nectarine sours are super tempting ugh.
I'm looking for a nice winter ale, something nice to enjoy by the fire.
Trying the Modern Times Monsters Park Imperial Stout tonight (the normal, not barrel-aged). I wasn't fond of the first sip but as it's warmed up it's gotten a lot better. I'd prefer a bit more roast but it's a nice sipper, didn't realize it was 12% either!
PG2G, you see the info for their upcoming sour release? The peach and nectarine sours are super tempting ugh.
It's huge and sticky sweet with all of the stuff you expect in a gigantic stout. Better beers exist but the exclusivity is pretty cool. It's definitely worth trying if you get a chance.So I have the opportunity to snag either a 2013 or 2014 Dark Lord. Anyone know anything about these? I have heard good things but really know nothing outside of them being hard to come by.
So I have the opportunity to snag either a 2013 or 2014 Dark Lord. Anyone know anything about these? I have heard good things but really know nothing outside of them being hard to come by.
Cool yeah I am trading a pretty sought after local beer to acquire one (Trickery by Hardywood)...a surprising amount of people here in richmond seem to have bottles of Dark Lord...I need to figure out how to get three Floyd's stuff here without driving to Chicago
Thanks for the info.
I hear the new Enjoy By is among the best it's been. I'm gonna have a look around but I'm afraid I've already missed it.
Is it worth the drive to buy a bottle?Putting together a system to do 10-15 gallon batches of beer. Good times.
Is it worth the drive to buy a bottle?
*googles* I need this.Halfway through this:
Soon. We are only a few hours away. A nice night of food and drinks could be fun once things settle down here.Haha. You don't have to buy my beer. If you come by you can drink all you want for free. The first beer will be my double IPA bumped down (100% more volume, 50% more malt) to about 6.5%. It will be nice to be able to brew two kegs and keep one in cold storage.
*googles* I need this.
Soon. We are only a few hours away. A nice night of food and drinks could be fun once things settle down here.
Damn. Well, saves me money then.It's not all. It's sweet, then sour, and then a bit bitter at the end. The malt flavor is quite strong, and the fruitiness (kind of a tart apple/pear) only comes through at the tail end of the beer. It's not very strong in its X-mas flavorings almost to a fault. There's this slight spiciness that you can only detect on small sips, but overall this is a very typical belgian strong in almost every facet. Good representation of the style, but not a seasonal.
C+
I liked that one, but not enough to buy it again. I left happy with the bottle, but it is pretty pricey. Christmas Bomb tasted better, but was more expensive.So far The Beer That Saved Christmas is my favorite, and I think it's underrated on beeradvocate mainly because it's so interesting style purists don't know what to make of it.
*googles* I need this.
Soon. We are only a few hours away. A nice night of food and drinks could be fun once things settle down here.
Well, if you're feeling up to it you should come say hi December 21. A friend of mine (Kevin at Beer Trappe) got a few BCBS kegs. So on that date they will have BCBS, Coffee, and Barleywine all on draft. Flights will be available.
I'm only about two hours away as well.
I really really want to try the coffee, but as far as regular BCBS I think I might prefer barrel aged Rasputin ever so slightly.
I really really want to try the coffee, but as far as regular BCBS I think I might prefer barrel aged Rasputin ever so slightly.
Any PNW'ers, there is ton of BCBS 2013 floating around Bellingham at various places here in town. $6.50ish a bottle depending on where you go.
Really? Wow. I only saw a few 2013 bottles there yesterday. No 2014 bottles. I was out of town for their Black Friday event. The real place to get beer in Bellingham are the two food co-ops. The main store down town always gets in rad stuff. I counted twenty bottles of BCBS 2013 at the newer co-op last night.That's because Elizabeth Station somehow got 85% of all BCBS sent to WA last year. It's a pretty touchy subject in the PNW forums at BA.
I tried the Narwhal (seasonal Sierra Nevada). Shit was delicious but incredibly dense and dark. My God, 1-2 max for a night. Good thing it comes in a 4 pack.
I really do love dark beers though. Glad I found that. Going to grab another 6 pack this weekend at some point.