2013 St Ambroise RIS.
don't really get any bourbon, and not much chocolate. Just a whole lot of burnt/bitter/charred flavour
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TheSevenDuffs
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I'm hoping so! Should have my bottles in the next little while and I am really looking forward to trying it...jprime wrote:The Double \tempest will do that for ya!
TheSevenDuffs wrote:Niceklbrook/Sawdust City 11/05. This is messy. I have still have to have an Ontario made barrel aged beer not made by Bellwoods that has been above average.
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G.M. Gillman
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Beer Academy Kolsch Style Blonde Ale: I put comments in a separate review in the Beer Reviews section.
Beer Academy Dunkel Weiss: (bottled version as the one above). Not a success, in my view, with a harsh yeast taste that seems Belgian-like despite the South German style presumably sought. Needs more work, IMO.
Nicklebrook Barrel Aged Barley Wine - on draft at Volo yesterday (I may not have the name exactly right). Rich beer with a touch (not too much) of wood flavour and no oxidation notes. High strength so I only had 5 ounces. I could see though a half pint sipped slowly as the sole beer of the session. Excellent effort.
Gary
Beer Academy Dunkel Weiss: (bottled version as the one above). Not a success, in my view, with a harsh yeast taste that seems Belgian-like despite the South German style presumably sought. Needs more work, IMO.
Nicklebrook Barrel Aged Barley Wine - on draft at Volo yesterday (I may not have the name exactly right). Rich beer with a touch (not too much) of wood flavour and no oxidation notes. High strength so I only had 5 ounces. I could see though a half pint sipped slowly as the sole beer of the session. Excellent effort.
Gary
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G.M. Gillman
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Quick correction: that first class oak aged barley wine mentioned in my last note (tasted at Volo on draft) was a Great Lakes brewing, not Nicklebrook.
Also tried recently, Tiger lager - a good refresher with a natural beer taste, and Boneshaker on draft which lives up to its name! About that shot of the canned one with particulate matter, every yeast looks a bit different and I would think it is just the lack of filtration showing through. If you have more cans, I'd let them sit for a few days and then decant them, leaving the last inch or so in the bottle. I believe it should pour much clearer and may taste better too.
Gary
Also tried recently, Tiger lager - a good refresher with a natural beer taste, and Boneshaker on draft which lives up to its name! About that shot of the canned one with particulate matter, every yeast looks a bit different and I would think it is just the lack of filtration showing through. If you have more cans, I'd let them sit for a few days and then decant them, leaving the last inch or so in the bottle. I believe it should pour much clearer and may taste better too.
Gary
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Last night at Boney's:
Brash The Bollocks
Barnstormer Dead Stick Stout
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Alesmith Yulesmith (Winter)
Arcadia BA Shipwreck Porter
New Belgium/Dieu du Ciel Heavenly Feijoa Tripel
Jester King Mad Meg
my american barleywine homebrew
Russian River Supplication
GLB/etc Winter is Coming
Epic/DC Brau Fermentation Without Representation
Stone 2013 Double Bastard
Breughel Gluhwein De Biere De Vigne (couldn't find any info on this anywhere - was a mulled wine version of the Biere De Vigne)
Founders Bolt Cutter
Bellwoods Stay Classy
Clown Shoes Hammer of the Holy
Great Divide Oatmeal Yeti
Bruery Mischief
Bellwoods Random Ale
Allagash Curieux
Cantillon Gueuze
I think we're all feeling a bit rough today!
Brash The Bollocks
Barnstormer Dead Stick Stout
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Alesmith Yulesmith (Winter)
Arcadia BA Shipwreck Porter
New Belgium/Dieu du Ciel Heavenly Feijoa Tripel
Jester King Mad Meg
my american barleywine homebrew
Russian River Supplication
GLB/etc Winter is Coming
Epic/DC Brau Fermentation Without Representation
Stone 2013 Double Bastard
Breughel Gluhwein De Biere De Vigne (couldn't find any info on this anywhere - was a mulled wine version of the Biere De Vigne)
Founders Bolt Cutter
Bellwoods Stay Classy
Clown Shoes Hammer of the Holy
Great Divide Oatmeal Yeti
Bruery Mischief
Bellwoods Random Ale
Allagash Curieux
Cantillon Gueuze
I think we're all feeling a bit rough today!
A shark on whisky is mighty risky. A shark on beer is a beer engineer.
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Some bottle sharing this afternoon...
5 Paddles Midnight Paddler
Barley Day Scrimshaw Oyster Stout
Barely Days Yuletide Cherry Porter
Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
Bellwoods Lost River
Brooklyn Local 1
Cantillon Gueuze
Dogfish Head American Beauty
GLB Oak Aged Barley Wine (2012)
Heady Topper
Jester King Commercial Suicide Oaked
MacKroken Flower Grand Reserve (2009)
Maine Mean Old Tom
Maui Coconut Porter
Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina (2005)
Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere
Southern Tier Plum Noir
Stone Belgo Anise IRS (2011)
Wellington Yuletide Barley Wine
White Birch Brewing Nyx
Three Floyds Robert The Bruce
YellowBelly Fighting Irish
5 Paddles Midnight Paddler
Barley Day Scrimshaw Oyster Stout
Barely Days Yuletide Cherry Porter
Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
Bellwoods Lost River
Brooklyn Local 1
Cantillon Gueuze
Dogfish Head American Beauty
GLB Oak Aged Barley Wine (2012)
Heady Topper
Jester King Commercial Suicide Oaked
MacKroken Flower Grand Reserve (2009)
Maine Mean Old Tom
Maui Coconut Porter
Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina (2005)
Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere
Southern Tier Plum Noir
Stone Belgo Anise IRS (2011)
Wellington Yuletide Barley Wine
White Birch Brewing Nyx
Three Floyds Robert The Bruce
YellowBelly Fighting Irish
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