The Beer Thread: Mach 2

[axeman90210]

thanks, if any more rare Russian River -ation beers get released I might just have to take you up on that

tonight I had a big bottle of Flying Fish's Exit 16, a double IPA brewed with wild rice. The rice dried the beer out to make the hops the main focus, but it was a little too dry for my taste, could have used a bit more malty sweetness. Now I'm working my way through a bomber of Goose Island's Night Stalker. This is the base beer they use to make Bourbon County Stout each year. It's a bit hop forward for a stout, but they manage to pull it off quite well because the citrus and pine hop flavors blend well with the massive dose of malty chocolate I get from each sip. It's also impossibly rich/creamy, like some sort of adult milk shake

[King Postwhore]

My mouth is watering Bill.  Damn you. I'm at work.

[axeman90210]

I'll be heading over tonight to Cambridge Brewing Company for their 21st anniversary party, with more than 21 of their beers on tap (actually, as I look at the list I may have to go back tomorrow night too )

[bout to crash]

That sounds wonderful.

Got a bottle of that aprihop stuff last night on your recommendation, Bill. Also got some Victory Hop Wallop because I was in a hoppy mood 
Haven't tried either yet either because I went to bed early last night   

The store is having a wine and beer tasting this evening and I am so there.

[King Postwhore]

I'll be heading over tonight to Cambridge Brewing Company for their 21st anniversary party, with more than 21 of their beers on tap (actually, as I look at the list I may have to go back tomorrow night too )

Damn you and your easy to access T lines.  A hop, skip, and jump to beer heaven.  Make sure you give us the lowdown.

[axeman90210]

absolutely

oh, and I forgot to mention, the second half of that awesome stout last night was enjoyed in conjunction with Ben & Jerry's Magic Brownie ice cream... black raspberry ice cream with sweet cream ice cream swirls and fudgy brownie bits. I'm still having orgasm aftershocks

[bout to crash]

I just tried this guy at the tasting: https://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30/53167

Pretty good, nice and hoppy.

And some wines. Buzzed. Now going to drink more 

[axeman90210]

nice, I've heard good things about that. I went to CBC and had their Cerise Cassee (*very* sour beer aged on cherries... pretty good but it obliterated my palate and affected my enjoyment of beer #2), 3 Rings Belgian Pale Ale (good, but a bit more tart than I remember, which I blame on the Cerise), and YouEnjoyMyStout (bourbon barrel aged imperial stout... the taste was a bit off for me, as in addition to dark chocolate and dark fruit notes I was getting a bit of black licorice, which I did not care for. The bourbon influence was nicely understated though). I think there's a Terrapin Monk's Revenge and maybe a Racer 5 in my future as I relax tonight

[bout to crash]

 

Eww, licorice.

I'm trying to decide what to bring to my friend's. He has chocolate cake though!!

[axeman90210]

either find a chocolate stout for an all out chocolate fest, or if you can buy a raspberry lambic that would be awesome too

[bout to crash]

I hate raspberry-flavored stuff 

Anyway, I wanted to bring something from my fridge because some of them have been sitting there too long so I brought the Odell Saboteur and it was quite yummy. Tasted nothing like it smelled. Not sure quite how else to describe it right now. I'm still feeling pretty good. Typing words accurately is laborious

We ended up not having cake 

[Portrucci]

Have two bottles of Delrium Tremens  I love this stuff

[King Postwhore]

Last night, I had a friend over to watch the B's game and we had a little beer.(Shocking!)

La Fin Monde---Tripple Fermentation
Manchester Brewing--Imperial Blonde
Portsmouth Brewery--Farmhouse Ale.

[axeman90210]

how did you like La Fin du Monde? I always hear good stuff about that and Unibroue's lineup in general

Hit up CBC again tonight and was supposed to start with their Tripel Threat, but I'm pretty sure I got their 3 Rings Belgian Pale Ale by accident (wasn't going to complain, either way it was a damn good beers). Followed that up with a Resolution (Belgian Strong Dark Ale, pretty tasty and with a tart kick at the end that added something new to the style) and a Reckoning (blonde ale ferment entirely with brettanomyces... despite being 100% wild the sourness/funk was held well in check and go well with the bready maltiness that comes through from the beer), and capped the trip with a Blunderbuss Barleywine (aged in port barrels, this was really good. Caught somewhere between a malty English Barleywine and Hoppy American Barleywine, this beer made the balance work, and the vanilla notes I got from the barrel aging only made it better). Now that I'm home I tihnk I'm going to crack my bottle of Flying Dog's Raging Bitch Belgian-IPA

[King Postwhore]

Very smooth for a high alcohol %.  Very fruity aroma.  A fine beer.

BTW, had a Rouge, Dead Guy Ale tonight!

[black_biff_stadler]

Very smooth for a high alcohol %.  Very fruity aroma.  A fine beer.

BTW, had a Rouge, Dead Guy Ale tonight!

They are dee-lish! I still have an XL white shirt for that beer I got on a promo night when some cutie was giving out swag if you bought a pitcher of it. Too bad I have room to spare in an L but it still makes a comfy sleeping shirt.

