What's your favorite Beer?
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Strolled in to a Restaraunt last night that had the Canadian Breakfast stout on draft. Which was great because I get to cellar my current bottle, and try it now. It was very good. It was served a little too cold I think. And parents here will know that you are on a clock when out to eat with an 18 month old. So I had 2. I was impressed. Founders don’t play.
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Today’s haul w/ @formulapfaff
I thoughts we had a good haul yesterday with some stone, chandeleur and Prairie brews
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neph: can you find the Yule Maelk there?.. Because that's even better…
^ Seul is right as always: Yule Maelk is unbelievable better than Jule…
Sadly not… but I was pretty stoked to get the yellow label version and it lived up to expectations. I also have one bottle each of the Cognac BA and Rhum BA yellow label.
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Red Stripe in Jamaica
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Red Stripe in Jamaica
As if you have another choice?
It’s rum drinks or red stripeJerk chicken or pork. Fried fish or curry goat. Rice and peas, cabbage. Patties l Maybe some
Festival are the options..
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Even alledged speciality beer bars serve stout too cold. Morons. I need to try some of that CBS though.
Too true. At home I chill it a bit and then let it warm up. The taste really comes out as it warms.
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^ perfect for beer. I used to have a separate beer fridge but it malfunctioned.
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Yesterday was a decent beer day:
Bison Brewing Co. organic Honey Basil
Prairie Bomb
Bomb and Prairie Brett C Ale
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
Today:
Stone Xocoveza
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Been drinking a lot of Founders all day IPA thanks to target having a good price of a box of 15 got this last week and it’s very tasty.
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This weekend was nuts. I flew out to the East coast to drink lambic for the weekend with my old college roommate and some other new friends. Friday night was a few samples from Wrecking Bar Brewing (2 great, one ok) and 1 from Burial with dinner, then onto mostly lambic.
Tilquin 10/11 gueuze, 12/13 gueuze, 16/17 gueuze, 15/16 quetsche prunes de namur.
Boon Mariage Parfait sticker 2007 (bottled 2010)
Black Project Dreamland
Bonus 10/11 the pic because the dudes next to us got one too. Hah.
10/11 is only a blend of 1 and 2 year lambic, but it blew everything else away. Massively full, complex body, with a spectacular blue cheese funk. Yes please. 12/13, 16/17, and Quetsche weren't close, despite being great. Same with Mariage parfait. Dreamland, I didn't care much about. Just a decent American lambic style that was very much not special.
Saturday, I got out for a 12.2 mile run in fresh snow, ran a few errands, then we sampled beer from 3 pm until 2 am. It was insane.
From oldest to newest:
De Neve Gueuze 1989
De Cam Lambiek 2003
Cantillon Iris Vintage 2006 (bottled 2008)
3 Floyds Dark Lord 2008
Cantillon Fou Foune 2010
3 Fonteinen Golden Blend 2011
Cantillon Vigneronne 2012
Jester King Spon Mourvedre and Sangiovese 2016
Cantillon Blabaer 2017
Mazurt Got No Dime Barleywine (not sure of the year or which BA, as it had no label)
De cam 03 and Iris 06 were the biggest knockouts. Both opened well and were straight fire after couple hours of aeration. Fou still had a ton of apricot despite the age, abd it also had a very interesting diacetyl taste (think buttered popcorn). Blabaer and Jester King were a bit boring in comparison (lol), Vig needed one more year for the sweet spot (recent 11 killed this 12), and, surprisingly, De Neve was still sour as hell. That was obviously oxidized, but it mostly picked up a nice sherry/port vibe. Super good still. Dark Lord was also a bit past prime, but it was drinking well still. Golden Blend has never been my favorite, but this was getting better at this age. Mazurt was killer. Can't wait for them to be selling bottles… Finished the last few hours playing VR games, which was a blast. Pretty fun Fri/Sat, though I'm glad to be back in town to sleep in my own bed after so much excess for 2 days.
Not pictured: Superstition Straw Berry White. I don't drink tons of mead, but I could tell this one was special. Damn.
