That one's got'em.
They extract the hop oils from wet hops right out in the hop fields. With the beer glass sitting on the table a few feet away, the beer smells like a bag of T90 pellets. Well balanced though. A very nice beer.
There is two camps of Black IPA or what i prefer to call Cascadian Dark Ale.
One is a regular black beer done with some roast barley for darkness and bitterness and lots of hops and the other is a regular IPA done with roast wheat or dehusked roast barley to remove the acrid roast flavours that usually come with roast barley.
It's an illusion, a sleight of hand that makes your brain expect a porter or stout and your mouth receive a hoppy pale ale.
I tried a couple of flights of Cascadians while in Seattle last spring (an amazing selection of fresh beers available in that town!). It was the dark roasted grain flavors that clashed with the assertive IPA hop bitterness that I did not like. If the husks are removed, the dark grains are mostly there for color. An illusion indeed.
I use a malt called Midnight Wheat. It has no husk in the first place.
As tp what's in the glass, we have found a type of Rice spirit called Lao Chen Jui. I've been drinking the weakest one at 38% but they get up to the 60"s.
It's a really nice flavourful spirit with poor cuts floral anf fruity, but there are some here that are actually undrinkable. One bottle we bought on the first night smelt EXACTLY like pure foreshots and was tipped down the sink without tasting.
Kings County Distillery bourbon, aged in 5 gal new american oak for 1 year minimum And made from 80% organic corn, locally grown. Will add a pic later :-bd It is good, but pricy!
My wife is at some hoitsy toitsy company get together in Naples and in HER glass last night was Pyrat Rum. Her boss told her and everyone else that it was $103 a glass. She said it tasted a lot like mine but she is no rum expert.
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220L wow and to think i'm struggling with trying to get enough low wines with my ujsm for a spirit run.....how do you make that much spirit ha ha 8-}
The Balvenie - Doublewood 12yo
I like it, it's a thumbs up from me.
One of my all time favorites
+1 the Balvenie.
I reckon Its on a par with the Glenmorangie Quinta Rubin, but maybe im just splitting hairs.
On the odd occassion im sipping either, i can feel my level of sophistication rising.
Red wine, 4000 bottles of it too....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6eY9VUIgI
Nice...I see brandy on the horizon...
I'm drinking Bacardi - white rum.
Bacardi white rum...again. It's nothing special, nothing objectionable, happily goes down and it's cheap.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I do like me some aromatic hops
That one's got'em.
They extract the hop oils from wet hops right out in the hop fields. With the beer glass sitting on the table a few feet away, the beer smells like a bag of T90 pellets. Well balanced though. A very nice beer.
Not for saving though. Hop aroma faded quickly.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
TsingTao night after night..... :((
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Cry baby.......
Tsing Tao night after night
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And you thought you had it bad back home...
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
D-brew
Never acquired a taste for black IPAs. Dark grain flavors and hop bitterness are at odds, IMHO.
But hey, it looks good on you! :D
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I wrote fades on purpose.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
Smoked Plymouth martini up with 3 Gouda stuffed olives. Mmmmmm
It was worth a try. Good beer but not ranking on the top of my list.
The Woodford was really nice and oaky with the ice
There is two camps of Black IPA or what i prefer to call Cascadian Dark Ale.
One is a regular black beer done with some roast barley for darkness and bitterness and lots of hops and the other is a regular IPA done with roast wheat or dehusked roast barley to remove the acrid roast flavours that usually come with roast barley.
It's an illusion, a sleight of hand that makes your brain expect a porter or stout and your mouth receive a hoppy pale ale.
My recipe is in the second camp. B-)
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I tried a couple of flights of Cascadians while in Seattle last spring (an amazing selection of fresh beers available in that town!). It was the dark roasted grain flavors that clashed with the assertive IPA hop bitterness that I did not like. If the husks are removed, the dark grains are mostly there for color. An illusion indeed.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I use a malt called Midnight Wheat. It has no husk in the first place.
As tp what's in the glass, we have found a type of Rice spirit called Lao Chen Jui. I've been drinking the weakest one at 38% but they get up to the 60"s.
It's a really nice flavourful spirit with poor cuts floral anf fruity, but there are some here that are actually undrinkable. One bottle we bought on the first night smelt EXACTLY like pure foreshots and was tipped down the sink without tasting.
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So, you have to fly to China to buy some exclusive duty free Scotch Whiskey at Shanghai Airport that you can not get in Austria? :-O
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Kings County Distillery bourbon, aged in 5 gal new american oak for 1 year minimum And made from 80% organic corn, locally grown. Will add a pic later :-bd It is good, but pricy!
This one is for Garry: Paracelsus ZWICKL on Tap
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A pedestrian white rum....
But I'm on Singer Island and the young lady serving is a lovely flower.
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Is it a dirty lager? It looks like it's parading as a proper ale, but i bet it's a filthy lager.
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My wife is at some hoitsy toitsy company get together in Naples and in HER glass last night was Pyrat Rum. Her boss told her and everyone else that it was $103 a glass. She said it tasted a lot like mine but she is no rum expert.
Clarification on the rum; that was 2 shots per glass.
Plus she loves you :))
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