What are you drinking?

[pkt77242]

Founders Imperial Stout.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Drambuie

 

[Black Irish]

Monkey Shoulder scotch. Good stuff, easy to drink, not peaty or smoky. The origin of the name is amusing. "Monkey Shoulder" refers to how the shoulders of the peat shovelers get to look after being at the job for a while.

 

[Jackalope1977]

Lagunitas Sucks 32 oz. Green Flash West Coast IPA. Great beers.

 

[pkt77242]

Stone Enjoy By 3/14/15.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Sycamore chardonnay and now on to Grey Goose.

 

[notredomer23]

Alpha King

 

[Black Irish]

I had Brooklyn Blast DIPA last night on tap. My ideal type of IPA/DIPA. It's crisp and hoppy, but doesn't pummel you with citrus pine. Dangerously quaffable at 8.4% abv.

 

[IrishLion]

Alpha King

Top 3 beer for me.

That stuff is amazing.

 

[pkt77242]

Stone Old Guardian Extra Hoppy. I put half into an IPA glass and the other half into a tulip glass. Will post my thoughts later.

 

[In Lou I Trust]

Jester King's Gotlandsdricka. Tart and smokey. Not a fan of smokey beers, but this one was done well.

 

[ACamp1900]

Polished off some Rolling Rock I've had since the SB... Now I'm sharing a UB40 night with the wife...

 

[scUM Hater]

Stone Old Guardian Extra Hoppy. I put half into an IPA glass and the other half into a tulip glass. Will post my thoughts later.

Bought both glasses today. Had some dogfish 90 and Rogue brutal IPA. I enjoyed both in the IPA glass. Definitely helped both the sensory and flavor of both. Appreciate you introducing me to that glass. On to the next IPA.......

 

[NDinMich]

Stone Old Guardian 2015. Going to try the Extra Hoppy another day.

 

[pkt77242]

Stone Old Guardian Extra Hoppy. I put half into an IPA glass and the other half into a tulip glass. Will post my thoughts later.

The IPA glass definitely helped with nosing it. The glasses were similar with nose though I think the IPA glass seemed to be slightly fruitier while the Tulip glass seemed more malty (cake) but that might have been my own bias showing.

 

[Black Irish]

Sierra Nevada Hoppy Lager. Good balance between hoppy, IPA taste and malty lager. Decent, but not too exciting. The 7% abv is a plus.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Sierra Nevada Hoppy Lager. Good balance between hoppy, IPA taste and malty lager. Decent, but not too exciting. The 7% abv is a plus.

Thanks. Almost grabbed some, but wasn't sure about it. Is it really malty? I like the more citrusy-piney IPAs over the caramel malty types.

 

[pkt77242]

Heretic Evil Twin Red IPA. A little more malty then I was hoping for but not bad. Lots of caramel malt, a little smoke, and some grapefruit.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Celebrating a "bottle sale" with one of my purchases: Elijah Craig.

 

[pkt77242]

Celebrating a "bottle sale" with one of my purchases: Elijah Craig.

The 12yo? What do you think of it? One of my favorite under $30 ($26 here) bourbons.

 

[zelezo vlk]

$24 here (hence the bottle sale) and I really enjoy it. Yes, the 12 YO. Great price, although I haven't seen it this cheap until today. I'll keep an eye out in the future though. I specifically remember you recommending it, so I owe you some thanks and reps.

 

[In Lou I Trust]

Jester King's Le Petit Prince. A fairly carbonated, light, farmhouse table beer. Very drinkable.

 

[pkt77242]

Jester King's Le Petit Prince. A fairly carbonated, light, farmhouse table beer. Very drinkable.

Great to have you back

 

[pkt77242]

Elijah Craig 12yo.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Elijah Craig 12yo.

Finishing off my night with a dram more.

 

[pkt77242]

Bell's Hopslam vs Green Flash Palate Wrecker. I have struggled with Hopslam so I think that this is a good way to judge it against another top notch DIPA (though a notch or two below Pliny and Enjoy By).

Green Flash Palate Wrecker DIPA 9.5%
N: Lots of citrus (grapefruit, orange), some pine, some floral notes and a little tropical fruit (just a touch of pineapple and melon. Bitter
P: The citrus, pine and floral notes carry over to the palate along with a bracing amount of bitterness.
F: The finish is long, with the citrus and a hint of tropical fruits. There is also lots of bitter pine and floral notes on the finish. The bitter grapefruit rind and pine linger for a while.

The more you have the more you pick up some other tropical fruit notes such as papaya and guava.

Overall a great DIPA that is very bitter but still very enjoyable.

Bell's Hopslam DIPA 10%

N: Orange, malt (wheat bread?), some floral notes, honey, and a little bitterness comes through.
P: Orange and honey are there along with malt (a fair amount) that is similar to a honey wheat bread that I have had before, along with some orange blossoms. A little grapefruit bitterness comes though with the barest hint of pine (though that may be my bias showing through).
F: The bitterness starts to show up but more in the form of a floral bitterness, with some oranges, orange blossom honey, and a little grapefruit rind. Malt is still there as well to keep it balanced.

Overall I prefer the Palate Wrecker to the Hopslam even without taking into account the price (GF PW breaks down to $2.75 a 12oz bottle while Bell's HS is $3.33 a 12oz bottle). I will add that it probably says something about my taste in IPAs which leans more to the West Coast style of less malt and more hops while Hopslam is more balanced.

 

[scUM Hater]

Stone Cali-belgie. Went to new Holland Brewing yesterday and had Casked Dragons Milk. So delicious. Also bought new Holland Knickerbocker gin, very good.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Topo Chico. I'm addicted to this stuff now.

 

[ACamp1900]

Ayinger Oktoberfest.
Weihenstephaner Weizenbock.