Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

Not in the glass yet, but still... B)

Never mind the beers! Cracking curtains reviled B)

C&B
TDA

 

[reviled]

Bad luck that so many are empty

Only a couple, I couldnt wait!!

I basically just asked everyone I know for beer for my bday this year and this is what I was fortunate enough to get

So far ive had the Dogfish head 90 min, Stone IPA, Fat Tyre, The Green Flash beers, the SNPA, and the Yeastie Boys, and out of all of them I was quite partial to the SNPA, damn tasty :icon_drool2:

Wouldnt have happened without thebeerstore.co.nz - cheers guys!

 

[reviled]

I just had a bottle of the Sunshine Coast Brewery Chilli beer, it's the first commercial chilli beer that I thought had any real kick to it. It's balanced fairly well by a good portion of crystal malt but there's no mistaking the chilli when you breathe out. I only had a very short visit to the brewery but the selection on tap looked great.

Thats good to hear! Ive actually got a bottle of that chilli beer in the fridge, my dad got it for me last time he was over there but ive been weary to try it lol - I did try their summer ale and bitter and they were awesome! I also love how they list the IBU and what hops they use on the labels!

 

[bconnery]

Matso's Mango beer
For a belgian blonde with mango I was expecting something, well yellower I guess.
Very pale. Crystal clear.
Strong aroma of mango but it didn't come through as strong in the taste.
Not what I was really expecting but a decent fruit beer all the same.

 

[brettprevans]

Timmerman's Kriek (cherry lambic)

Aroma and flavours of cherry candi, almond marzipan nd a hint of ginger. dry sweet finish. very similar to a cider in head, body and carb levels. thing sparse head. very very fine champaigne like bubbles/head. The finishingt sweetness seemed artifical but not cloying. very low level of sourness for a lambic. It needs to be more sour and less artifically sweet to be balanced. I put the almond characteristic down to fermenting with cherry pits. not unpleasant. good clarity (you can see the TV thru the glass, albeit a very red TV distorted by the weird glass)

had a look at the bottle post drinking. :angry: main ingreident is from fruit juice! plus it has artifical sweetners and flavours. not happy. It seems i bought a bottle of megaswill kriek!

Look it's not all that bad, just not a great kriek. too much like a cherry cider. drop the articifical sweetness and it would have been great. oh well...going by bjcp Im giving it a 27.

 

[humper_zim]

Yeah...didn't think much of it...................
Ferg

Me neither, was fairly bland i thought. not nearly as creamy and tasty as og guinness and seemed overcarbed. seemed to almost fizz in your mouth like a soft drink (for lack of any other way of describing it). the one i had was out of a bottle, not sure if it comes in any other form tho...

mike

 

[Muggus]

Had to happen eventually. The tempation was too much.
So I cracked open a bottle of Mikkeller Black Hole to commemorate my 500th RateBeer rating..
All I have to say is :icon_drool2:

 

[bum]

I hope the other 499 were a little more detailed...

 

[Muggus]

I hope the other 499 were a little more detailed...

Hahaha!
Got a bit carried away didn't I. Might have been spurred on by the 13 or so percent alcohol in the beer...

 

[reviled]

Dogfish Head 60 min IPA

:icon_drool2:

Such a fresh complex hop flavour and a subtle honey malt character, soft dry lingering finish, yum!!

 

[bum]

Won't someone ban this guy already?

 

[jdsaint]

It's been 3 years since I last tried this beer, for some reason I had to grab this and give it another go!

 

[daemon]

The first "brown" Belgian that I'd tried and it was very nice. Not overly dark but enough taste to keep going back. I quite enjoyed this one.


Brewed with heated stones in the kettle and you can taste it. Not a bad brew but nothing that really stands out.


I was hoping a bit more from this one but not bad at the same time. Certainly doesn't taste like an 8.5% beer, would be very deadly by the pint!

 

[Jez]

It's been 3 years since I last tried this beer, for some reason I had to grab this and give it another go!

Are you crazy?!?!

Don't wait for those poor Dragons to win a comp before you drink another one!! :lol:

They're yummy, I agree.

 

[jdsaint]

Are you crazy?!?!

Don't wait for those poor Dragons to win a comp before you drink another one!! :lol:

They're yummy, I agree.

Saints will win next year :icon_offtopic:

I am hooked on pale ale at this point in time

 

[reviled]

Acme California IPA - Wow, what a sh*t beer, way to fizzy, minimal hop aroma, thin watery mouthfeel, harsh bitterness, hmmm, I had half the glass trying to let it redeem itself but sadly, it got tipped down the sink, which is something i very very VERY rarely do, especially when ive paid $5 for it!!

Also - mods, why hasnt this thread been airlocked yet? Surely it warrents it? Can someone plz do it :icon_cheers:

 

[reviled]

Rogue Hazelnut brown - I needed something special tonight and was hoping this wouldnt disappoint....... It didnt ^_^

At first I was weary of this beer as i dont normally like the sweeter beers as much, and I dont know why, but I expected this to be sweeter from what ive read about it, but its not, its absolutely awesome! Like chewing on a chocolate covered roasted hazelnut, theres the perfect amount of roast to stop it being sweet or cloying, a nice full mouthfeel and I keep getting a burst of nutelle chocolate with every sip! Yum!!

Buy this beer, try it now, its good! lol




edit : Thread still not airlocked? h34r:

 

[Effect]

Bought two of these a month or so back. Been waiting for the right moment to crack it. Just ran out of gas for my kegerator for some reason What better time to open up this baby.

Couldn't drink something this good without something to eat, so quickly threw this pizza together (rocket toppa - my favourite!)



Heavy brett pie cherry nose. Strong malt flavour with warming alcohol - lingers of with some complex caramel. Sorry not that great at describing beers, but definately worth the price tag ($55 for 2). An amazing beer is an understatement!

Cheers
Phil

 

[bum]

Rogue Dead Guy Ale (in free Unibroue glass)



Was it the name? I have to admit I was expecting something more on first taste. Once I got my head around a different idea it turnes out it is quite a nice beer.

Last night (no pics) I had Moo Brew Pale Ale (gusher, gutted), Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale (ok I guess but I'm pretty sure I'm not far from brewing better myself), Red Duck Bengal IPA (JS IPA is probably a better beer which is saying something) and Holgate Nut Brown Ale (DO NOT WANT).

 

[Effect]

Rogue Dead Guy Ale (in free Unibroue glass)

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Was it the name? I have to admit I was expecting something more on first taste.

I was expecting an in your face **** you up hop bomb...it was in fact a rather nice american take on a maibock...quite nice indeed.

Cheers
Phil