Originally Posted by
ricks68
I gotta tell you that I am not bragging about my beer fridge, but just lamenting about someone (me) who never liked beer until moving to AVL, resulting in overindulgent purchases of high quality beers that my limited drinking capacity cannot handle. Every time I tasted a great beer, I would buy too much for me to consume within a reasonable time. Hence, the ridiculous number of high quality beers remaining in the fridge. Heck, I haven't even tried some beers that dd brought me well over a year ago. Like I have offered in the past, there is an open invitation for beer consuming DBR posters to come visit and help me in reducing my beer collection.
Now, as far as Event Horizon is concerned, I beg to differ in your assessment. The bottle I had last night was really, really good. The bourbon barrel aging effect was not too strong (which is the way I prefer) and there was an excellent dark chocolate flavor throughout. Not even a hint of soy, or any other funky taste, to me. Really fine stuff to me, but on the flip slide, I am not an IPA nor Wicked Weed sour fan like you. So, I guess it is just a matter of what each individual prefers.
ricks
Originally Posted by
fuse
My apologies as sometimes the internet is tone deaf. I meant no offense, just a good natured hard time.
If chocolatey imperial stouts are something you enjoy, see if Bruisin Ales has Raleigh Brewing Company's The Toll bba stout. I though it was really rich and chocolatey.
As my dearly departed Aunt Ruthie used to say frequently, "To each his own." Mrs. dd quotes that quite often when there is a difference of opinion among members of the devildeac (extended) family. I've probably been kinder/gentler/less blunt than other beer tasters/reviewers, especially when gifted/traded/delivered beer for fear of insulting the giver/purchaser and ending up with future selections of various Ycch, Beers, lumps of coal/rocks, or worse, nothing at all . Fortunately, the number of ales that have been procured on my behalf by various residents of Ymm, Beer has greatly exceeded the number of stinkers I've tasted, likely by a hundredfold or more, and, for that, I remain constantly grateful/appreciative of their efforts. I've dropped a few bad brews off in my exchanges, too, but never knowingly/intentionally. "You first must kiss a few frogs before you find your prince/princess." Or something like that .
Fuse is not alone in his soy "sensitivity/perceptions" as a number of folks on ratebeer and/or beeradvocate have also used that term to describe their perceptions when sampling an ale, almost always an imperial stout. It's generally not a term of endearment as mattman has researched/posted in the past and usually means the beer has been "hydrolyzed." Perhaps not yet "turned," but certainly not a positive descriptor. But, sometimes, I think it can simply be an adjective of what the taster senses, much as pine/resin/sour/acidic/etc might not sound too appealing to other drinkers.
I'm going to finish my 2015 bomber of Event Horizon after dinner and have some thoughts up late tonight or in the AM about that tasting.
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