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Offline muddy

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"Craft" Beer Thread
« on: May 04, 2019, 08:42:39 PM »
I'm no expert by far but I enjoy a good beer or two. So if your looking for detailed reviews I'm not your guy.

How I'll post up beers that I found and enjoyed or didn't, feel free to do the same.


Tonight it's a Bourbon Barrel Stout by New Holland Brewery.

This a good beer, but at 11% it's not for the week of heart.

The bourbon element is strong on both aroma and taste. Also get some notes of raisins, vanilla and dark chocolate.
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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 09:22:58 PM »
Good idea -- what's not to like about presenting good regional craft beers

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2019, 11:10:36 PM »
They've done a good job with that beer if the alcohol doesn't overpower the beer flavor. Do have to be careful with beer that strong though. A six pack isn't far off the alcohol content of a fifth of 80 proof.

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2019, 09:36:09 AM »
oh i will be adding to this thread.  if the mudman allows........
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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2019, 12:45:18 PM »
oh i will be adding to this thread.  if the mudman allows........
Add away!

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2019, 05:25:01 PM »
A friend dropped off a growler of TWB Brewery's (Together we're Bitter) Oatmeal Stout called "Oaty McOatface"

It is wonderful. Smooth, black as a coal miners lung, chocolaty and did I say smooth?

If you find yourself near Kitchener Ontario, I humbly suggest trying it.

http://www.brewing.coop/beer-type/oaty-mcoatface/


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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2019, 06:13:21 PM »
A friend dropped off a growler of TWB Brewery's (Together we're Bitter) Oatmeal Stout called "Oaty McOatface"

It is wonderful. Smooth, black as a coal miners lung, chocolaty and did I say smooth?

If you find yourself near Kitchener Ontario, I humbly suggest trying it.

http://www.brewing.coop/beer-type/oaty-mcoatface/


Looks yummy - and like a meal!
Nick
Yorktown, VA

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2019, 10:39:10 AM »
Had a Milk Stout from the Left Hand Brewing Company yesterday -- WOW~!!! It's one offering in their NITRO series; which means they introduce nitrogen into the beer to replace the CO2 -- nitrogen makes the beer taste smoother. If you've ever has a true pub poured English cream ale or Irish stout -- that's what makes them taste so smooth and creamy.

Tastes a lot like chocolate -- but in a good "beer" sort of way -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=yNCaV3e9BEg

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2019, 06:22:26 PM »
I'm quite a beer snob, being from a Wisconsin beer family with my g-grandfather a brewmeister from Germany and my Father working at the local brewery for almost 40 years.  A three year tour in Germany only expanded my love of different types of beer.

I've found this very nice Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from the Hardywood Park Craft Brewers in Richmond VA.

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2019, 08:26:40 PM »
I'm quite a beer snob, being from a Wisconsin beer family with my g-grandfather a brewmeister from Germany and my Father working at the local brewery for almost 40 years.  A three year tour in Germany only expanded my love of different types of beer.

I've found this very nice Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from the Hardywood Park Craft Brewers in Richmond VA.
That looks great!

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2019, 08:33:16 PM »
Drinking a Long Trail IPA batch 3

It's an American IPA.

Cloudy and hazy it has a aroma of citrus and hops

It is very smooth and doesn't have the typical bite some IPAs do.









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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2019, 10:13:17 PM »
Usually not an IPA guy, but that looks good!

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2019, 12:49:20 AM »
Behemoth Brewing Company's Chocolate Fish Milk Stout. Quite a few craft breweries are doing chocolate stouts. This one has a definite chocolate taste. I expected it to be a bit sweeter but it isn't. Quite drinkable.

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2019, 01:16:36 AM »
Garage Project Pilsner with minimalist branding.


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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2019, 09:35:51 AM »
Garage Project Pilsner with minimalist branding.


Cool!! Minimalist beer branding was once very common in the US. I'm old enough to remember that many grocery chains after WWII offered their own branded beer in very generic looking bottles and cans simply marked "Beer". It often was the least expensive beer you could find in a grocery store, but in many cases it also was very good brew. I also recall drinking cases of US Military supplied "Beer" out of olive drab green cans back in the day.