Beer of the Day thread (and ci-derp)
#2541
Do any members chase the Goose Island Bourbon County Barrel Stouts? Black Friday is the release day. I didn't get into them until last year - a buddy talked me into them. No variants for me just the standards. I think there are better barrel aged stouts, but the chase probably helps with the popularity.
Josh
Josh
#2542
I identify as a bear.
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This was surprisingly bitter, and surprisingly absent the tartness which I expect from anything with Brett on the label. After a few sips, however, it really started to grow on me. While the flavor didn't really progress much throughout the glass, it was interestingly complex and quite satisfying.
No surprises here. A simple but entirely competent interpretation of a classic style.
#2555
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I have no idea where this beer came from. I mean, I know in a general sense that it had to have been given to me by someone for whom I performed mechanical / ECU-related services, but it's been at least five years since I've engaged in that sort of exchange. I might have been living in Florida or California at the time, which covers a lot of territory, both geographically and politically.
(I did a lot of pro-bono work, and received a lot of beer, during the 2009-2013 timeframe.)
So while I cannot remember who you are specifically, you have my thanks. It's aged well. Light, but with a nicely complex, slightly tart character which lingers on the tongue. The second pour produced a lot of sediment, which added a rich, yeasty character. Basically liquid bread. Good stuff.
#2558
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Saw this on the shelf yesterday:
Didn't buy any, but I think they deserve an award for the best nerdcore label.
Three Floyds: "Building Better Beers."
I've been drinking quote a lot of this lately:
It's a wonderful gose which eschews the fruit so common in other beers of the genre, and in fact reminds me quite a lot of Lindemans Cuvée René, the first sour which I ever had, and which I believe may still be the best to this day. Off Color Brewing's "Troublesome" may be the second best, and their taproom (aka The Mousetrap) is conveniently located just a few stops from my home on the red line train.
#2560
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So, I've been in the same home for two years now, which of course means it's time to move. (A rolling stone gathers no moss.)
While bringing the deep-archives up to room temp in anticipation of packing them, it occurs to me that I've been dragging some of these around since I lived in Mira Mesa, c. 2010.
That's a shocking amount of self-restraint.
What's the oldest bottle any of y'all lonely homosexual deviants are hanging onto?
(I'm gonna leave that pipeworks at room temp for a while, in the hope that there may still be something alive inside of it which will make it the funkiest thing I have ever tasted.)
While bringing the deep-archives up to room temp in anticipation of packing them, it occurs to me that I've been dragging some of these around since I lived in Mira Mesa, c. 2010.
That's a shocking amount of self-restraint.
What's the oldest bottle any of y'all lonely homosexual deviants are hanging onto?
(I'm gonna leave that pipeworks at room temp for a while, in the hope that there may still be something alive inside of it which will make it the funkiest thing I have ever tasted.)