The Dark Lord 2017 was Cat 3. Thanks!!
Jet black pour with thin quickly dissipating minimal tan head.
The nose had licorice (interesting), dark chocolate, and some bourbon.
The feel was thick and syrupy.
The tastes were complex and transitioned beautifully from one to the next - toasty dark chocolate, dark fruits, minimal bourbon, roasty but minimal coffee, that licorice flavor coming in near the finish but then going back out, light sweetness but not cloying balanced expertly with good bitterness. The 15% was well-hidden, until halfway through dinner when I knew it was there.
A little stronger than mid Cat 3. Absolutely a worthy of a birthday beer and celebrating mattman and amusecupcake's accepted house offer, new job, and move to the 336.
Thanks fuse! The beer is worth the hype - it's a unique, special drinking experience and world class for sure.
Last edited by richardjackson199; 09-20-2020 at 03:50 PM.
Mystery Beer - ABV ?? - Brewery ?? IBU ??
Imperial stout. Black, thin tan head, and good.
When I refill-poured it into Mattman's glass, I also poured the mystery bottle cap into his glass. I blame the 15% from the earlier dark lord.
Low Cat 3 very high quality imperial stout. Bourbon, chocolate, dark fruits.
Thanks Mattman and amusedcupcake for the super fun night, excellent company, and Teku glass!
Couple "spoilers" for Saturday's German Vitual Pub:
Oktoberfest Märzen-Hacker Pschorr
Hopfenweisse-Schneider Weisse and Brooklyn Brewery collaboration
I may not have quite the selection that LegoBatman has assembled but I'll give him a run for his fake DBR money.
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This might be one to put on the "must find" list this fall:
https://tenemu.com/news/bells-adding...lineup/09/2020
"According to a label filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), that beer is Café Vanilla Black Note Stout 2020, a 10.5 percent ABV imperial stout aged in “freshly retired” oak bourbon barrels with coffee and Madagascar vanilla beans before being packaged in 12-ounce bottles."
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Hey, August West, do you remember this one?
https://tenemu.com/news/founders-big...ottles/05/2020
Founders-Big-Luscious-2020-Feature.jpg
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Another brew to add to the fall/winter beer list:
https://tenemu.com/news/bells-adding...ersary/06/2020
"According to a label filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), new release is “a stronger version” of the Comstock, Mich.-based brewery’s Expedition Stout that debuted in 1989."
I had no idea they'd brewed this beer for 31 years .
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Hmmm, looks like there's a new/old brewery in Wilson, NC with Casita Cerveceria becoming Casita Brewing Company:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKYJmNFOm4/
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I'm a Wise Man but there is a serving of Surly somewhere in my collection for Saturday.
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Might be a Weizenbock or three in the line-up, too.
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RichardJackson and beergoddess are terrific hosts. That Dark Lord was sneaky for sure. I asked RJ if it was 10-11% and was shocked when he said 15%. Definitely went down easily, but I started to feel it on the car ride to dinner. Very tasty, and I would agree with RJ's tasting notes. Ditto on the mystery beer. No idea what it was, but it was certainly Cat 3 range.
Found myself at Ravenna Brewing Company on Saturday. I visited back in March and was blown away so I wanted to check it out again and see if my memory was correct. It was.
Syzygy
Ravenna Brewing Company
NEIPA
7.9%ABV
"Dank nose, light fruitiness and a hint of pine from our latest hazy offering. Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, and Vic Secret hops show off with rampant juiciness in a downright stellar example of hop cohesion."
Pour is a beautiful haze that is thicker than the smoke we had all last week. Minimal head. You do get the small amount of pine. Juicy throughout. Exceptional
Wet Season: SABRO
Ravenna Brewing Company
NEIPA
7% ABV
"Our Sabro fresh hop IPA. Pina Colada aroma, big earthy body throughout. As fresh as fresh can be!"
Pour was slightly darker than the Syzygy. No head on the pour. Smells and tastes tropical. Would gladly have a second. And third. And...
Still the best brewery I have had in Seattle. I look forward to many more pours.
Ok. First beer review. Nervous. Have been talking to Neonatologists all day about ventilation and neonatal anatomy and physiology. But this post makes me nervous. That stuff is just not as important as beer.
Swan Brewing in Lakeland, FL
Swantoberfest (5.5% ABV Oktoberfestbier)
Very drinkable traditional Marzen. Mark of a good Marzen for me is taste improves as it warms and this is no exception. Just a very good traditional Marzen.
I have the vocabulary to delve further but not sure I have the chops. Gotta know who you are. So that is where I will stop. Brewery is very cool and brand new. On a lake in a city that is up and coming.