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- markaberrant
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Alley Kat Orange Dragon. DIPA (bottle) - very orangey, thanks to the Summit hops. The Dragon series isn't hopbomb-ish, but has produced some tasty beers
Howe Sound Father John Winter Ale (tap) - nice malty 7% winter ale with subdued spices. Very drinkable for its size.
Ommegang Three Philosophers (tap) - too much spicy phenols, and the kriek addition sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm usually a fan of this beer when aged in the bottle, but didn't really care for it in this incarnation.
MiKkeller Santa's Little Helper (tap) - now this is the kinda quad I was looking for. Great depth of malt complexity, restrained sweetness, dry finish, smooth alcohol. Not a fan of Mikkeller in general, but this rocks!
Howe Sound Father John Winter Ale (tap) - nice malty 7% winter ale with subdued spices. Very drinkable for its size.
Ommegang Three Philosophers (tap) - too much spicy phenols, and the kriek addition sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm usually a fan of this beer when aged in the bottle, but didn't really care for it in this incarnation.
MiKkeller Santa's Little Helper (tap) - now this is the kinda quad I was looking for. Great depth of malt complexity, restrained sweetness, dry finish, smooth alcohol. Not a fan of Mikkeller in general, but this rocks!
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from Knightly Spirits in Orlando, what a great store!
Terrpin Hopsecutioner
SN Torpedo
DFH 60 minute
DFH 90 minute
CCB Jai Alai
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Oscar Blues Ten Fidy
Great Divide Oak Aged Espresso Yeti
The Bruery Saison Rue
Saison Dupont
Southern Tier 2XIPA
maybe a couple more, I can't remember.
Terrpin Hopsecutioner
SN Torpedo
DFH 60 minute
DFH 90 minute
CCB Jai Alai
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Oscar Blues Ten Fidy
Great Divide Oak Aged Espresso Yeti
The Bruery Saison Rue
Saison Dupont
Southern Tier 2XIPA
maybe a couple more, I can't remember.
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I didn't include the bottle number in my review on BA. Might be in my notes at home.matt7215 wrote:how many rating does the BA 2010 have on BA? i was only the second one to rate thebeer on RB.TheSevenDuffs wrote:That's quote a bold statement. I had one of these a couple of weeks ago and thought it was really good but nowhere near one of the best barrel aged beers I have ever had. I actually preferred the non-BA 2010 that I tasted side-by-side with it.matt7215 wrote:
best barrel aged beer ive ever had
Different strokes for different folks.
the beer in my mind was perfect, the bourbon barrel was up front but not in any way obnoxious. the base beer was still vibrant, layered, complex but crazily drinkable fora beer this size.
what number was your bottle?
we had 594/700
It was a very good beer. I rated it a 4.1/5. Just wouldn't crack my top 10 bourbon barrel aged beers.
- SteelbackGuy
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kafercrazy wrote:from Knightly Spirits in Orlando, what a great store!
Terrpin Hopsecutioner
SN Torpedo
DFH 60 minute
DFH 90 minute
CCB Jai Alai
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Oscar Blues Ten Fidy
Great Divide Oak Aged Espresso Yeti
The Bruery Saison Rue
Saison Dupont
Southern Tier 2XIPA
maybe a couple more, I can't remember.
I will be going there in a couple months and looking forward to the visit!
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Last night with dinner at Wvrst, Church Key's Holy Cow Chocolate Milk Stout (I believe that is the full name). A first-rate sweet stout and the use of chocolate nibs is hardly evident, a plus in my book. (Stouts in which coffee or cocoa stick out taste "wrong" to me, but that's me). A half-pint is plenty. Wellington County Imperial Stout was tasting very good too, it tastes as if kept in the tank for quite a while with a winy soy-like edge.
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Its still trading for fairly cheap down here. Let me know if you want me to start hoarding.matt7215 wrote:best barrel aged beer ive ever hadjprime wrote:Friday night with Matt and Distro:
Church-Key Holy Smoke
Great Lakes Porter
Lagunitas Lucky 13.alt
Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Porter Baltique Édition Spéciale 2010
Bayerischer Bahnhof Original Leipziger Gose
Nøgne Porter
the barrel aged baltic porter was absolutely outstanding.
BTW, the 2011 is many times its inferior. Just something with the 2010 that balances out so much better.
Ian Guénard
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Found myself unexpectedly off work really early, so I decided to do some Christmas shopping. Just so happened I was shopping close the Brain in good ol' Hammertown, so I stopped in for....
Nickel Brook Pinot Noir Barrel Aged Impy Stout-draught (super duper vinous)
Black Oak Nutcracker Porter (my first ever, remarkably)
Nickel Brook Pinot Noir Barrel Aged Impy Stout-draught (super duper vinous)
Black Oak Nutcracker Porter (my first ever, remarkably)
Last night with andrewrg, Weebay, and TheSevenDuffs:
We had a five year vertical of Darkness last night – absolutely phenomenal. Thanks to TheSevenDuffs for sharing this with us.
The 08 was very sweet and harsh with flavours of licorice and soy sauce, while the 12 was lighter on the roast and quiet hoppy. Before we were done, though, we thought we'd honour a member of our forum with a blend of all 5 vintages 08-12
Shockingly, this may have been one of the favourites. Followed by:
Well Read Temptress
BORIS Royale
Barrel Aged Naked Evil
and then I had to leave early. Thanks for the great night!
We had a five year vertical of Darkness last night – absolutely phenomenal. Thanks to TheSevenDuffs for sharing this with us.
The 08 was very sweet and harsh with flavours of licorice and soy sauce, while the 12 was lighter on the roast and quiet hoppy. Before we were done, though, we thought we'd honour a member of our forum with a blend of all 5 vintages 08-12
Shockingly, this may have been one of the favourites. Followed by:
Well Read Temptress
BORIS Royale
Barrel Aged Naked Evil
and then I had to leave early. Thanks for the great night!
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Thanks for posting these pics! You didn't miss anything except for us drinking what was left straight from the Darkness bottles like gangsters so it wouldn't go to waste. lol.cmadd wrote: and then I had to leave early. Thanks for the great night!
My personal ranking of the Darkness was: '11, '12, '10, '08, '09.
The hop profile of the '12 was really nice and really interesting - resiny pine that was really fresh and bold and I think the vertical really helped to accentuate the hop profile.
The '11 was the perfect balance to me. Still fairly hoppy with a nice malt profile.
The '09 had a strange astringency to me but the others didn't really taste that.
The '08 was extremely sweet and did have a bit of a soy sauce taste to it. That said, it was still drinking very nicely.
All in all this was a really fun experiment and the first time I have ever done a vertical of this size. Hopefully the next time we do one of these we can include more Bar Towelers.
My personal ranking of the Darkness was: '11, '12, '10, '09, '08.
The affectionately nicknamed Gillman was the best of them all.
It was really interesting to see the point where the hops faded and then the flavour moved towards the sweet.
I'd be curious to know if the recipe changed from year to year.
The affectionately nicknamed Gillman was the best of them all.
It was really interesting to see the point where the hops faded and then the flavour moved towards the sweet.
I'd be curious to know if the recipe changed from year to year.