Speaking of destinations, we have arrived and the wi-fi is working well.
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Speaking of destinations, we drove 480 miles from NC today to an undisclosed Ohio address so I could split a sour from Boone, NC with our son.
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Additional destination beers tonight included one from RVA and one from Charlotte.
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Amazingly, there's one of these in RJ199's recent assortment of traders:
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Blazz Berry-Appalachian Mountain Brewery
Near local.
Credit-son (who received as a trader from a friend; must be hereditary ); thanks!!
Style-white wine barrel aged and fruited sour
Format-500 ml bottle
Serving vessel-snifters
Appearance-CranBlackberry juice; minimal fizz
Nose-berries and berries
Mouthfeel-mild pucker
Tastes-blackberry and raspberry juice, unsweetened; lemon-lime juice; red wine
Adjuncts-raspberries and blackberries
IBU-has to be <10
ABV-7.1%
Overall impression-outstanding sour; even Mrs. dd took a couple sips and said "not bad"
Ymm, Beer rating-mid level cat 3; what's not to like w/barrel aging and double berries
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A few more late shopping hints for Valentine's Day beers:
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Never heard of it. But, I don't get around much.
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#7 Valentine's Day beer suggestion:
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Sounds/looks vaguely familiar.
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In that case, you can focus on different regions! Italy has an absurd number of varietals due to the practice of giving different names based on the regions in which they are grown:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...rape_varieties
You could spend a year there before you tried them all. And the good Lord willing, I plan to do just that.
A Tefnut variant:
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Shaping up to be a Dark Lord 2017 kind of day.
"Amazing what a minute can do."