Coffee Hidden Pipe Porter-Raleigh Brewing
Story:
"Great cities have great legends. Here’s one of Raleigh’s: at the Civil War’s end, Thomas Briggs hid his money from Union troops by stuffing it into pipes which he buried underground. He later uncovered his riches and built a thriving hardware store in downtown Raleigh. Now it’s your turn to unearth a treasure trove of aromatics and flavors, including cocoa, creamed coffee, espresso, molasses, and a hint of blackberries. It’s all balanced by a moderately high bitterness. We use Oak City Roaster’s Kabum bean to really drive up the coffee in this beer! 6.5% ABV."
Should have saved this for breakfast in the morning. I think this was a favorite of fuse, the Love Ninja, mattman91 and Amused Cupcake on our jaunt here this past winter. I'm not sure I tasted it then but glad I bought 4 cans last week at Crafty Beer Store for about $1.40 each (no typo). Poured an opaque mahogany with a nose of medium roast coffee and tastes that followed of cocoa, more coffee, but no molasses or blackberries as they described above. Moderate bitterness, guessing IBUs of 40 with a listed ABV of 6.5%, both a bit high for a standard porter. The flavor was enhanced by sharing with our younger daughter and her husband tonight along with a home-made brownie. It'd made a delicious nightcap/dessert by itself but pairing it with chocolate made it even more tasty.
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Raspberry Orange Wheat Ale (draft/bomber)-Bombshell Brewing
More local!
It's always great to share/try new beers with family and/or friends and this was no exception, especially when an unexpected sale is found. I shared a mini-growler of this tonight with our younger daughter and her husband before the Coffee Porter. Quite the light, pleasant intro to our short tasting. Decanted from a $6 mini-growler thanks to the unexpected $2 off this week at Total Wine, it poured a cloudy orange-straw color with a faint pink hue. Nose of berries, banana, orange and a bit of clove with tastes to match. The raspberry flavor imparts a bit of sweetness, the orange peel a bit of bitterness and the wheat ale has its fairly typical banana and clove esters but these are not adjuncts and are rather subdued. IBUs listed at 32 which surprised me a bit as I'd have guessed 20 or less. Very sessionable at 4.6% ABV. It's a nice summer ale and would pair nicely with a fruit plate, soft cheeses or a lemon square or fruit tart after dinner.
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We're #1! (in the South)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/loc...e30529083.html
There are now 132 breweries in our fine state, up from about 50 just three years ago.
So, when you hoist an ale (or lager) on August 10 this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Pop the Cap campaign, make it a Hell, Yes Ma'am from Raleigh Brewing, a Hop, Drop and Roll from NoDa or a Bretticent from Wicked Weed and thank the folks mentioned in the article who spearheaded the effort to propel us to where we are today. Cheers/Prosit!
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He was one of several important members on the "committee" who greatly assisted the campaign. So heck yea, I'll add a Fullsteam to my toast that may have to take place over 2 days now. I actually picked those three brews representing each of the "major" beer boroughs of the great state of North Cack-A-Lacky.
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Blackberry Farm Summer Saison
A couple years ago, we celebrated a milestone birthday at Blackberry Farms.
At the time I'm not sure what they were doing would qualify as a pico-brewery.
We could not even buy bottles on premise to take home.
What a surprise and delight that Tasty Beverage in Raleigh announced they had some Blackberry Farm beer, the saison ans summer saison.
Poured a pretty cloudy brassy gold with a really vigorous head.
The nose is a bit of sweet straw.
The taste is quite tropical, I am assuming from the hop bill.
Pretty nice drop to enjoy even with the cacophony of an air compressor in the background as a neighbor washes his boat.
A pretty boutique offering- if you like the saison style, worth seeking out.
Who will be the first to try/review the new Oskar Blues IPA?