Challenge the Bear. Baltic porter from Lickinghole Creek, so drink local! Baltic porter with graham cracker, honey and a touch of peanut. 8.5%. Label reads Maris Otter as the base malt. Taste the honey and graham cracker, a bit of caramel. Not really getting any peanut but that’s okay. It’s lighter and better than their imperial stout. Easy drinking and enjoyable on this cold evening.
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Must be an hourly alarm or even more frequent.
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"Grandma's Secret Recipe: our imperial stout, Dire Wolf, and infused with dates, toasted walnuts, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and vanilla beans. This beer was inspired by the secret fruit ball cookie recipe of our head brewer's grandma!"
I'm trying to find the actual recipe for Grandma's Date Nut Balls they printed on the label of this bottle release.
Have at it, folks!
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At Ardent with their Altbeir, Dark Rye, BBA Maple Dark Rye and their BBA Milk Stout. Reviews to follow when I’m able to put a few sentences together.
Hardywood Triple Barrel GBS
A bit nervous on this one as it was a chunky, chunky pour.
Crazy boozy nose- rum, bourbon, and apple brandy compete for air time to singe the nostrils. There is some cookie and spice notes trying valiantly to be noticed.
Dense mouthfeel.
Mid palate there’s a burst of cinnamon, ginger and other spice.
The apple brandy finish is pretty unmistakable, and quite powerful.
It amazes me that a new theme emerging for me is that describing the initial sip of these GBS variants are really challenging.
Maybe its the actual gingerbread that is the prevailing opening note.
Pretty darn good.
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If possible, gets boozier. I’m still maybe only halfway through my glass.
I wonder if Hardywood could, and if there were a market for it, if they could brew “small” GBS and take the ABV down from 9%+ to half that.
It would still likely be too rich to enjoy more than one.
Alternatively, I’d love to see a brewery adopt 4oz aluminum can “small boys” for high ABV beer.
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Sam Adams Winter Lager
Malty, with a hint of orange and cinnamon.
Really, really clean.
Fun to enjoy.