Category: Beer

Beer – 6/5/16

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Cabbages & Kings, Imperial Oyster and Horopito Stout. 12% 650ml.

This is intense, the alcohol is very apparent, the mouthfeel is viscous and rich, the taste is intense dark malt, dark chocolate, and a hint of smoke, peppery – Horopito is a native NZ pepper plant -, a little briny.

A review I made later in the night:

It was very damn good, a sipper, very intense, viscous, rich, peppery, a bit smokey and briny. I drank it over about 2 and a bit hours. 650ml. Only thing similar I have had has been barleywines. This was also about a year old – June 2015 i think was the last batch made – so had aged a bit and rounded out, which is a good thing, even preferable, for any dark strong style beer, which are, obviously, more malt forward.

 

 

Beers 13/4/16

Petrus – Oud Bruin

Petrus – Aged Pale

Petrus – Aged Red

Founders – Spectra Trifecta – Kolsch style

Moon Dog – Old Mate – Pale ale

Moon Dog  – Mack Daddy – Dark ale

Notes:

Moon Dog pale ale was more hoppy than most IPA’s, Moon Dog is usually very up front I find, love their stuff, though, this was good if not a bit too bitter for me for a pale ale. yes, it did have the fruity nose they offered.

Founders kolsch smelled lovely, tasted a bit too hoppy for a kolsch for me, but still good doing its own thing, cinnamon? definitely, lemongrass? a bit, no ginger, though its on their label prominently.

The Petrus Aged Pale was NOT what I was expecting at all going in blind, I have only had Oud Bruin from Petrus previously, and never had an aged pale ale before. Very awesome beer, and noticed it in the next beer

The aged red was very sour cherry and real nice, sour cherry always has a “fake” taste to me, for some reason, thats cherrys fault, not the beers, liked it. Not overbearing, but def a sometimes beers.

Mack Daddy is super low carbonation and has heaps of malt bitterness, its OK at best. Theres better in this style.

Oud Bruin is still just that and a great beer. Love it.