[King Postwhore]

I'd look like a sausage in the XL.

[black_biff_stadler]

I'd look like a sausage in the XL.

The girl that gave me the shirt turned my sausage XL with her cleavage.

[axeman90210]

BUMP

home for a week with a six pack each of Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA and Southampton Double White Ale. The Torpedo IPA is pretty tasty, but I'm a bit let down by the Southampton. I had it on tap a while ago and thought at the time it was great (that was well into my Saint Patrick's Day pub crawl though ), but the beer I have now seems a bit watery and not flavorful. I also have a big bottle of Victory's Wild Devil (their Hop Devil IPA brewed with wild yeast), which I'm looking forward to cracking one of these nights

[King Postwhore]

You bastard!   I'm a plain jane tonight with only Shipyard mixed pack tonight.

[bout to crash]

Want beer. Afraid to drink 

[Global Laziness]

Want beer. Afraid to drink 

You should never be afraid to drink. To drink is to live! ...irresponsibly...

[black_biff_stadler]

Want beer. Afraid to drink 

To live is to die! viva Metallica \m/

fixed

Just got a sixer of Kashmir IPA. It's got a gentle dryness that belies the usual-yet-everpresent hoppiness of IPAs. I like it quite well as it goes down smoother than an experienced callgirl yet has all the desirable bite that makes this style such a good go-to for those in search of a hearty beer. The color is great too. In a pint glass held up to the light it's got an orangey/light-amber color with enough cloudiness to show it has not been corrupted by over-refining through techniques more akin to beers of the more top40 variety.

Altogether a fine beer but I wish I hadn't had Ranger IPA as recently as last week since that beer still has me hypnotized with its awesomeness.

[pogoowner]

In the past two days I've had:

Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
Blue Moon Belgian White
Yuengling

Yeah, nothing remotely exciting.

[Global Laziness]

@black_floyd, yeah, that's totally what I was getting at.

[bout to crash]

goes down smoother than an experienced callgirl

Anyway, I was able to drink but all they had for free was Stella so I had two of those. Really losing my tolerance for that kind of stuff.

[Global Laziness]

Really losing my tolerance for that kind of stuff.

Careful saying stuff like that! There are men around here. Strange men...

[black_biff_stadler]

@black_floyd, yeah, that's totally what I was getting at.

Glad to hear o/

Also thanks for sigging me as my hat wasn't all that fashionable for summer without a feather in it.

goes down smoother than an experienced callgirl

Oh you 

Anyway, I was able to drink but all they had for free was Stella so I had two of those. Really losing my tolerance for that kind of stuff.

By that stuff you mean that particular beer or all beers in that style?

[Dr. SeaWolf]

Sipping from a pintglass of Weyerbacher's Blithering Idiot as I post this... dear god I love this brew so much.

[bout to crash]

@black_floyd, yeah, that's totally what I was getting at.

Glad to hear o/

Also thanks for sigging me as my hat wasn't all that fashionable for summer without a feather in it.

goes down smoother than an experienced callgirl

Oh you 

Anyway, I was able to drink but all they had for free was Stella so I had two of those. Really losing my tolerance for that kind of stuff.

By that stuff you mean that particular beer or all beers in that style?

Style.. it's so... sweet. Ugh. I had the same reaction the last time I had Heineken.

[Global Laziness]

@black_floyd, yeah, that's totally what I was getting at.

Glad to hear o/

Also thanks for sigging me as my hat wasn't all that fashionable for summer without a feather in it.

*\o

[axeman90210]

Sipping from a pintglass of Weyerbacher's Blithering Idiot as I post this... dear god I love this brew so much.

I thought fresh Blithering Idiot was a little rough around the edges, but Insanity (barrel aged BI) was *fantastic*

[Portrucci]

I am deliberately going to Belgium for my next European trip just because of the fantastic beer. On my second Duvel for the night...everyone already knows it's great so I don't need to say it. I can't imagine what it would be like to visit some of the breweries in that country 

[axeman90210]

that's absolutely going to be my first vacation after I get a job and start making some money, a guided beer tour of Belgium.


Last night I cracked open a bottle of Stone's 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout... delicious with almost 2 years of age on it. Any alcohol heat has basically faded,  and it was just a total dark chocolate bomb. Also the smoothness you get from a beer with oatmeal in it.

[axeman90210]

been working on my 750 mL bottle of Wild Devil for almost 2 hours now. This beer is a bit of a letdown because it looks great and the smell is an awesome combination of piney-hop goodness and brett barnyard funk, but the taste loses that great balance and is pretty much a straightforward wild ale. It's an American IPA fermented with brett. so it is pretty hard to hit the sweet spot with this beer, as the hops are fading while the funkiness is only getting more pronounced with time.

Also, today is the start of American Craft Beer Week, so make sure you celebrate appropriately Massachusetts has a disappointingly small number of events going on, especially in the downtown Boston area. Only really exciting event is Armsby Abbey having a boner inducing list of beers on tap/on deck this week, but that's a bit of a hike for me. I have the ammo to celebrate on my own though