I'm not good at this whole "take notes while you're drinking at home" thing yet... so, unfortunately I don't have notes on Cascade Cuvee du Jongleur (AWESOME), Troeg's Nugget Nectar (still hoppy despite being in the fridge for a few months- it held up well), Lagunitas A Little Sumpin Sumpin (really good!), and 21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon (I think this beer is horrible, Ben loves it). We also used a Duck Rabbit Milk Stout to cook some pork, and I drank the leftover for breakfast on Sunday. Breakfast of champions.
However, I do have a few notes on:
Russian River's Damnation Batch 23 (46)
It is aged on oak chips and 10.75% (compared to regular Damnation which is about 8%). It smells like a hefeweizen, and bubblegum. Tastes like licorice, bubblegum, slightly oaky, tropical fruits and banana. It is definitely a step up from regular Damnation, and hopefully we'll be able to get more sometime! We both ranked this a 4.
Hair of the Dog's Fred from the Wood 2008
It smells oaky, probably because it is aged in new American oak barrels. In our experience, American oak always flavors the beer more than French oak. It tastes like wood and chewing on oak ("in a good way"), smoke, tobacco, tropical fruits, candy sugar, and dark rum. It is sweet but not cloying. We forgot to rank this, but I'm going to go ahead and rank it a 5. Ben can rank it in the comments if he wants :)
3 comments:
Wow you are a serious beer conoisseur. You've come a long way since Keystone Light and plastic vodka!
Have you had Hoptimus Prime? Double IPA. I had it recently and loved it. Plus of course it's got one of the best names ever.
Yeah, that Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood was amazing - I need to get more of that. I would rank it a 5 as well.
I have had Hoptimus Prime. It is not a bad beer, but there are a few other double IPAs that I prefer.
I do agree that it is one of the best names for a beer, even though I'm not a fan of Transformers!
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