What're you drinking right now?

Garthicus · Post by **Garthicus** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:16 pm

So far

2 x Mill Street Tankenstein
1 x Mill Street Imperial Chocolate Stout
1 x Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices
1 x Great Lakes Christmas Ale
1 x Tröegs Nugget Nectar Ale

bartle · Post by **bartle** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:43 pm

John By... I continue to give this beer a chance. It was the best of the bunch that I've had in bottles.

One year old Peche Mortel.

Such a beautiful beer.

kwjd · Post by **kwjd** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:01 pm

bartle wrote: One year old Peche Mortel. Such a beautiful beer.

Does the coffee flavour in Peche Mortel fade over time similar to the hop flavour in an IPA? I grind my coffee just seconds before I brew it for the best flavour, so this is my concern with aging it.

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:16 pm

kwjd wrote:
bartle wrote: One year old Peche Mortel. Such a beautiful beer.
Does the coffee flavour in Peche Mortel fade over time similar to the hop flavour in an IPA? I grind my coffee just seconds before I brew it for the best flavour, so this is my concern with aging it.

I've had a few bottles for roughly a year and the strong coffee flavour was still very much evident; there was no sign of it mellowing out. Yet different batches of younger bottles seemed to have a mellower coffee flavour and aroma.

bartle · Post by **bartle** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:12 am

Torontoblue wrote:
kwjd wrote:
bartle wrote: One year old Peche Mortel. Such a beautiful beer.
Does the coffee flavour in Peche Mortel fade over time similar to the hop flavour in an IPA? I grind my coffee just seconds before I brew it for the best flavour, so this is my concern with aging it.
I've had a few bottles for roughly a year and the strong coffee flavour was still very much evident; there was no sign of it mellowing out. Yet different batches of younger bottles seemed to have a mellower coffee flavour and aroma.

The coffee was still very strong. I really enjoyed it. Some of the hot alcohols of the fresh bottles had balanced out, but not much else had changed.

lagerale · Post by **lagerale** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:04 am

Last night tried out for the first time:

Dogfish Head Black and Blue (not too impressed with this one)
Stone Cali Belgique IPA (interesting take on their IPA)
Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy (delicious imperial stout)

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:38 pm

Stonehammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:52 am

kwjd wrote:
Does the coffee flavour in Peche Mortel fade over time similar to the hop flavour in an IPA? I grind my coffee just seconds before I brew it for the best flavour, so this is my concern with aging it.

The volatile oils in fresh ground coffee are exposed to air - I imagine the same oils infused into a beer should be more protected so that they don't evaporate and oxidize.

I got lots of the of Peche, and I would expect it to round and deepen and maybe take on some sutle red wine-like flavor notes which will only enhance the coffee and roast malt. All guessing aside - Ralph was given a special DDC stash of aged Peche if anybody wants to go by Volo and see what Peche Mortel's like with a few years on it.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:57 pm

Propeller ESB.

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:33 pm

Brewdog Hardcore IPA.

bartle · Post by **bartle** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:02 pm

Neustadt Texas Tea Stout
Hop Addict
#9 IPA

Texas Tea is something special when on cask.

The Hop Addict is always top notch!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:52 pm

Wellington Trailhead x 3
Homebrew

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:41 pm

Tree Hop Head Double IPA. Nicely hopped and got a nice, sweet malt backbone to it. A little bit too heavy to have more than 2 a night though.

Edit due to having another beer

Just finished an Alley Kat Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale with a few mouthfuls of an ice cold raspberry sorbet - and boy did they mix well.

The tartness of the sorbet really complimented the sweetness of the scotch ale and gave an almost cinder toffee-like finish to the whole mouthfeel. Mmmmmm, memories of bonfire night in England

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:08 pm

Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:05 pm

after an incredibly long day, i'm relaxing and on my second glass of our homebrewed barleywine. soon it will be time for sleep...