Drink of choice tonight?

[Mr. Kotter]

Water, nothing but water....tonight....yours?

[kstater]

I had a LaFolie Sour Brown Ale a few weeks ago. Great beer, loved it. But the 22oz was way too much to handle at one sitting.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by kstater

I had a LaFolie Sour Brown Ale a few weeks ago. Great beer, loved it. But the 22oz was way too much to handle at one sitting.

I'm with you. Its very nice but I don't want a whole bomber of LaFolie to myself. Its one of the most intensely sour beers of any style (not just Flanders Red ales) I've ever had.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by kstater

Celebrating a bit, plus the game. Chimay Grande Reserve.

One of the best drinking days of my life was 6 straight hours of free Grande Reserve.

You got Rep!

[Reaper16]

7:00pm -- Ska Modus Hoperandi
9:00pm -- Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout on-tap @ Flying Saucer
10:00pm -- Free State Ad Astra Ale on-tap @ Flying Saucer

[Reaper16]

Drinking some extras that a guy in Pittsburgh sent me in a beer trade between the two of us.

1 extra was a bottle of homebrew of his. The idea was Belgian witbier without wheat. Sort of a pointless idea and the beer itself proved pointless.

The other I'm drinking now is Newbold IPA from Philadelphia Brewing Co. It is weird. The hop flavors are all minty and spruce and tree bark and sap and oily. It isn't good.

I'm not complaining; these beers are just toss-ins. The actual trade was for some Great Lakes Blackout Stout and, more importantly, one of the 1,500 (yes, 1,500) bottles made of thr 2009 Gratitude Barleywine from East End Brewing.

[Reaper16]

I'm moving on to the third extra he sent me. Thankfully this one is good. I've had it before. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. It is, in my estimation, the second best American Porter that I've ever had.

[Psyko Tek]

cheap ass vodka
and pink lemonade
surprisingly good

[Reaper16]

Had a Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu last night. Its crazy in that typically Dogfish Head way. Let me quote the label for you:

Originally Posted by Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu label

Inspired by a beverage found in clay posts in China around 9000 years ago. In keeping with historic evidence, Dogfish brewers used pre-gelatinized rice flakes, Wildflower honey, Muscat grapes, barley malt, hawthorn fruit, and Chrysanthemum flowers. The rice and barley malt were added together to make the mash for starch conversion and degradation. The resulting sweet wort was then run into the kettle. The honey, grapes, Hawthorn fruit, and Chrysanthemum flowers were then added. The entire mixture was boiled for 45 minutes, and then cooled. The resulting sweet liquid was pitched with a fresh culture of Sake yeast and allowed to ferment a month before the transfer into a chilled secondary tank.

[Reaper16]

3 beers tonight:

Dogfish Head Red & White - a witbier brewed with Pinot Noir grape concentrate and aged on oak

Goose Island Juliet - an American Wild Ale aged in wine barrels (of unspecified varietal) with blackberries

Rogue John John Dead Guy Ale - Rogue's classic Dead Guy Ale that has been aged in Rogue Distillery's Dead Guy Whiskey barrels (a whiskey, one of three spirits made by Rogue, that is made from the same malt used to make Dead Guy Ale).

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

3 beers tonight:

Dogfish Head Red & White - a witbier brewed with Pinot Noir grape concentrate and aged on oak

Goose Island Juliet - an American Wild Ale aged in wine barrels (of unspecified varietal) with blackberries

Rogue John John Dead Guy Ale - Rogue's classic Dead Guy Ale that has been aged in Rogue Distillery's Dead Guy Whiskey barrels (a whiskey, one of three spirits made by Rogue, that is made from the same malt used to make Dead Guy Ale).

I've had Dead Guy Ale a bunch but I didn't know Rogue made whiskey too!!! Is it widely available?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I've had Dead Guy Ale a bunch but I didn't know Rogue made whiskey too!!! Is it widely available?

I've never seen any Rogue Distillery products in MO. Oregon would have them for sure, maybe WA and CA. http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php for a list of Rogue's spirits.

Rogue is doing two more collaborations between their beers & spirits this year: their Hazelnut Nectar beer aged in Rogue Hazelnut Spice Rum barrels and their Juniper Pale Ale aged in Rogue Spruce Gin barrels.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I've never seen any Rogue Distillery products in MO. Oregon would have them for sure, maybe WA and CA. http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php for a list of Rogue's spirits.

Rogue is doing two more collaborations between their beers & spirits this year: their Hazelnut Nectar beer aged in Rogue Hazelnut Spice Rum barrels and their Juniper Pale Ale aged in Rogue Spruce Gin barrels.

Not sure about the two beers. The hazelnut sounds a little sweet and although I love Pales, I've never cared for spruce in beer. A little too "air freshenery" to me. Being that I live in CA, however, I am definitely going to try to track down some Dead Guy Whiskey.

[Great Expectations]

What mail carrier do you use to ship alcohol?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

What mail carrier do you use to ship alcohol?

I use FedEx and I've never had a problem.

[chiefs1111]

Drinking a Sam Adams Summer Ale