Re: What're you drinking right now?
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:27 pm
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The spirit of Gary Gilman lives on the Bartowel.Belgian wrote:...I blended...
You gotta seize the chance to drink a Norwegian dopplebock! I enjoyed it as well. Not too sweet like some lesser doppelbocks (Common Good's, for example). I enjoyed the fruity/roasty maltiness. It really shines at warmer temperatures.Belgian wrote:HaandBukk Doppelbock is absolutely amazing.
Weird, the can of Juicy DIPA I had was the complete opposite. I found the mango so prominent I thought they'd added actual mango juice. It wasn't hazy like I expected, but definitely not clear- I'd say an unfiltered cloudy appearance. No doubt it was sweet, although I surprisingly didn't mind the maltiness. Only complaint from my notes was that it felt under-carbonated which negatively affected some of the aromatic and head production qualities. Maybe they've got some serious issues with inconsistency for this one? Reviews are all over the map on the usual rating websites as well.sofakingdrunk wrote:Garrison Juicy DIPA- wow.......I don't think I've been lied to this badly by a beer before. Claimi g to be an east coast IPA, dank,tropical,Juicy and hazy. Absolutely not! Hazy.....damn it's pretty similar looking to an adjunct lager. Dank, nope. Tropical, ok yeah I taste a tiny bit of mango. Juicy no no no, unless you consider Sunny D to be juicy. Seriously, this is bad, all malt, a tiny bit of mango flavour and some nasty woody flavour. Overly sweet and unbalanced. I guess this is a few months old, and hope it's significantly better fresh, but this is just wrong on so many levels. One of the biggest waste of 5$ in a long time. I made it through about 2/3 before dumping the rest.
Avoid this beer.
On the plus side, last night I had my last bottle of the original Barncat Rat Queen release. It was out of this world. It was fantastic when I had the first couple bottles fresh, but this, with almost 2 years age on it was phenomenal. I'm sad to see it gone. Possible the best impy stout I've ever drank.
definitely clear for me!seangm wrote:Weird, the can of Juicy DIPA I had was the complete opposite. I found the mango so prominent I thought they'd added actual mango juice. It wasn't hazy like I expected, but definitely not clear- I'd say an unfiltered cloudy appearance. No doubt it was sweet, although I surprisingly didn't mind the maltiness. Only complaint from my notes was that it felt under-carbonated which negatively affected some of the aromatic and head production qualities. Maybe they've got some serious issues with inconsistency for this one? Reviews are all over the map on the usual rating websites as well.sofakingdrunk wrote:Garrison Juicy DIPA- wow.......I don't think I've been lied to this badly by a beer before. Claimi g to be an east coast IPA, dank,tropical,Juicy and hazy. Absolutely not! Hazy.....damn it's pretty similar looking to an adjunct lager. Dank, nope. Tropical, ok yeah I taste a tiny bit of mango. Juicy no no no, unless you consider Sunny D to be juicy. Seriously, this is bad, all malt, a tiny bit of mango flavour and some nasty woody flavour. Overly sweet and unbalanced. I guess this is a few months old, and hope it's significantly better fresh, but this is just wrong on so many levels. One of the biggest waste of 5$ in a long time. I made it through about 2/3 before dumping the rest.
Avoid this beer.
On the plus side, last night I had my last bottle of the original Barncat Rat Queen release. It was out of this world. It was fantastic when I had the first couple bottles fresh, but this, with almost 2 years age on it was phenomenal. I'm sad to see it gone. Possible the best impy stout I've ever drank.
Totally agree with you.sofakingdrunk wrote:Garrison Juicy DIPA- wow.......I don't think I've been lied to this badly by a beer before. Claimi g to be an east coast IPA, dank,tropical,Juicy and hazy. Absolutely not! Hazy.....damn it's pretty similar looking to an adjunct lager. Dank, nope. Tropical, ok yeah I taste a tiny bit of mango. Juicy no no no, unless you consider Sunny D to be juicy. Seriously, this is bad, all malt, a tiny bit of mango flavour and some nasty woody flavour. Overly sweet and unbalanced. I guess this is a few months old, and hope it's significantly better fresh, but this is just wrong on so many levels. One of the biggest waste of 5$ in a long time. I made it through about 2/3 before dumping the rest.
Avoid this beer.
Wow, that is very clear. Definitely some inconsistency going on between cans- here's a photo of my pour for comparison:portwood wrote:definitely clear for me!seangm wrote:Weird, the can of Juicy DIPA I had was the complete opposite. I found the mango so prominent I thought they'd added actual mango juice. It wasn't hazy like I expected, but definitely not clear- I'd say an unfiltered cloudy appearance. No doubt it was sweet, although I surprisingly didn't mind the maltiness. Only complaint from my notes was that it felt under-carbonated which negatively affected some of the aromatic and head production qualities. Maybe they've got some serious issues with inconsistency for this one? Reviews are all over the map on the usual rating websites as well.sofakingdrunk wrote:Garrison Juicy DIPA- wow.......I don't think I've been lied to this badly by a beer before. Claimi g to be an east coast IPA, dank,tropical,Juicy and hazy. Absolutely not! Hazy.....damn it's pretty similar looking to an adjunct lager. Dank, nope. Tropical, ok yeah I taste a tiny bit of mango. Juicy no no no, unless you consider Sunny D to be juicy. Seriously, this is bad, all malt, a tiny bit of mango flavour and some nasty woody flavour. Overly sweet and unbalanced. I guess this is a few months old, and hope it's significantly better fresh, but this is just wrong on so many levels. One of the biggest waste of 5$ in a long time. I made it through about 2/3 before dumping the rest.
Avoid this beer.
On the plus side, last night I had my last bottle of the original Barncat Rat Queen release. It was out of this world. It was fantastic when I had the first couple bottles fresh, but this, with almost 2 years age on it was phenomenal. I'm sad to see it gone. Possible the best impy stout I've ever drank.
and I agree with seangm's take