Recommendation. Pour your chilled trappist into a glass. Feel free to try it of course, but let it sit till it reaches room temperature. Much tastier.

I just brewed my first beer last night.

It's a gluten-free beer since I'm celiac. The second week of December, I'll be trying it out.

It'll be close to a Budweiser beer (unfortunately) because Bud is relatively low in gluten when compared to other beers.

Anyway,

I just brewed my first beer last night.

It's a gluten-free beer since I'm celiac. The second week of December, I'll be trying it out.

It'll be close to a Budweiser beer (unfortunately) because Bud is relatively low in gluten when compared to other beers.

Anyway,

The Sam Smith Raspberry was something else that's for sure. I liked it a ton but it's almost a beer to be shared, the entire 600ml, or whatever it is, is a little much... i even had an allergic raction since i sometimes do when i consume too much strawberry or raspberry and other like fruits. Legit raspberry that's for sure.

I will try that, I was waiting for a good time to open it. I must say the Cobblestone Stout out of a Can is fucking amazing, I believe they obtained this buy infusing the nitrogen into the Can instead of having it in the ball like Guinness. One of my new favourite stouts for sure.

What kind was it?

I picked up a Mill Street 2012 to age. Apparently they made it different this year, aged in Jack Daniels Whiskey barrels for 6 months.

I will pick up another to drink, but I'm really wanting to try saving one for like 5 years and seeing what it's like. I've got a few barley wines aging now. As I'm sure you can tell, i've become very interested in trying to age some beer.



Here's the list of beer I have had aging for 6 months to a year so far, with a few very recent pick-ups... if anyone cares.

From LCBO:

- St-Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout x 2
- Nogne O Russian Imperial Stout (my personal favourite from last year)
- Southern Tier Choklat
- Southern Tier Creme Brulee
- Southern Tier Mokah (recent pick up)
- Dieu du Ciel Solstice d'Hiver
- Sam Adam's New World Tripel
- Mikkeller Frelser
- Unbroue Grand Reserve 17
- Unibroue La Terrible (picked up only yesterday along with another to drink)
- Brooklyn Monster Ale Barley Wine
- Mill Street Barley Wine 2012 (recent pick up)

From the US:

- Stone Double Bastard
- Stone Imperial Russian Stout
- Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
- Southern Tier Java


I thought about whether or not to age the Southern Tier ones, but upon research and opinions, it is sort of mixed... some prefer them aged a year or two or more when the flavours are a little more subtle... some like them fresh so that the chocolate/coffee etc. flavours are right up front. The only way I'll find out is to try it myself.

Awesome age-haul dude. Since I'll be moving this weekend I will be able to actually save money in this world. I will be aging beer of my preference from that point on. Man, we should all age beers. Get together in a year or two and review them in a group.

If I had the money to buy extras I definitely would. I'm still thinking about that beer tasting happening in the new year. We should definitely start planning that.

If I had the money to buy extras I definitely would. I'm still thinking about that beer tasting happening in the new year. We should definitely start planning that.

Agreed! And (I don't mean to bring this up as much as I do) now that I'm moving. I can confidently say that this can totally happen at my place when the time comes. Bayview & Sheppard. Right off the highway. Will have placed for people to crash too. A wicked couch and a cot. Two large blow-up air mattresses too if people would prefer that.

:P

It is a little odd because i really didn't plan on aging the majority of them when i bought them. It just sort of happened, and after a good amount of time i just said 'fuck it, i'll keep going'. Now once in a while i'll pick of a couple of bottles of something that i can age, drink one and age the other. Not that often though, since there are only certain styles that are any good to age anyways.

I would do that for sure, but I wouldn't be staying over as I have a 4-year old and don't wanna be away from her overnight just yet (ya, I'm a big softie, fucking shoot me), but I'd definitely come by for a bit!

Got the Southern Tier Mokah today, and holy fuck is it good! I didn't get to try the Choklat or Javah that they're based on, but I can only assume that godly is the word used for describing those. Mokah was great, as just like all the other ST brews, this was exactly as it was described. It was a little bit boozy (at 11.2% how could it not be), but it was balanced out well. I loved it. Any opinions on this?

Got the Southern Tier Mokah today, and holy fuck is it good! I didn't get to try the Choklat or Javah that they're based on, but I can only assume that godly is the word used for describing those. Mokah was great, as just like all the other ST brews, this was exactly as it was described. It was a little bit boozy (at 11.2% how could it not be), but it was balanced out well. I loved it. Any opinions on this?

I keep hearing conflicting things about the aging process with certain beers. Some say it brings out more flavour, some say it shouldn't be done. What are the pros to doing it? Bottle maturation? etc.?

I got the Mill Street Seasonal Sampler yesterday!

In it was two bottles of Organic, one Stock, and three specials... the Paradise IPA, Cobblestone Stout and a Czech-style pilsner called Doppel Pils.

So far I've had the pilsner and it went down like water, at 7% ABV.

SOGOOD