What're you drinking right now?

boney · Post by **boney** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:59 am

Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone San Diego County Session Ale. Interesting attempt at a super hoppy session ale but not entirely successful. It's just really hard to balance out massive hops with enough malt at 4.2%.

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:09 am

Bear Republic Racer 5
North Coast Old Rasputin Stout

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:15 am

boney wrote:Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone San Diego County Session Ale. Interesting attempt at a super hoppy session ale but not entirely successful. It's just really hard to balance out massive hops with enough malt at 4.2%.

I had one of those recently and loved it! Then again, I have always preferred my IPAs hop-forward, so I guess it's just a matter of taste.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:12 pm

boney wrote:Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone San Diego County Session Ale. Interesting attempt at a super hoppy session ale but not entirely successful. It's just really hard to balance out massive hops with enough malt at 4.2%.

was it to bitter, to much hop flavour, or to much purfumy hop aroma?

boney · Post by **boney** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:26 pm

matt7215 wrote:
boney wrote:Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone San Diego County Session Ale. Interesting attempt at a super hoppy session ale but not entirely successful. It's just really hard to balance out massive hops with enough malt at 4.2%.
was it to bitter, to much hop flavour, or to much purfumy hop aroma?

The aroma was great. Total perfumy hops that punched you in the face, which I dug. On tasting there were a ton of grassy-earthy hops flavours, but only a hint of an almost soda-crackery maltiness that was just overwhelmed by the hops. Normally I don't mind a super hop forward pale ale, and even like wildly unbalanced DIPA's, but this particular combo resulted in the hop flavours seeming overly harsh, especially when the bitterness kicked in on the swallow.

It could be a matter of taste, like SevenDuffs says, or maybe I just wasn't feeling it on that particular day. It kind of reminded me a little bit of Mikkeller's Drink'in the Sun 10, which had a similar hop profile, but had a bit more of a biscuitty backbone, even at 2.9%.

Dokta Owange · Post by **Dokta Owange** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:55 pm

Sierra Nevada 2010 Celebration
Heavy Seas Winter Storm (Category 5) Ale

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:22 pm

Tonight when i get in, I will rock a Stone revitation are.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:29 pm

Grand River Russian Gun Imperial Stout (2010) - seems like they kicked up the bittering hops with this year's version. I'm really digging it. Gonna have to grab some more bottles before this disappears.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:29 pm

Just about to crack open a Great Lakes Nosferatu.

BooBoo · Post by **BooBoo** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:34 pm

An Orval

A Chimay Premiere

and a Peche Mortel.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:45 pm

Itching to get home and have a little stout/porter session:
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Meantime Coffee Porter
Grand River Russian Gun
Olvisholt Brugghus Lava

mahcinesquad · Post by **mahcinesquad** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:00 pm

Some Project X bottles the wifey picked up for me the other day:

My Bitter Wife
Currently Incarcerated
Crazy Canuck Pale Ale

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:07 pm

mahcinesquad wrote:Some Project X bottles the wifey picked up for me the other day:

My Bitter Wife
Currently Incarcerated
Crazy Canuck Pale Ale

Loving this year's version of the Canuck. Had a few pints at the Vic last week and it was drinking very nicely. Seems a touch hoppier than last year, and no diacetyl whatsoever. Hoping the bottles are the same.

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:15 pm

Was in Buffalo yesterday with JB84, had:
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA
Stone Cali-Belgique IPA
Mikkeler Chinook Single Hop IPA
Harpoon Leviathan Triticus
Saison Dupont Vielle Provision
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Grand Cru
Great Divide Hercules DIPA
Stone Levitation Ale
Three Floyds Alpha King
Bear Republic Racer 6
Bear Republic Endeavor
Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
Victory Yakima Glory
Great Lakes Burning River

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:29 pm

Tried the John By, don't like it.

Sipping a Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire. It's a dark Belgian-style Saison and it's good!