Posts Tagged: Big Bombs
Quebec: Porter Baltique, Les Trois Mousquetaires
Posted by on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in - 1 comment
This must be the best value in Baltic porters on the planet at $7.99 a 750 ml at 10%. Dated and "grand reserve", too. I don't know what "grand reserve" means in this particular case as I picked it up at Marche Omni and it didn't come out of a deep dank cavern but... • The beer pours inky brown …
Session 39: Collaboration? Call O' Bore-a-tion?
Posted by on Friday, May 7, 2010 in - 6 comments
That's not very clever. Or polite. But one must pun as one can. And one has to be always on watch for indulgence - especially when it comes to marketing... or is it marketability. That is what Stan mentioned: "Collaborations are good business, good marketing, good fun and often result in …
Quebec: Dominus Vobiscum Hibernus '09, Charlevoix
Posted by on Thursday, April 15, 2010 in - 2 comments
One of the beers that Marcel from Marche Omni called me back to get my hands on. Is this the beer to help my back? Is this, more to the point, marketing? It clearly is as Charlevoix has a few different brands - I recently had the imperial milk stout under their crazed cow brand. Dominus Vobiscum …
Colorado: Fourteen, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder
Posted by on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in - 2 comments
Well, that's a nice beer, Avery. The label says bottled in 2007 and at 9.46% (also according to the label) it not only has held up well, it is displaying fine form. Rich and mellowed yet still a big bomb. • It pours that beery mahogany we all like so well and sits under a rich thick lace leaving …
Session 38 Echoes On And On and On...
Posted by on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in - 5 comments
For some reason "The Session" has not triggered that much continuing heated debate over the 38 months it's been going on. The Session, if you don't know, is the name for the once monthly universal beer blogging topic. It ebbs and flows as far as participation goes and recently has been on a bit of …
California: The Hairy Eyeball, Lagunitas, Petaluna
Posted by on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in - leave a comment
I found this at Bessettes yesterday as I was roaming a corner of northern New York for something to do. Not much to go on from the label other than it's 8.83% and comes from a pretty dependable source. They even planted their own hopyard. I know I've had the Brown Shugga and Hop Stoopid but I … read more »
Oregon: Black Butte XXI, Deschutes Brewery, Bend
Posted by on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in - 3 comments
I am delighted that samples from Deschutes get through the solid mile high maple soaked wall that is the US-Canadian border but disconcerted nonetheless. Should I be drinking a beer that says "best before 17 October 2010" or should I not? In this weekend's spirit of not being so anal about these …
Fully Expect 48% Beerish Stuff Has Been Made
Posted by on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in - 3 comments
And it sits in a bottle waiting for the appropriate marketing moment for a price of 127 dollars. Between you and me, I don't really care that it is all about marketing but I also do not care to try this or any other loony strength beer. Drinking it isn't the point. Consider this statement …
New York: Hop Warrior, Rooster Fish, Watkins Glen
Posted by on Thursday, February 4, 2010 in - 3 comments
An Imperial India Pale Ale from central New York. I didn't look closely when I bought this bomber for $8.99 at Party Source on the last trip south to the land of the salt potato. So, it is a happy me that gets a first try at a new to me CNY brewery and happy to say it's pretty fine. • I don't …
Scotland: Chaos Theory and Its Prototype, BrewDog
Posted by on Friday, January 8, 2010 in - 2 comments
I heard the news today. Chaos Theory was being delisted. Discontinued. One of the sure signs of a brewery moving into a next stage is rationalization and we have seen a bit of that with BrewDog. They have new staff and a new range for their experimental beer ideas. But once upon a time they were …
