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fine work gentleman

going to drink the saison tonight whilst bottling a RIS

picked up another ab from a different store, much fresher tasting, different taste ofc

i guess this should be pooped here now: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/194/40029
will drink it during the suns game

well hello there

Deschutes and Hair of the dog are doing or collab beer... Should be interesting coming from 2 solid breweries

however I think they are clearly brewing anything new, just blending beer they already do very well and aging it in barrels

Troegs new scratch beer is out too. #29

Belgian style ipa, aged in fresh oak barrels and dry hopped

about American breweries doing a Belgian style and essentially Americanizing it with too many hops

Flying dog did raging bitch that turned out fairly well. Also there are some belgian style ipas from beligan

Raging bitch was absolutely horrible and clearly even close to representing the belian ipa style. That is a prime example of an American brewery trying to replicate a Belgian style but instead of keeping it authetic they totally fucked it by over hopping it and making it Americanized

if troegs version is anything like raging bitch I will be disappointed

About the only thing Belgian (besides the name) that raging bitch is the yeast which is completely muted by the hops.

Drink something like piraat which is an authentic Belgian ipa and you will see exactly what I mean

I have had both and ragin bitch is clearly horrible it is just far more ipa then belgian. The yeast profile really only showed up in the finish with the hops dominating the front.

I am fine with american microbreweries trying to replicate belgian styles because there are very few consistent options available that wont kill your wallet.

baluga

i wish i knew how to pick out the yeast flavors
im such a novice

It comes in time, the simplest to notice imo is the clove/banana character of a good hefe

This is where people who homebrew or drink other peoples homebrew have a significant advantage in picking out subtle changes in flavor and aroma. I've brewed the exact same hefe recipe that I created about 10 times now and each time I do just one minor thing different to see how it completely changes the entire beer.

Whether it be a different yeast, hop schedule, fermeting temperature or time spent in the fermenter it is mind blowing how different a beer can turn out with only the slightest variation.

People who can smell and taste a beer and name every hop that was used fucking amaze me. I hope to be on that level one day. I have 14 varieties of hops in my beer fridge and can just barely pick out half of them correctly with just smelling them. I hope that later in the year when my home grown hops start to flower that will help me with picking out the differences in some more.

considering buying a book on homebrewing and seeing how i can tinker around on the smallest scale possible

also drinking mirror mirror ton8

Woah dude brah man like totally wow man ya like missed the good day to drink it like 10 days ago maaaaaaaaan
righteous best after date of 4/20 maasaaaan

You need a ticket to PA

I'll run you through the stakem crash course of brewing and beer tasting appreciation
I'll send you home with a book or two and a sore hiney

im just gonna move into your garage

Watch out for the kid with tats who sleeps on the futon

im clearly really sure what this means

moving into the garage would mean contention over control of the taps with the idiot who currently resides in my garage

i didnt know you have a stowaway atm
but since im practically a midget just consider me the entertainment

So that's why you didn't get the call into the big league

i certainly noticed this when i bought it, but figured my pot days are past clearly counting maybe the exception to the rule once every year or 2

oh hi

so the beer went down well, clearly a huge amount to say about it. it tasted like it could have done well to keep sitting around but it was smoother than a lot of bottle conditioned beer and thankfully the sediment didn't break the deal (as it does for me with some bc'd beer). i picked up on the sour tones but it wasn't overpowering. the guys who reviewed the beer said they picked up on toffee and caramel but i didn't really get much of that. i can see where the one guy was going with saying he was getting something grapefruit-ish from it. i would've gone in the direction of citrus, clearly toffee/caramel, in picking the palate off this drink. maybe they were talking more about the smell of the beer (instead of the taste), which was definitely mixed.

first ever storm king consumed

ill just say at 9.1% i could drink a 6 pack in about 35 minutes and then proceed to die an hour later
this shit goes down way too smooth

mirror mirror cracked

wow, wtf
this shit smells and tastes like it has a touch of butterscotch in it. its honestly amazing. (this is from first sip, ill update as i consume ofc)

i love that since im trying all of this stuff for the first time im just in awe of the flavors and everything is like the most amazing revelation has just been made, that the seas have been parted

now to clearly be a giddy noob and actually understand what im tasting

no lie though, if i would have known this is what to expect out of mirror mirror i would have bought 10 more

I feel guilty for force fucking you into amazing beer examples...maybe if you would have started with bad or marginally good examples of a style you better appreciate the amazing shit you seemingly have unlimited supplies of at your fingertips (price pending ofc)

i dont think you even understand how perfect this mirror mirror is for me right now (ofc maybe it is different at different times)

clearly to mention that i have had some "ok" beers. ones that i can tell are good but just dont do it for me, and others that seem very one dimensional.
all that matters is if this is how mirror mirror is im buying a case next year

i heart mirror mirror

If you are waiting to buy a case next year you do realize it will take another year after that to get to the flavor profile that last years is drinking at now...

yea
basically i have 2 left, one that will wait for a future 3 year vertical tasting, and one that i will sit for how long but think about at least once a day

the think i dont know is, like i alluded to, is that i dont have enough different tastings on different days to really know what i do and dont like with different beers

sad face

the think, ohh ok

drinking http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/90

tons of carbination.. tastes like soda ? donno

i am very much enjoying

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/207/645

I am debating trying to clone that...I enjoy that beer that much

i dont think ive evolved enough to say that this was as good as it should have been. the style itself is clearly for the armature imo, very good but just clearly something i can truly appreciate the way im supposed to yet. though i now know where to locally buy this ill come back and try it again in a few.


blue dot consumed, i love this beer.

don't. either make your own or buy it, you wont come close



tit but surprised by the carbonation point, never had a very carbed stone

The Trappist rochefort strain of yeast is commercially available as well as the ingrediants they use. If you really enjoy a particular beer why wouldn't you want to try and replicate it? Of course it's clearly gonna come out exactly the same. You can't possibly recreate it with 100% accuracy unless you were making it in their equiptment and with one of the monks.

It's $11 for a 10oz bottle here in PA. I'm clearly paying that much everytime I want to enjoy one. I've also never brewed a quad so why clearly use my favorite one as my goal to shoot for?

2.50 here, lmk

FU

might as well