No need to be a dick about it. You listed 8 BA's and 25-30 beers, it's a legit question to ask. I was with Islandboi8204 at that tasting last night and after about 12 or 13 beers split about 8 ways over 3 hours, we were just about done.
Wasn't being a dick, just a smartass. We started at 1pm and finished about 10pm. We had 10 courses from the chef starting at 6pm or so until 9pm, so that kept us full as well. By the end, I was totally sober because of the spacing and pace...it worked out well for everyone.
Yeah, I was amazed by how sober I was. Kind of strange. As for a "Pro" taking pics, here are a couple that I snapped that are my favorites:
Thanks. Really glad I decided to stop every once in a while and take some shots, but even happier we had the pro to take most of them so I could sit back and enjoy the day. Good times!
I'm a pro. Got a little tipsy in the evening but walked home sober. All about pacing. A good # of the bottles were Lambics/Gueuzes with lower ABV as well. That helped a lot, particularly in the beginning.
What is the pricing for a professional to photograph a beer tasting? I've been doing it for free all this time like a sucker.
Looks like your Veritas 010 actually had carbonation. The one I opened up a couple weeks ago was completely still
quite a bit..cork jumped out with a big pop.. it was excellent..it was cool to try that and the upright Fantasia to compare peach sours
Yeah I was about to make a joke that Chad would have to muster up a lot of strength to crank that cork out, but it came out nice and easy. There was a lot of carbonation in it though, definitely as much as the Cantillon beers
I don't know but this seemed kind of epik. Lots of bottle variation in that Dave, but on average it was the best beer I've ever had. I definitely recommend grabbing a sixer of that brewski if you can.
L to R: de Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2005 Lost Abbery Red Poppy White Birch Barrel Reserve American Wild Ale Ommegang Ommegeddon Ithaca Brute Ithaca Le Bleu Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin Brut North Coast Old Rasputin XIV Nectar Ales Blank Xantus Cascade Sang Noir Cascade Sang Rouge Cascade The Vine Allagash Vagabond Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Coffee Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Vanilla Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Bramble Rye Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2009 Jack's Abby Hoponius Union Alesmith Speedway Stout Uinta Birthday Suit Cisco Cherry Woods HaandBryggeriet Haandbakk 2008 HaandBryggeriet Haandbakk 2009 New Glarus Belgian Red New Glarus Raspberry Tart The Bruery x Cigar City Marron Acidife New Belgium Lips of Faith - La Folie Firestone-Walker XIV HORAL's Oude Gueze Mega Blend 2011 Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2010 Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2011 Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2012 Russian River Sanctification de Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva 2010 Jolly Pumpkin Bambic
Armand/tommy was really good. Frambozen still had lots of raspberry in it but was a little plain, good overall. Forgot to mention that the last two unlabelled bottles were southampton peconic and shot in the dark (blackberry Girardin)
Last nite thanks to Knifestyles, I got to try this… …I'm still speechless. Oh, yeah - other cool things were opened, too.
A couple of BA's stopped by and this was the end result - growler to the left (fliptop) Allagash Saison Miham -Growler to the right (pigglyWiggly) Lips Of Faith -Tart Lychee Cheers !
I think other than the Black Top (which I haven't had) and the Tripel, the rest was good. The Shipwreck was really good, and Wookey Jack is fantastic. I think the surprice was that Anniversary, that was a damn good beer, probably the first from Shorts that I've had where I didn't hate it. Thanks for having me over Mike. I'll be back over for sure. I'm going to have to pick some good stuff up to share next time.
I thought the Dancing Man was a great surprise , I would drink that everyday everything was pretty good and the company was better ..
Armand Tommy was great, pretty similar to the 02 oude vintage we opened and those were 2 of my fav of the night. As far as frambozen the fruit was def still in the nose but the taste not as much and.was pretty plain and forgettable. Not a bad beer but.certainly not in the same class as the other fruited stuff. The 05 lou pepe kriek was a sleeper for me as i thought it was very good.
Yeah, Dancing Man was very solid. I really think that it's probably the best wheat (save for GBH, which we discussed) that I've had to date. Dazara wants to go to Jungle Jim's soon, so we'll see what I end up bringing back.
Some 07 Frech Gueuze Capt Law SFTO Wine B4 Ithaca Lebleu Batch 1 Cantillon Blabaer 2009 Cantillon Blabaer 2011 Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek 2005 Cantillon 1998 Unblended lambic Russian River Sanctification B4 RR Framboise for a Cure 2011 Bullfrog Frambozen Upright Sole Comp Barrel Aged 7 with Brett Alchemist Luscious Drie Fontenein Armand & Tommy Blend Upright Blend Love Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Red Cantillon Monks Cafe Cuvee de Monks Gueuze Allagash Victor Francenstein Hill Farmstead Flora Batch 2 Bells Wild One Le trou du diable .... something in bourbon barrel 2003 Dogfish 90 minute Kernel Citra,Breakfast stout Alaskan Smoked Porter 2007 Drie Fontenein Oude Gueuze Vintage 2002 Stumptown Tart Hill Farmstead Phenomology of Spirit Hannsens Oude Kriek 2000 Cantillon Vigneronne 2010 Lambrucha Dolcis Succubus Freemont BA Abomidable Six Row whisky barrel porter Hannsens experimental strawberry 2000/2001 Stone Ruination 10th anniv Ithaca Brute Batch 1 Cantillon Gueuze 2008 Girardin Blackberry Lambic "Shot in the Dark" SouthHampton Peconic Counth Reserve Heady Topper
Blabaer 750 was Lou Pepe Blabaer. Sole comp was De La Seven, not BA seven. The french sour was Bulles des Vignes. There was also the black IPA from Kernel. I dont remember the 4th kernel bottle cause I missed it while slaving over a deep fryer.
Bit of a spread from my 33rd celebration tasting this past weekend......just a couple of choice gems: BA Ruffian 3yr Vertical Kuhnhenn Extranious Cassis 2005, Tenatious Cassis 2007, Raspberry Eisbock 2007 Kuhnhenn BBBW 2011 1970's (???) Mort Subite Southampton Trappist IPA Hanssen's Mead The Gueuze Fantome Magic Ghost (!!!) Kuhnhenn Green Apple Riesling Wine
