What're you drinking right now?

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:00 pm

Thanks for the help. I was mostly just going on at this point about what kind of person Einhard actually was, but adding in the context of his famous biography is a great way to extend this thing!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:00 pm

this afternoon ive had 2 Upper Canada lagers and now Im enjoying a Bieropholie Double. This Bieropholie offering is quite nice and I suggest grabbing some if you have the chance. The bottle notes that 3 batches are planned so Im sure there will be lots to go around. Im probably goin to have a homebrewed Irish Red next but this Double has me thinking about the Westmalles in the cellar.....

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:45 pm

St. Peter's IPA, then a couple glasses of Bloomfield Estate Bighorn Sauvignon Blanc-Chardonnay. Found a bottle of Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome in the cast off bin at the LCBO. Thinking of going for it next.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:05 pm

icemachine wrote:Found a bottle of Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome in the cast off bin at the LCBO.

From last year?

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:06 pm

Finishing off my Einhard paper with a bottle of Sam Smith's Imperial Stout. I put this one off because I'd already had a 4-pack last winter while in Florida for a swim team training camp, and had thought it was tasty but nothing spectacular. This bottle seems richer than the stuff I had in Florida though, almost reminds me of Wellington's IS, but in a good way. Nice one to drink while watching the snow storm outside.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:13 pm

JesseM wrote:...a bottle of Sam Smith's Imperial Stout...

Just finished that one. Before that, I had a Barley Days Yuletide Cherry Porter, now sipping a Grand River Ploegers Vlaams Rood...

Pub Style · Post by **Pub Style** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm

Had a pretty decent weekend with some pretty decent beers.

Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Bell's Batch 7000
Crooked Tree Dbl IPA
Picaroon's Yippee IPA
La Grimousse
Fat Cat Black and Tan
Norweign Wood

LondonBeer · Post by **LondonBeer** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:51 pm

How was your la grimousse?? I bought a six pack beginning of oct and all the bottles were bad and had to be drain poured.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:18 am

Derek wrote:
icemachine wrote:Found a bottle of Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome in the cast off bin at the LCBO.
From last year?

Yes, although I didn't try it last night, I'm hoping it has held up well

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:31 am

750ml bottle Great Lakes Winter Ale, an excellent spice-bready and lightly sweet ale - it had less 'sharpness' than I remember on draught.

Every bit as good as the Pumpkin Ale this year.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:36 am

Belgian wrote:750ml bottle Great Lakes Winter Ale, an excellent spice-bready and lightly sweet ale - it had less 'sharpness' than I remember on draught.

Every bit as good as the Pumpkin Ale this year.

Agreed. Quite a nice treat. My store got several cases. The price point seems to be off putting for some consumers, but we are still selling it at a good pace.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:39 pm

Samuel Smith's 2007 Winter Welcome - the one I grabbed at the LCBO yesterday

Malts are still quite heavy on the dried fruits with some mild hop presence that keeps the sweetness down. No carbonation, but it doesn't detract anything from this beer. As its warmed in the glass its aroma has become chocolatey. Quite enjoyable but I wonder how good this would have been if stored properly over the last 12 months.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:50 pm

Green apple pilsner from the OCB 6-pack. I've had apple juice that's tasted more of beer. Thankfully I preceded it with a really awesome Oktoberfest called Schild Brau. Its made by Millstream down in Iowa, and if you ever come across it I think you'll find it a nice easy drinking pickup.

grub · Post by **grub** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:59 pm

i'm taking the night off. DrJay was up visiting for an extended weekend of sampling and insanity. viggo, jay, and i all dug out the best-of-the-best from our cellars for this, and what a party it was...

day 1: pic
russian river sanctification 750ml
russian river deviation (bottleworks 9th anniversary) 750ml
jolly pumpkin perseguidor blend 3 750ml
lost abbey cable car batch 1 750ml
lost abbey sinner's blend '08 2x 375ml
jolly pumpkin biere de mars grand reserve 12oz
jolly pumpkin luciernaga the firefly grand reserve 12oz
jolly pumpkin la roja grand reserve (unknown blend, dec '07) 12oz
jolly pumpkin la roja grand reserve (32 month aged) 12oz
deschutes the dissident 22oz
mikkeller it's alive! 750ml

day 2: pic
alesmith barrel aged speedway stout 2006 750ml
black flag imperial stout 22oz
pisgah solstice 750ml
surly darkness 2008 750ml
the bruery levud's 750ml
the bruery barrel aged levud's 750ml
allagash victoria 750ml
allagash victor 750ml
dark horse plead the 5th imperial stout 12oz

day 3: pic
biergotter calvados oak aged monk's elixer 2008 quadrupel 750ml
biergotter frostbitten moongoat of the north 2008 braggot 750ml
alesmith wee heavy 750ml
alesmith barrel aged wee heavy 2006 750ml
east end gratitude 2005 750ml
east end gratitude 2006 750ml
east end gratitude 2007 750ml
biergotter wheatwine 2008 64oz
the bruery saison rue 750ml
captain lawrence smoke from the oak bourbon barrel aged 750ml
pisgah hellbender 750ml
kuhnhenn prometheus 750ml
full sail top sail bourbon barrel aged imperial porter 22oz
the bruery tradewinds triple 750ml
three floyds fantabulous resplendence xi 22oz

day 4: pic
southern tier cuvee 1 22oz
newport storm '05 750ml

not pictured:
biergotter edmund fitzgerald: the second coming (tap)
biergotter dirty ape saison (tap)
biergotter homegrown hop pale ale (tap)

final carnage: pic

4x top 100 the world (one top 10!)
6x top 100 america (one top 10!)
8x top 100 buzzed beers in the world (one top 10!)
4x top 10 american wild ale
1x top 10 belgian strong dark ale
1x top 10 flanders oud bruin
2x top 10 russian imperial stout
2x top 10 scotch ale/wee heavy

and we all still had bottles leftover that we couldn't get through...

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:08 pm

I think I need to become one of Grub's friends...

Awesome selection, man! You guys must have had one hell of a party that weekend! I've now added shochu (the crazy-ass sweet potato liqor I bought in Japan) to the green apple pils, and its one of those mixes that is better than the sum of its parts.

Ah, chilling to an Icelandic post-rock band 3,500 miles from home while drinking a Canadian beer and a Japanese spirit. The world is still a small place.