Winter Beers

  On 1/29/2012 at 6:48 PM, spratters said:

What's the Kinggoblin like?

it was nice, very heady with deep smoky caramel flavours...wouldn't want to drink too many of them though.

We should do a 'describe your last shit with tasting notes for alcolhol' thread.

It would be astounding lol

  On 1/29/2012 at 4:29 PM, beerwolf said:

Ps. Whats the Marstons VSOP like? I havent seen that before.

was also very nice...deceptively drinkable for something 6.7%...kind of fruity, with a hoppy topnote

Founder's Breakfast Stout.

I just managed to pick up two bottles of Boulevard's Chocolate Ale. Last year was the first time they brewed this beer and it sold out within a couple weeks. When I picked up my second bottle this afternoon the clerk was telling me that places in the center of town were already sold out. I got on the waiting list at one store and had a friend that manages another store set the other back for me!

had some Fantome Brisee-Bonbonbs, and also some american stuff "Bam Biere" later

had an excellent meal cooked by my polish friend, she's a great cook.

then went on the cognac.

Hey mang

If y'all are ever in Memphis, and you're into ridiculously smooth awesome-tasting awesomeness, you've got to pick up some Ghost River, locally brewed with our natural aquifer-sourced Jesus water....not very "wintery" but damn does it make a difference that the distance between brewery and store shelf is a couple miles....my current fab

For winter, try New Belgium Snow Day...solid dark and not-so-dark lager with a nice hop

Massachustts' beer distribution is like a continuous onslaught of tasty brews. But some locals like Pretty Things are consistently delicious. Our Finest Regards, their English Barleywine is wintery prefection.

  On 1/30/2012 at 11:35 PM, hautlle said:

I just managed to pick up two bottles of Boulevard's Chocolate Ale. Last year was the first time they brewed this beer and it sold out within a couple weeks. When I picked up my second bottle this afternoon the clerk was telling me that places in the center of town were already sold out. I got on the waiting list at one store and had a friend that manages another store set the other back for me!

 

does that say 21%?

looks like 9.1%

bloody strong either way...

Indeed, keltoi got it, 9.1%. Gonna try the first one tomorrow night w/ the gf while watching the KU basketball game.

so here's tonight's selection... went for a mainly kriek theme as you can see, but had to get the Old Dan as well as I'm called Dan:

I fucking love Krieks

edit: BTW the Chocolate Ale was awesome. Not what I was expecting. Light chocolate on the nose after it warmed a bit. It wasn't sweet, just a light ale up front but then after you swallowed the chocolate kind of coated your tongue with a nice hint of cocoa. Really tasty and the overall experience only got better as it warmed.

tramp juice:

nice

gimmie a pint of cider and i'm happy..

  On 2/4/2012 at 6:43 PM, BCM said:

so here's tonight's selection... went for a mainly kriek theme as you can see, but had to get the Old Dan as well as I'm called Dan:

 

seen them . what they like?

i mean the twisty ones...

  On 1/30/2012 at 11:35 PM, hautlle said:

I just managed to pick up two bottles of Boulevard's Chocolate Ale. Last year was the first time they brewed this beer and it sold out within a couple weeks. When I picked up my second bottle this afternoon the clerk was telling me that places in the center of town were already sold out. I got on the waiting list at one store and had a friend that manages another store set the other back for me!

 

i could imagine having the worst hangover ever on that shit and putting on half a stone in the process. nice.

  On 2/4/2012 at 11:46 PM, sirch said:

gimmie a pint of cider and i'm happy..

 

  On 2/4/2012 at 6:43 PM, BCM said:

so here's tonight's selection... went for a mainly kriek theme as you can see, but had to get the Old Dan as well as I'm called Dan:

 

 

seen them . what they like?

absolutely delicious! cherry beer - what's not to like? bacchus kriek's not too sweet or sickly - got a deep cherry flavour, but is nice and kind of tangy and dry so the cherry taste doesn't get overwhelming half way through the bottle. definitely worth checking out if you can get hold of some and you've not tried it before! quite pricey though - i paid £2.79 per bottle for this lot...

tonight i have a couple of these:

I've had several of these on hand since October...will probably drink the last one tonight.

ah isn't that a quebec brewery.. who make maudite, fin du monde, etc...

how is it?

  On 2/16/2012 at 12:03 AM, iep said:

ah isn't that a quebec brewery.. who make maudite, fin du monde, etc...

 

how is it?

Yeah, that's Unibroue.

I think this one from them is a good winter ale

Has a bit of warming sweetness to it but not cloying. Sort of figgy. Nicely carbonated for a Belgian strong dark ale. Probably my favorite Unibroue.

Shared this with the gf last night over desert

Really nice chocolate/cherries combo to it

oooh, that looks as good as a bbc

  On 2/15/2012 at 11:07 PM, BCM said:

tonight i have a couple of these:

 

never seen that before. quite a sexy can. any good? is it anything like tyskie?