4th of july eve, two man tasting by the pool easily the best beer of the night, which says a lot nothing like destroying your palate to end the night
Big stout tasting with some intermittent sours thrown in to mix it up. From left: '07 Kate (gold cap brought by Tod Mott), Fruet, '10 ORF, Dos Costas Cedar, '08 Rose, Black Albert, '08 Berserker, BA Yeti, Lente, Mexican Cake, BCBVS, Vanilla Bourbon DL, Bio Gueuze, '12 DL, Eclipse EC 18, Choc Rain, '10 Kate, '12 Kate (x2) Winner of the night was the Vanilla DL
Tasting from last night. From Left to Right: -Unlabeled, gold crown 2007 Portsmouth Kate the Great(brought by special guest Tod Mott) -The Bruery Fruet -'11 Foothills Olde Rabbit's Foot -Cigar City/The Bruery Dos Costas Oeste-Cedar Aged -'08 Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus -'11 De Struise Black Albert -'08 Midnight Sun Berserker -'11 Great Divide BA Yeti-which was NOT infected! -3F Armand'4 Lente -Westbrook Mexican Cake -'10 GI Bourbon County Vanilla -'12 FFF Bourbon Dark Lord w/Vanilla Beans -'11 Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic-Bio -'12 Dark Lord -'11 FiftyFifty Eclipse Elijah Craig 18 year -'12 The Bruery Chocolate Rain -'10 Portsmouth Kate the Great -2x unlabeled '12 Portsmouth Kate the Great(also brought by Tod Mott) Nothing too crazy, but pretty solid tasting! Mostly stouts obviously. The Bourbon Vanilla DL seemed to be the winner out of the stouts. Chocolate Rain came in second and the BCS Vanilla and Berserker tied for 3rd. The Lente was phenomenal and the Cantillons were exquisite as expected.
This is from last night fellow ba tony on the left myself on the right here is a shot of our final count
I farted. The full list from left to right Hess - The Blend Jackie O's Rum Barrel Oil of Aphrodite Olde Hickory Imperial Stout Bottleworks XII Splinter Black Gratitude LeBleu Annularity Lou Pepe Kriek St. Lamvinus Bourbon Dark Lord Anna Hunahpu Southampton RIS Southampton XV BA Odin's Raven BART Imperial Biscotti Break Old Bat Rastard Head Hunter Double Jack 4 days old Not pictured: Ryan's homebrew imperial vanilla stout Cuvee de Lakeside
Zombie Dust Lagunitas Lucky 13 Alt Sexual Chocolate BBL Aged People's Porter Fruet Dreadnaught Smuttynose Baltic Porter Racer 5 Hot Rod Rye Furious
We were gonna invite you but we figured you would bring 6 year old Budweiser products haha j/k. It was a last minute thing that happened last night
A few saisons from a tasting we had earlier this summer - these were the HF ones. Flora was the sleeper surprise of the night.... Crazy good & yummy
Tuesday Night Kuhnhenn jalopeno lime mead McKenzie Irma Extra Frecon Farms Crabby Granny Flimishmish Splinter Blue Some really tasty 2006 cider Upright Seven Upright Sole Comp. Apricot Seven De Molen Hel and Verdomenis 666 Goose Island BCBS Rare Bullfrog Edgar DIPA Growler Bullfrog Oud Bruin Growler? Not pictured: Lost Abbey/New Belgium Mo Betta Bretta Hangar 24 Barrel Roll No. 4 Hammerhead
Haha, no worries. Were these the bottles that were going to be for the BA Hunahpu thing Justin was trying to get together?
so glad I was out of town to miss that one... going to a closet to cry edit: at least I was in Phoenix, which we all know has a way better beer scene, so in reality I WIN...right?
Without a doubt the Apple Brandy that beer is just insane. I honestly can't see a beer being better it has so much depth of flavors
It was for Justin's rum bottle. I have another growler of AB huna coming Saturday that will be used for a tasting
So my buddy who's no longer active on BA is getting married on Saturday. We had ourselves a pre-wedding tasting:
Every Friday afternoon to end the work week a few coworkers & I get together and each bring a bottle of something to taste. Nothing rare, but it's usually a good line up. Here's today's line up. Not bad way to start the weekend. Left to right: Stillwater Artisanal - Foklore Lips of Faith Brett Beer Russian River - Pliny FFF - Mutiny and the Mollusk FFF - Apocalypse Cow
