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atomeyes
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 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:00 pm Post subject: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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Happy to see one at my LCBO today. I bought one and cracked it open before dinner.
I have a cold, so i couldn't get any of the smell and I may have lost some of the subtle flavours.
Its a really pretty beer. Nice ruby red colour.
For a sour, its not overbearing. A nice entry sour with enough subtle sweetness that it would serve well as an entry level sour for beginners.
I found that it had a balsamic vinegar taste to it, which I personally liked. Definitely some oak character to it.
I went back to the LCBO on our way home and grabbed another 2 bottles. Worth drinking again, even at its $14 price point |
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liamt07
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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| atomeyes wrote: | Happy to see one at my LCBO today. I bought one and cracked it open before dinner.
I have a cold, so i couldn't get any of the smell and I may have lost some of the subtle flavours.
Its a really pretty beer. Nice ruby red colour.
For a sour, its not overbearing. A nice entry sour with enough subtle sweetness that it would serve well as an entry level sour for beginners.
I found that it had a balsamic vinegar taste to it, which I personally liked. Definitely some oak character to it.
I went back to the LCBO on our way home and grabbed another 2 bottles. Worth drinking again, even at its $14 price point |
You opened a $14 beer with a cold? Yeesh. |
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ritzkiss
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I've found it to be an easy drinking, accessible version of the style while still having enough going on to keep me interested. With how few sour beers we get here, I've already grabbed a few again this year. |
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Belgian
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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| liamt07 wrote: | | atomeyes wrote: | Happy to see one at my LCBO today. I bought one and cracked it open before dinner.
I have a cold, so i couldn't get any of the smell and I may have lost some of the subtle flavours. |
You opened a $14 beer with a cold? Yeesh. |
Can use a saline rinse. It gets rid of sinus congestion. The cold will go away faster too. Plus you can smell things!
People often use a Neti pot, or an irrigator of some kind. You can even use cheap sea salt with it (1 tsp to a liter.)
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Bobsy
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It's a very decent beer, but it doesn't wow me at that price point. I'll buy some because we not exactly drowing in Flanders Red here, but it's pretty pedestrian compared to something like Rodenbach or La Folie.
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atomeyes
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:30 am Post subject: Re: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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| Belgian wrote: | | liamt07 wrote: | | atomeyes wrote: | Happy to see one at my LCBO today. I bought one and cracked it open before dinner.
I have a cold, so i couldn't get any of the smell and I may have lost some of the subtle flavours. |
You opened a $14 beer with a cold? Yeesh. |
Can use a saline rinse. It gets rid of sinus congestion. The cold will go away faster too. Plus you can smell things!
People often use a Neti pot, or an irrigator of some kind. You can even use cheap sea salt with it (1 tsp to a liter.) |
i'm a pharmacist, but thanks, boss 
didn't realize that i didn't have a sense of smell (or taste) until i cracked it open. too late. |
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liamt07
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:38 am Post subject: Re: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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| atomeyes wrote: | | Belgian wrote: | | liamt07 wrote: | | atomeyes wrote: | Happy to see one at my LCBO today. I bought one and cracked it open before dinner.
I have a cold, so i couldn't get any of the smell and I may have lost some of the subtle flavours. |
You opened a $14 beer with a cold? Yeesh. |
Can use a saline rinse. It gets rid of sinus congestion. The cold will go away faster too. Plus you can smell things!
People often use a Neti pot, or an irrigator of some kind. You can even use cheap sea salt with it (1 tsp to a liter.) |
i'm a pharmacist, but thanks, boss
didn't realize that i didn't have a sense of smell (or taste) until i cracked it open. too late. |
Horrible timing!  At least you've got a couple left. |
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atomeyes
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:15 am Post subject: Re: PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR |
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| liamt07 wrote: |
Horrible timing! At least you've got a couple left. |
on the bright side, I almost cracked open a Westvleteren Blonde this weekend. now THAT would have been a horrible waste |
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Belgian
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject: Nasal Irrigation w/ Saline |
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| atomeyes wrote: | i'm a pharmacist, but thanks, boss
didn't realize that i didn't have a sense of smell (or taste) until i cracked it open. too late. |
Could be worse, you could be a doctor - my family physician is amazingly under-informed!
Get well soon, I'm fighting a Staph infection that's lingered on a bit too long for comfort. Thank God I can Google to get proper information.
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JeffPorter
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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The panil is good, but I don't remember last year's being this light on the carbonation...
FWIW, it's helpful to drink it out of a more narrow glass than a wide one.
Maybe they need a bit more conditioning time?
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adventures_alc
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This beer is deservedly the one you would have if you had pick one from Panil. Their other beers are also quite good. I visited the brewery when I was in Italy and drinking the sour with a slice of homemade pizza is probably my ¨greatest beer memory¨ if I had to choose.
Sucks that the price point is so high, but whatchugonnado? Wincing inside at opening a 14 dollar beer probably has an affect on your taste buds, no? |
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atomeyes
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| adventures_alc wrote: |
Sucks that the price point is so high, but whatchugonnado? Wincing inside at opening a 14 dollar beer probably has an affect on your taste buds, no? |
you're basically drinking a bottle of wine.
its not like a regular brew that can be brewed, bottled and on shelves within a month. so yeah, its not cheap, but its a justifiable treat.
or at least, that's what i tell myself. |
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matt7215
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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i like the Panil but prefer my own homebrewed sours so i wont be stocking up on $14 bottles of beer, i actually still have 2 bottles of Panil from last year
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icemachine
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| matt7215 wrote: | | i like the Panil but prefer my own homebrewed sours so i wont be stocking up on $14 bottles of beer, i actually still have 2 bottles of Panil from last year |
Bought two last year, haven't drank the second one yet - I should try it and see if age has given it anything special. It was a technically very good, if somewhat pedestrian sour last summer.
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JeffPorter
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I really like the oakiness mixed with the vinegar flavours...$14 bucks, yeah, but yummy...
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