posh beers and ales and stuff thread

also, another heavy IPA, recommended for the winter,

Troegs Brewery-Flying Mouflin Ale.

Imagine a super hoppy IPA with sweet chocolate...mmm goddamn i want some now.

  On 9/21/2012 at 11:27 PM, jhonny said:

  On 9/21/2012 at 8:44 PM, chassis said:

Good pre pub evening in the making

great album, great beer.

You have good taste, because you notice my good taste.

The Stone belgo RIPA that I had was brewed with anise and it was kind of gross, too much. The regular RIPA though: Lexington Steele cum down ur throat!

I'm drinking wine........hah. Savingion Blanc from NZ.

Always love the effect wine has on me, turns me into a 12 year old. I have beer ready and waiting for afterwards. A selection of Adnams ales. So I will be fast asleep and snoozing away the afternoon in the not so distant future. Happy days!!

Had some of this yesterday:

Shipyard Brewing Co. Smashed Pumpkin

I was a little skeptical of a pumpkin beer at first, as I'd never had one, but I sampled some on the job last night and then bought some. It was pretty delicious, there's a slight hint of nutmeg and other spices in with the pumpkin that make it taste like pumpkin pie in a beer form. Also, for a 9% beer it doesn't feel heavy at all and drinks suprisingly light. Definitely a good fall beer.

*jots*!

Had a pint of Young's 'Waggledance' honey beer with WATMM's own SPD2 last night, as well as a half of the locally-brewed strawberry beer from Meantime. Tasty, fruity beers - and great company too.

I love honey beers, mmm yum yum.

  On 9/22/2012 at 2:45 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

Ive probably mentioned this plenty before, but its probably my all-time favorite heavy beer:

 

 

Just imagine every single dark, rich fruit under the sun ripened and thrown into a bottle of strong, strong ale. Warms the stomach and pleases the tongue. You'll want to drink this guy room-temperature IMHO for best results..maybe slightly/briefly chilled.

the 12 is great. i think i might like the 8 a little better though. i saw their 'tokyo' in the store the other day and almost decided to shell out the $16 to try it.. but i got this instead:

and it is damn delicious. 11% too. probably my favorite quad to date.

  On 9/22/2012 at 2:45 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

Im not a huge fan of most Ommegang, but Three Philosophers is definitely ftw.

 

Ive probably mentioned this plenty before, but its probably my all-time favorite heavy beer:

 

 

Just imagine every single dark, rich fruit under the sun ripened and thrown into a bottle of strong, strong ale. Warms the stomach and pleases the tongue. You'll want to drink this guy room-temperature IMHO for best results..maybe slightly/briefly chilled.

three philosophers is great, but that abbey 12 is another level. probably in my top 10.

edit - OMG cannot wait for rochefort. i would have ordered some westvleteren but that shit is just aliitle too expensive...

I've never been able to find Westvleteren in the States.

I'd love to compare it to the Rochefort 10 and the Abt 12. Because both are fucking amazing. I can't imagine the Westvleteren really being much better.

  On 9/25/2012 at 11:55 AM, uptown devil said:

  On 9/22/2012 at 2:45 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

Ive probably mentioned this plenty before, but its probably my all-time favorite heavy beer:

 

 

Just imagine every single dark, rich fruit under the sun ripened and thrown into a bottle of strong, strong ale. Warms the stomach and pleases the tongue. You'll want to drink this guy room-temperature IMHO for best results..maybe slightly/briefly chilled.

the 12 is great. i think i might like the 8 a little better though. i saw their 'tokyo' in the store the other day and almost decided to shell out the $16 to try it.. but i got this instead:

and it is damn delicious. 11% too. probably my favorite quad to date.

I remember having that in Bruges, don't remember much else! A must-go for beer fans.

i thought flying dog's oktoberfest was really fucking awesome. beer advocate didn't like it though.

Finally managed to find a nice scwarzbier!

anyone tried this? Oatmeal Stout

going to tonight

  On 9/28/2012 at 11:34 PM, StephenG said:

anyone tried this? Oatmeal Stout

 

going to tonight

 

Had some of that on tap in Portland, ME¹ earlier this month. Was pretty nice. A little on the watery mouthfeel side (for an oatmeal stout), but definitely good.

¹At this place: http://novareresbiercafe.com/. If anyone's every in Portland, ME, get thee to Novare Res. It's wonderful.

You bastards, I can't find posh beers during the week. I'ma start a wine thread.

Oh, I did have some ESB tonight though.

Sunday evenings in autumn and winter a few hours before bedtime I drink a couple of bottles of Guiness Foreign Extra Stout, which weighs in about 7.5% They aren't big bottles so I don't piss all night.

It's a nice tasty night cap and a ritual I look forward too.

Had some of this the other night, sipping a bomber of this stuff and a couple bowls had me feeling pretty good.

Isn't that beer like 12% or something crazy?

Yep, 12. It's barleywine!

Glad to hear you like, ghosty. I'm trying to track down the "belgo" OG variant right now to compare.

  On 10/1/2012 at 7:56 AM, baph said:

Yep, 12. It's barleywine!

 

Glad to hear you like, ghosty. I'm trying to track down the "belgo" OG variant right now to compare.

Shop I work at has that, I may have to try one of those next...

Sun King Brewery's Sunlight Cream Ale. Quite good.

Started the night by tasting a Unibroue sampler pack at work. 5/6 in the sampler were delicious, among the best beers I've had, however the Ephemere Apple, is a little too fruity for my tastes (some may like it though, while fruity and the worst of the 6 still a decent beer)

Ended up buying a bomber of the Maudite because it came with the glass. for only $2 more than the regular bombers, felt classy drinking it out of the custom glass

Now I'm finishing the night off slowly sipping on some Rogue Chocolate Stout, which is fucking delicious

Maudite is the best, but Trois-Pistoles is the one that goes for the KO, especially when you get them in a Growler (which is mostly 90% of the time here) !