The Bar Towel

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Stonehammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout

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.

Propeller ESB.

Brewdog Hardcore IPA.

Neustadt Texas Tea Stout
Hop Addict
#9 IPA

Texas Tea is something special when on cask.

The Hop Addict is always top notch!

Wellington Trailhead x 3
Homebrew

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

Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale

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