What're you drinking right now?

kinguy · Post by **kinguy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:21 pm

Scotch Irish Plain Porter (one of a few I've got from 2007-08's batch and still drinking fine) and Amsterdam Strong Spring Bock

Jan Primus · Post by **Jan Primus** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:46 am

Last night's beers:

Pilsner Urquell
Liefman's Kriek
Orval

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:52 am

last night:

Orval
Homebrew'd Belgian Blonde
GR Curmudgeon

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:27 am

last night was a growler of creme brulee java stout from kuhnhenn followed by a great divide hibernation. this batch of CBJS was extra chocolatey and actually reminded me a lot of the young's double chocolate. good stuff.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:36 am

Last night:
MacLean's Country Organic Ale (cask)
Mike Duggan #9 IPA
Neustadt Texas Tea (cask)

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:13 pm

Pannepot Grand Reserve '05
Chimay Blue '06

The Chimay has nice balance. It's probably peaking these next few years.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:21 pm

Grand River Russian Imperial Stout.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:51 pm

Surly Bender and Microbrasserie d'Orleans Scotch Ale. Definitley a malty night.

Jan Primus · Post by **Jan Primus** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:08 pm

Belgian wrote:Pannepot Grand Reserve '05
Chimay Blue '06

The Chimay has nice balance. It's probably peaking these next few years.

I had a Pannepot Grande Reserve 05 tonight as well...might just be my top Belgian.

mjohnston · Post by **mjohnston** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:53 am

Grub, I picked one of those (CBJS) up on the way down to DLD too

Agreed, very tasty, although mine did not survive the trip home.

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:02 am

mjohnston wrote:Grub, I picked one of those (CBJS) up on the way down to DLD too Agreed, very tasty, although mine did not survive the trip home.

for it to survive, you need to have 5 of them, plus 5 other growlers in the car on the way down

we had one of those plus 4 other growlers from detroit beer co and a ton of bottles for sharing. just never quite got around to the CBJS. sure was nice on the patio on monday though.

mjohnston · Post by **mjohnston** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:44 am

We were really lucky stopping at Kuhnhenn... we met the brewers' dad, who hooked us up with some bottles of the Eisbock and samples of what he said was bourbon barrel 5th dementia (which isn't on ratebeer so I'm wondering if it was the 4th) that's been sitting in the barrel since 2005. Faaaantastic.

If anyone ever gets the chance to check out Kuhnhenn, do so. Great beer, really friendly staff, and excited to receive people making the effort to get there from out of town/country.

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:05 am

yeah, kuhnhenn is a fun stop. i try to pop in anytime i'm in the area, and it's a must-stop for our DLD trip each year. their stuff is like trading gold!

i hope they do more barrel-aged releases. the last time they did was at the '06 solstice party, and they were all pretty insane. the bourbon barrel 4th dementia and bourbon barrel barleywine are up there as some of my favourite beers ever.

it could have been BB5th that you tried - they released a tiny bit of regular 5th dementia at the '08 solstice party, but it sold out almost instantly. maybe the rest is in a barrel? or maybe they still have stuff from the last big barrel aged release sitting in barrels? that would be pretty neat, though i'd wonder if the barrel character would have taken over by now.

mjohnston · Post by **mjohnston** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:52 am

Yeah, you wouldn't know the 5th was beer, really. The oak wasn't overpowering but it was definitely present in quantity. It had a great fortified wine quality to it too that I thought was really agreeable.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:02 pm

Stone Levitation - good with smoked turkey / horseradish mayo Pita!
Victory Hop Wallop