Tons of chocolate and vanilla, and a very drinkable 14%abv. Very nice sour. It's very dry and champagne-like, with quite a bit of pucker. On the tail end, the passion fruit juiciness come through, wetting the palate.
Delicious! The coffee and chocolate is on display here in a good way. But I thought it took away from the natural barrel aged awesomeness of the Black Tuesday base. Still prefer the original.
I hope so too. I've been there a couple times, and I think I would recognize you if I saw you. Maybe I'll swing by Biagios and grab some Creamy Garlic dressing before I go next time...just in case.
I mean, what do you think i'm going to say about this? It's amazing. Tons of chocolately, vanilla, brown sugar sweetness with some dark fruits and a touch of salt. This was also very good. Not world-ending good, but very very good. Vanilla sweetness with bourbon and oak. I had it with a really nice ribeye steak at my brother in law's; a very nice pairing.
Here are the beers on my World of Beer account. Some might've been wife's/daughter's: Brooklyn Quadraceratops Cigar City Hard Cider Dogfish Head Festina Peche Fat Head's Bumbleberry Fat Head's Holly Jolly Founder's Porter Julius Echter Dunkel Maui Coconut Porter Ommegang 3 philosophers Ommegang gnomegan Ommegang three eyed raven Red brick 21st ann'y Red brick brother Leo Shofferhofer grapefruit St. Bernardus Prior 8 St. Louis Frambroise Tucher Helles Hefe Unibroue Blanche de Chambly
Yup, and only a few miles from my house! You can sign upfor their membership program and get beers shipped to you. Hit up their website and see if it's reasonable. All these beers I post about are thanks to my brother in law's membership. I'll post a pic of his current beer fridge.
This is what I can look forward to any given Friday night, frequently restocked with new goodies. Rich in law's with aReserve Society membership is awesome!
Amazing sour! Almanac sours have, in the past, been too tart, masking the fruitiness they advertise on their labels. This one had plenty elephant heart plum. Contrast that with a very present brett funkiness, and you have a near-perfect sour. One of my favorites.. Oh no....just god, no!! I took a chance on this bad boy, as it was only $4.50 at costco. I thought it was going to be a "beer" with some sarsaparilla notes. NOPE! It's a Mike's Hard Lemonade, rootbeer style. I drain-poured a good 2/3 of it. Heed this warning, beer-pals.
You're obviously local, so this place just opened recently in San Juan Capistrano. Not sure you've been there or not, but it's pretty cool. http://thebrewhousesjc.net
good looking out. I'm typing this from capo beach at my folks house, so I'm downhere often. I'll check it out for sure. I didn't see a ttap list, did you?
I didn't read the label very closely, as I was expecting a stout. Oh well, pleasant surprise. It's very smooth and sweet; with tons of caramel and vanilla, and a little cocoa.
This is a nice, easy-drinking saison at only 6-ish%abv. It has a noticable tartness to it, though not a sour ale. Pair it with a porkchop, turkey and cranberry sauce, or some cheese and crackers.
Picked this guy up at costco for $17.99, so i figured it must be good. I've never had a barrel-aged doppelbock. It's really good. It doesn't have that hugely sweet caramel and vanilla flavor from most barrel aged beers. Instead, it was very chocolately...like hersery's syrup. I mean that in a good way. It's not overly sweet, just very pronounced chocolate flavor. The only critique i'd give is that it's a tad bit on the thin-bodied side.
