Black Oak Spring Social Thingy May 7th (Today)

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:32 am

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168971006492606

Kegs, Kasks, Chips & Chilli
$20/person
Mingle & have some fun
Black Oak Casks: RyePA, Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Cheshire Valley Cask: Summer Ale
Kegs: Pale Ale, Cheshire Robust Porter, Nut Brown Ale

Time is 3:00 til 7:00

Anyone else heading down?

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:34 am

Got a wedding to go to. I would be otherwise.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sat May 07, 2011 4:49 pm

I stopped by to try a couple of the casks. The Calypso IPA was very good but the RyePA stole the show. It was outstanding.

Soods · Post by **Soods** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:46 pm

Agreed that the RyePA stole the show, but I also really enjoyed the Cheshire Valley Robust Porter.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:59 am

Missed the Robust Porter, they only had 15L on, so it was just foam by the time I decided to check it out. The calypso is an interesting hop variety, lot of grapefruit pith flavour, with a bit of pear, nectarine and pepper in the nose.

The RyePA was great, Adrian said that both it and the Calypso were about 6% and 60 IBU

Beermat · Post by **Beermat** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:53 pm

Excellent event. Unbounded praise, as always, for everyone at Black Oak/Cheshire Valley, not to mention Local 4 for the fine grub. Nice weather, good company, adequate bus.