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    cander49
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 8 Apr 2015

    Popped 2 of my better bottles this week in celebration of a new marathon PR for me and a successful marathon debut for my wife.

    This was great, though I have another en route and won't open it for some time. The funk seems like it'll ne exceptional with age.
    (relative's table cloth, not mine!)

    Speaking of age, popped one of these dusty twins from 2004. Unbelievably complex funk with notes of cheese, grassy hay, stone fruit, pepper, and green veggie, all without any oxidation whatsoever.

    Finally, from 2 weeks ago, the best gueuze I've ever had, a Hanssens from 2010. Hanssens is so underrated that I got a stash of these at $20 a 750! Tasting wise, the funk was massive and dominated by blue cheese notes, which is probably my favorite note in a beer. Aftertaste was of apricots and yogurt. Insane. Really fun to drink with my wife and a friend alonfside a comparatively fresh 2016:

    We're hosting a stout night in a few days, and it'll probably be a bit ridiculous.  😉

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      Seul
      Joined: 24 Nov 2009

      I'm gonna call you Grandmaster Funk…

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        cander49
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 8 Apr 2015

        If I could only drink beers with cheese funk for the rest of my life, I'd be super happy.  😃

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          Seul
          Joined: 24 Nov 2009

          Smell > taste.

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            Aetas
            見習いボス
            Joined: 19 Jun 2013

            The new table is great and creates wonderful reflections E.

            @cander49 Congrats on your PR. Very unique way to celebrate this with a cheese funk beer!

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              neph93
              見習いボス
              Joined: 18 Aug 2014

              New for me. Tasty stuff although it’ll suit me best when the sun is out and the temperature is in positive double figures.

              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

              • Dame Vera Lynn
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                emceeQ
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 11 Jan 2012

                @cander49:

                If I could only drink beers with cheese funk for the rest of my life, I'd be super happy.  😃

                I'm right there with ya!  I'm super jealous of the selection you were drinking…


                Some more Cascade.  This one has cherries and noyaux in it, and really shows how Cascade is just as much a fruit processor as a brewery.  The noyaux is the nut inside the apricot pit, and is super labor intensive to get out.  After the apricot is processed the pits have to be dried for an extended period of time before they can be carefully cracked open to get the tiny noyaux kernel inside.

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                  Chris
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                  So what does the noyaux add? Is it similar to apricot?

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                    emceeQ
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 11 Jan 2012

                    It add’s a really nice nutty/amaretto/marzipan character you wouldn’t otherwise get

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                      Chris
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                      Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                      Interesting.  I'll have to cross my fingers and hope I can find a bottle…

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                        Appfaff
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 11 Oct 2013

                        One of my clients works at the taproom of our local brewery, and brought me this.

                        They have been getting pretty aggressive with their Sour selection and they keep getting better and better.

                        This was pretty solid - not on par with most of the larger craft breweries, but nice to enjoy a local beer that’s somewhat decent.

                        Incidentally, a party we were going to Saturday evening was right next door to the same brewery, so we stopped in and I got their new “Juicy IPA” - it was damn good.

                        Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                          Seul
                          Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                          Lotsa coco lotsa coffee… I love this beer...

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                            Seul
                            Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                            @Aetas:

                            The new table is great and creates wonderful reflections E.

                            I forgot to respond to this… Well, it's not much of a response... It's just that my dad called the brewery, and asked whether it was possible to purchase a screened table... We had visited a couple of months prior to that, and sat at one drinking a fresh Oerbier... I would've never even thought about asking, y'know... But the fucker got it done!.. And they said it was a first, as they'd never sold 'm to bars, and I was the first to get one!.. It was still wrapped up in their attic...

                            In short: it ties the room together. I absolutely love it. My dad's the best. #fanboy out

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                              Seul
                              Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                              Second best Fantôme beer out there?..

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                                Matty123
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 4 Apr 2017

                                My brother, who is a beer fiend on the level of @Seul, Had my parents ship him
                                Beer from Civil Society Brewery in Jupiter Florida. They are on vacation. So thanks to Mom, Pop and Josh for the beer.  I’ve had it before, because as I’ve stated my brother is a junky and has had them ship beer on many occasions. 

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                  Seul
                                  Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                  I still don't get the appeal of drinking from jars…

                                  Pohjala's excellent baltic porter with black currents... Result?.. RESULT!..

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                                    Seul
                                    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                    Remind me to never buy US IPAs again in €urope…

                                    From l to r, canning dates:

                                    6 Oct 17
                                    Batch 001 (never sounds promising)
                                    14 Feb 17 (!)
                                    No date
                                    13 Nov 17

                                    €uro IPAs don't fare much better… This expired Feb 14 2018...

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                                      Seul
                                      Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                      Seriously solid…

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                                        Chris
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                        My wife just texted me to let me know the grocery store has Tart of Darkness, from The Bruery.  It's quite possibly my favorite beer, and it's not consistently stocked around here.

                                        Things like this are why she's awesome.

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                                          Haddtoo 555
                                          Joined: 30 Mar 2013

                                          @Chris

                                          I know exactly what you’re talking about….I liked being single but I love being married.

                                          madmonday's retired….I'm just tired.

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