A few more from the last week:
Yuzu Fierce - Off Color Brewing - Sour - 3.8% ABV - Didn't realize it was such a low ABV until I looked it up. Suppose it makes sense. Yuzu is an Asian citrus and makes for a fantastic sour.
Love Conquers All - Taxman Brewing Company - Session IPA - 4.5% ABV - Made with 'Lemondrop hops.' Clean, crisp, smooth, but lacking in flavor. Suppose that's why it's labeled a session
S'morecast - Taxman Brewing Company - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 8% ABV - Roasty, with the hint of eating a s'mores. Unsuprising that Taxman delivered again.
Moscatel Barrel Deduction - Taxman Brewing Company - Belgian Dubbel* - 8.5% ABV - This is listed as a dubbel, but I'd contest that. Definitely closer to a sour. Aged in wine barrels. Sweet and the inital flavor is wonderful on the tongue.
Ichabrewed Crane - Sun King Brewery - Spiced Beer - 5.1% ABV - Ginger and nutmeg are the two flavors that come through the most. Tastes like fall.
White Russian-Style Shadow Proof - Sun King Brewery - Imperial Stout - 12.4% ABV - Variant of Sun King's Shadow Proof. I caught some peanut butter flavor, but the ingredients list begs to differ. Slightly resembles a White Russian.
As for the new Taxman venue itself in downtown Indy. It's lovely. Full service. Unfortunately they still had there brunch menu for a 1:30 Sunday lunch . Will have a nice beer garden whenever the weather permits.
Great stuff. Wish we could get to In The Annapolis and/or Taxman more often.
Are you interested in hosting the December edition of Ymm, Beer Virtual Pub? PM accfanfrom1970, fuse, RJ199, Tripping William or me for details-I'd include mattman91 but we had to break the doors down when it was his turn. Really simple stuff and we'd love to see what you'd choose as your featured beer style.
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Finally hitting the road for Columbus, OH in about 5 minutes. Damn work loose ends. I'll be thirsty upon arrival about 1900 hours-hoping that makes Bob Green thirsty, too.
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Here’s their tap list. I had two flights of four five-ounce pours. One was all of the Central District IPA’s *except* the Brilliant Disguise. The Two Trick Pony DIPA was my favorite. The other three were also quite good, but not as tasty as the DIPA.
The other flight was the Weizenbock, the kettle sour, the saison, and the Lazarus golden strong ale. I listed these in my order of preference, with the sour being a very, very close second. And I’d listed the Weizenbock and sour ahead of the DIPA. I carried away a crowler of the Weiz, which was terrific on day two.
Good stuff!
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Rehearsal party for son’s wedding tomorrow. I converted at least 4 bud light drinkers to Hardywood’s BBA Cru. So good.
Double Two Hearted Ale-Bell's Brewery
From Wednesday night.
Fuse pretty much covered everything above, as he very often does. There's lot of pine/resin but equal amounts of grapefruit and orange scents and tastes along with some rind and liqueur flavors. It was brewed on 8/31/19, IIRC, and the shelf life is listed as 3 months so I'm going to finish my two remaining bottles over the next couple weeks and very likely have a side-by-side with the DFH 90 Minute IPA, which is really a DIPA and still one of my favorites.
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Whenever devildeac1 and devildeac2 sit down together with snifters in hand, you know the beverages will be outstanding. More in the AM.
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Silencio - Wicked Weed - 6.6% ABV - Kentucky BBA Black Sour Ale with added Madagascar Vanilla Beans and El Silencio Coffee
This was a fun beer this time of year - a stout-like sour.
Pours like Coke with 1 finger nice lingering tan head. It smells sour, with good coffee, bourbon, and good vanilla extract. Maybe some chocolate.
This tastes like a delicious, easy-to drink sour. Thin to medium body. Brett - tart sour forward, then great coffee flavor but not at all overpowering. It's complex enough with oaky bourbon, some malt, vanilla notes, dark chocolate, with cherry tartness on the finish.
If you see this beer and love sours, you should buy it and try it. I'd say Fuse Category 3, but just barely clears that bar.
If it's anything like the DFH 120 Minute IPA, I can see why.
120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head - 18% -
Spoiler Alert - I think I rated this a 5 on Untappd. Boozy as hell, in such a good way, and I absolutely loved this beer. Fuse Category 3. Thank you so much to whoever gave me this! Devildeac I think?
It's not a complex beer, but it's balanced perfectly. It's thoroughly enjoyable start to finish. It's malty, citrus, light hops, and earthy. The finish is extremely long and oh so satisfying.
Wow beer. Must try.