What BEER are you drinking? (Part 1)

Beer and Spirits
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West Coast IPA = very little malt bill intrusion on the overall flavor/nose profile.
East Coast IPA= enormous malt bill inclusion in the flavor/nose profile.

Cheers…

Bud

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I haven’t. Appears to be available at the brewpub only???

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Yes, Brad. AFAIK, the brewpub is the only place to get their brews.

6304

Meh… Beer with hop cone in each bottle. It’s OK but I’m not getting a super fresh hop nose or taste.
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Yesterday with lunch. All served on draught:

  • Goose Island Honkers Ale
  • Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
  • Ballast Point Victory At Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter
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Who brews it?

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Oops O’so Brewing, http://www.osobrewing.com/

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For all those standing in line I pop this one bottled last Friday.

Cheers

Bud

6309

grabbed a Cafe Racer 15 at Bear Republic while getting a growler filled. Tasty stuff – might be my favorite brew of theirs. Tried a taster of a cognac barrel aged beer they had on tap – smelled cognac-y (and boozy) and came off hot. Wish they would bottle it, age might help it.

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What kind of beer got the cognac treatment, William? Stout? IPA? other?

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Catching up:

Ninkasi Tricerahops DIPA- A good beer, no idea what is “double” as Sierra Nevada Pale has more forward hops.

Hair of the Dog Fred Batch 87- Gusher, even more than usual. A good batch of Fred, but I got about 9 oz of the 12.

Deschutes Red Chair NWPA- A seasonal favorite of mine. 6’packs for $7 and a delicious hoppy pale ale. Will be a regular around here for the next few months.

Reuben’s Brews American Rye Ale- A new nano producer here in Seattle, shows lots of potential, but still very homebrew-ish.

FW Velvet Merlin- This keg has lingered around the neighborhood place for almost a week. A little less sweet than last weekend and showing a lot more depth.

Dogfish Head Noble Rot- I’ve cellared this for almost a year. Very soft now. Drinks more like Champagne than beer, and you thought Miller High Life was the Champagne of beer.

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Good to hear that about the DFH Noble Rot: a friend gave me a bottle over XMas, and I haven’t gotten to it yet. Sounds as though I’ll like it. Is the botrytis very evident?

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Got ya beat Bud. Cracked a Pliny last night that was bottled this Tuesday (01/29). neener
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From tank to a shelf in SoCal in three days…just glorious, gotta love it.

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Got yah both beat. Had a PtE at the brewery Wed.

Anyway, last night Demsey’s (Petaluma, CA) Extra IPA, 7.1% and Napa-Smith (Napa, CA) Imperial Porter, 8%

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Russian Imperial Stout
ABV: 11.5% IBU: 115 Color: Black
Named for the witch who guarded the fountain of life and death in Russian folklore,
the black depths of this Russian Imperial Stout hold coffee, licorice, and bittersweet chocolate flavors.

the cognac barrel aged. I like Bear Republic, but they are terrible on details.

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But- I have seen a number of people talk about Southern Tier. I found antoher bottle of the Creme Brule Stout in my cellar. It is a good beer but not to my tastes. IT is hard to find. Free to a good home for whomever wants to try it.

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But I have growlers of fresh Nelson, Duet and Pure for the Super Bowl, in addition to my over the hill week old Pliny and Blind Pig… neener

Cheers…

Bud

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I adore O’so’s beers, probably my favorite Wisconsin brewer - I get to work next to them at a number of beer festivals throughout the summer in Wisconsin and I usually walk away with a few mixed cases of their stuff - their Imperial Red Ale (Dank) is simply stunning -

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Been too busy to make it back up to Alpine, hopefully later in the month.

Lagunitas Sucks, Pliny +BP, and remaining bottles of misc. Alpines will have to tide me over till then.

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Thats a nice line up Dustin.

Cheers

Bud