NC now with >300 craft breweries:
https://ncbeer.org/
Brewery Bhavana Cellar Door Number Two
Brett sour blend aged in Sangiovese barrels for eight months and then hopped with Nelson Sauvin.
Clear pour into two Ephemere tulips, leaving a few ounces behind in the 750ml bottle that was sedimenty.
A really beautiful clear copper hue.
Nose is woody, sweet and sour.
Almost a sweet red wine beginning that sours and then dries out at the finish.
An elegant drop full of complexity.
Cheers! 🍻
NC now with >300 craft breweries:
https://ncbeer.org/
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Another quick dissipating head.
Similar nose to my palate as Cellar Door Number Two- sweet and sour, not as woody.
Much fruitier and more sharply sour than Number Two. A brighter beer.
Starts with orange pith, grapefruit zest and a mild, dry sour finish.
Another Brewery Bhavana hit! 🍻
"Put that coffee down!"
From 1/5/18 (worth re-visiting):
From dinner time tonight:
Coffee Is For Closers-Fullsteam Brewery
12/18/18
CANNED
Getting near the end of February's beer purchases for younger daughter (30 for 30), son (traders) and self (treat!). I think there are 2 left and one is poised for launching late tonight.
This was either about $1.50 or $1.70 after my 15% large purchase discount and well worth it. Review above still holds true and it paired quite well with a pulled pork sammich (homemade by a friend and bought at a fundraiser recently) and some homemade slaw. A delicious coffee porter. Would also make a great tailgate breakfast beverage.
Warning: there are some naughty words in this clip:
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From 1/22/15 (original review):
From tonight:
Skillet Donut Stout-Burial Beer Company
(mostly unreadable ink smudges on bottom of pint can)
Next-to-the-last purchase from February's splurge. About $5 for the pint can after my 15% "bulk" purchase discount.
I don't think much has changed WRT appearance, aromas or tasting. Still a superb flavored coffee imperial milk stout. I had no donut holes at home so I settled for a giant, day old chocolate chip cookie from a favorite gourmet cookie shop in town. Highly recommended. Ymm, (cookies and) Beer.
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From 2/17/18:
From the last 2 nights:
Bourbon Barrel Aged honey Ginger-Ardent Craft Ales
Brewed on December 8, 2017. Amazing that this 750 ml capped bottle lasted this long and it may have been even better in the bottle for another 14 months.
All the above still applies, adding that it's a tripel style ale and there may be some more wood, vanilla and lightly toasted coconut flavors after additional aging. If Ardent released this in 2018 and any bottles are still available, I think I'd take a case of this for trading, sharing and hoarding, err, aging .
Thanks again to accfanfrom1970 for allowing me to choose this last year as one of my traders for some $10 Curieux large format bottles!
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[QUOTE=devildeac;1156411]From 2/17/18:
From the last 2 nights:
Bourbon Barrel Aged honey Ginger-Ardent Craft Ales
If Ardent released this in 2018 and any bottles are still available, I think I'd take a case of this for trading, sharing and hoarding, err, aging .
Thanks again to accfanfrom1970 for allowing me to choose this last year as one of my traders for some $10 Curieux large format .
This has been my favorite beer since it’s first release. I like their regular honey ginger, their BBA put it over the top. 2017 I was able to buy it at total wine and Tom Leonard’s, in addition to their draft room. I must have bought 20 bottles which is why I didn’t mind trading some. Then 2018 I couldn’t get a release update other than it was “in the barrels.” I don’t know if there were production or barrel issues, but it sold out in two days one weekend and never hit the stores. I missed it out of town. I’m still searching, but am resigned to 2019.
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I had no clue they named a beer after one of these:
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https://hardywood.com/beer/cassowary/
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Boulevard Brewing “Rye on Rye 6” 2019 limited release. 4-pack 12 ounces, from total wine. An ale, spicy rye malt , aged in Templeton Rye whiskey barrels. It’s malty, spicy, hints of vanilla and oak. A bit of sweetness and a bit of a boozy finish. 12.9% and only 16ibus. Exceptional beer, if you like the Rye finish. I enjoyed the Rye GBS from Hardywood so picked this up on impulse. 4-pack for $17. I will get another 4-pack if it’s available. The “6” is the 6 year barrels, Templeton ages their whiskey 6 years not the typical 4 years.
Another up-and-coming North Carolina brewery (Fonta Flora):
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/busine...9eb168289.html
"Starting with himself and one full-time employee and a $125,000 initial investment, the brewery now has 13 full-time employees, as well as 12 part-time servers (primarily moonlighting teachers) working in its two tasting rooms, Boera said.
“We played it safe the entire time,” he said. “We started super-small, and we expanded into a reasonable-size brewery.”
Besides the direct sales and tourism benefits, he said, the brewery’s use of local farm products — including more than 100 tons of grains and malt and 20 tons of fruit this year — provides a more than $250,000 infusion into the local economy."
Beer=good for the economy
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From 4/16/17 (to celebrate 2 years):
From last PM and tonight:
Raspberry Stout (2018?)-Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Hardywood doesn't date their bottles in any way so I'm guessing this is a fall/winter release as I bought four 500 ml bottles (a new format at $6 each-a very respectable price) in February with 2 going to our son as traders and the other 2 for me as I couldn't find "fuse" designated anywhere on any of the purchases .
I doubt much has changed as my visual and tasting impressions were pretty similar with the above and the current sampling with the same advanced stats. Perhaps this issue was a bit more tart/sour but the dark chocolate/cacao nibs and red raspberries were still shining stars. Highly recommended. I *think* accfanfrom1970 mentioned or inquired about a BBA version but I haven't seen that in NC. Perhaps he has a few thoughts he'd like to post...
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