posh beers and ales and stuff thread

[Hautlle]

Sadly no Westy 12 here in KS... I'm sure it's tasty, but it's hard to justify that price with my current money situation.

 

The monastery needs a new roof from what I've heard.

 

 

 

 

[eh Speedy]

Had a pint of Young's 'Waggledance' honey beer with WATMM's own SPD2 last night, as well as a half of the locally-brewed strawberry beer from Meantime. Tasty, fruity beers - and great company too.

 

Great company indeed, even thought I don't quite remember what we drank other than the strawberry. Next time we'll hit up Goddard's Pie & Mash. It was amazing alone. Imagine it'd be even better w/ friends.

[Guest Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald]

Went to Tesco today and stocked up for Christmas, decided to get as much stout as was available...

 

[eh Speedy]

I had that Green Flash Hop Head Red on Hautlle's recommend, and boy was it hoppy!

[chassis]

 

om nom nom

 

 

This is amazing, absoluely love it.

9%, I let yous know how it goes

 

 

Cannot recommend this enough, I adore it. The honey one is not bad at all either.

[ghOsty]

Narhwhal is delicious, loving that lately... Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale was also good this year

Got a bomber of Fulton's Worthy Adversary I'm waiting to crack open til tomorrow

 

The Widmer Brothers "Brrr" is really good this year...

Also had a glass of this last week or so at a bar, I thought $7.50 was a ripoff for the glass poured pretty much to how it is in the picture (should've topped it off), but damn was it good. I wish the shop I work at had it,

Edited December 31, 2012 by ghOsty

[kaini]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/252/35625

 

sweet jesus, this is gooooooooooooooooooood. it's won 'world's best beer' apparently. banana weize flavours, with a really complex, fruity after.

Edited January 8, 2013 by kaini

[Hautlle]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/252/35625sweet[/url] jesus, this is gooooooooooooooooooood. it's won 'world's best beer' apparently. banana weize flavours, with a really complex, fruity after.

 

Yeah, it's awesome. I use the Weihenstephaner yeast for my homebrew hefeweizen for that awesome banana flavor.

 

Already burned through a couple six packs of Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro. Better than regular Milk Stout, so creamy and awesome!

 

http://www.lefthandbrewing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Milk-Stout-Nitro-Press-Photo-300dpi1.jpg

 

 

I'm currently drinking a homebrew clone of Deschutes Mirror Pond pale ale. Pretty close to the original, a bit more hoppy though, and not quite as malty.

 

Edit: fucking tapatalk won't let me insert a picture WTF....

Edited January 8, 2013 by hautlle

[Nebraska]

 

had about 4 of these last night. went to sleep on a cloud. winning

Edited January 8, 2013 by Nebraska

[ghOsty]

Bought a 12-pack of this stuff last Saturday, it's a very good pale ale...

 

I've come to notice lately Deschutes has come to be among my favorite brewerys, they're all pretty consistently good. I'm a big fan of the Black Butte Porter and Obsidian Stout as well.

 

For those into IPA's check out their seasonal Hop Henge, I'm not usually too big on IPA's but this one is pretty damn good as well. It's a 10.6% but drinks incredibly smooth for being so. Had a bomber of it and it went down real easy then kinda crept up on me remembering it's a 10.6. It's not overly hoppish either.

 

Alright enough plugging Deschutes for this post, but yeah, good beers.

[encey]

10.6, damn!

[SR4]

just got a pack of this:

 

 

never had barleywine before...looking forward to cracking one open.

[kaini]

along with the weihenstephaner, i grabbed some schneider weisse kristallklar (mentioned before, CRAZY strong ester flavours) and a dunkelweisse which i can't remember because it was 7.5% and i was several beers in at that point. but i remember it as being good.

[ghOsty]

SRIV if you like that barley wine style, try Stone Brewery's "Old Guardian", one of the best Barely Wines I've had

Edited January 9, 2013 by ghOsty

[sneaksta303]

 

 

 

ummmm...... fucking lush? yeah, that's a good word for it.

[keltoi]

exceptionally crisp and drinkable... tasty yet subtle and well balanced... hops, biscuit, citrus and bitter hint... yum.

 

[patternoverlap]

Had this and it was lovely:

 

 

Had this and it was not so good:

 

[ghOsty]

Got a bottle of Left Hand Brewery's Wake Up Dead that I'm probably gonna crack open later tonight, I'll report back with thoughts after I finish it. The bottle art is pretty cool.

[tec]

My New Year's resolution was to get into the ale game, any UK'ers got good recommendations?

[keltoi]

Had this and it was not so good:

 

 

doesn't sound nice. was it spicy hot?

[patternoverlap]

It was basically a pretty standard tasting ale but with a very smoky finish. Wouldn't try it again.

[Hugh Mughnus]

Had this over the weekend.

 

Odins Tipple, 11% abv.... Amazing, deep, rich flavours... A little on the pricey side, 10$ a bottle.

 

[encey]

look at that head!

 

there's a $22 bomber of Firestone Walker XI at a nearby store that I'm eying (really? it's 'eying' and not 'eyeing'?), but can't bring myself to take the plunge.

[keltoi]

eyeing looks more correct

[Hautlle]

Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat. Pretty limited, only 70 cases distributed here in KS, and it's a KS brewery.

 

Very nice!