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[Bizier]

Smashed a very fresh tasting Speakeasy Big Daddy last night, which was delicious and just as I remembered it tasting in SF. One of the world's most prominent home brewers was a little disparaging of my delight in this product, but after hundreds of million IBU bombs, this was refreshing and I kept reaching for it. That said, if I kept reaching for it at this price, I'd be broke in minutes.

Also smashed a Birra del Borgo Re Ale Extra by myself and I was paying for it seeing as I had to travel for a 7:30 family breakfast. Delicious beer, very European sensibilities in an IPA, fruity and herbal, creamy glasses of joy. I got well boozed.

 

[geoff_tewierik]

So far today I've cracked open a Mountain Goat Rare Breed Rye IPA

and a 4 Pines brewery Keller Door El Dorado IPA

 

[Bizier]

I just had a Boon Kriek, I forgot that it was lolly water when I bought it. My god it worked as a hair of the dog breakfast beer though.
I still have an Oude Kriek and Oude Geuze up my sleeve.

 

[soundawake]

I have to thank soundawake for telling me about Belair wine something or other in SA. Fantastic variety, nothing comparable in SA
Got me a haul

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Always love visting brown town so started with the tumbler. Simply fantastic. Malty and chocolatey. Just enough bitterness to remind you that you are drinking a beer. Would love to have something this delicious on tap at home

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That's fantastic. I drank a Founders Centennial IPA the other night, I really really enjoyed it. Belair Fine Wines is sending me bloody broke

 

[NickB]

My one Xmas beer.... Hassle Hop from Burleigh....



Pours a gorgeously clear amber, aromas is sweet malt, resinous hops, slight citrus hint. Very appealing.

First sip is hoppy, resinous, fairly sweet, into a medium finish.


Very nice at this temp, would probably be a touch cloying any warmer.

Bloody nice though on a warm QLD arvo!

Cheers

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

My little lot from Crown Cellars in Launceston.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Nogne O 500. Not.

I had the Nogne O 500 last night. It tastes like my barleywine (above), though a lot sweeter (especially consider 100IBU).

My barleywine is considerably more bitter (and IMHO more balanced), about the same abv (10%) and probably the same amount of hops and malts.

Think a good homebrewer's version of the Sail & Anchor Xmas beer they're trialling at Dans/BWS.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Lovely session beer.

 

[lukiferj]

Lovely session beer. ImageUploadedByAussie Home Brewer1388035074.283724.jpg

Terrible legs though

 

[eamonnfoley]

Just enjoying a Schlenkerla Weizen - Smoke and Wheat are a match made in Bamberg (=heaven) IMO. Very fresh through Phoenix. Tastes like it did in Bamberg.

 

[Bizier]

I just made an explicit run to go get the Schlenkerla Eiche while it is out after seeing your post Foles, but alas I had to make do with a Palaner Salvator and the Mashtag thing from Brewdog. I have not tried either yet.

Fresh beer...
is good beer

 

[keifer33]

I just made an explicit run to go get the Schlenkerla Eiche while it is out after seeing your post Foles, but alas I had to make do with a Palaner Salvator and the Mashtag thing from Brewdog. I have not tried either yet.

Fresh beer...
is good beer

Mr Bizier where did you happen to find the brewdog hashtag?

 

[Bizier]

Cellarbrations Carlisle my brother.


Drinkable, roasty, mildly hoppy brown ale with clean fermentation characteristics. Does not seem nearly the abv which it is.
I like the idea more than the beer. Makes me think of the potentially apocryphal Henry Ford quote about horses.
I guess I have come to expect more aggression from the brewers, so it is all relative.

The Paulaner was okay, though it held not a bead of head and was a little oxy for the age of the beer. Paulaner are seemingly not in the big boy's sand pit when it comes to packaging for distro.

 

[StalkingWilbur]

Yeastie Boys - Digital IPA

And a few from yesterday...


Epic - Armageddon IPA


Mountain Goat - Rare Breed Rye IPA

 

[Northside Novice]

Two standouts from Xmas day drinkings

 

[Northside Novice]

And the next few days line up a mix of big n small local breweries .

 

[Liam_snorkel]

A lovely tripel.

"Mit hefe" due to being transported on its side on the way home from the bottleo.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

This is nice. Pungent hop aroma with a malty spicy solid body. Plenty of hop flavour and smooth bitterness. Pretty much what one would expect from a rye IPA.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

A balanced double IPA if that's possible. Either that or my palate is gone. Good hop aroma, a little bit dank but not ridiculously pungent. Malt and a bit of pine, smooth but restrained bitterness and hides the alcohol very well.
Might chase it with a big eye 'single' IPA.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

USA! USA! USA!