Alright, I will keep that in mind. I actually didn't find the 6-pack yet, I was still in the process. lol. But that is good, it is really weird you got that taste.

It was the whole 6 pack that tasted that way. Must have been a bad brew. I never had a bad batch taste like that before. That's why I really believed at the time that they brewed it that way on purpose.

weird.

I am off tomorrow, and tonight i am going to listen to metal and dip into the cellar. Just haven't decided what beer to open yet.

Nothing better than a stout to quell a cold!

Just opened up a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar.



Not too overbearing on the Hazelnut, and very tasty.

I like seeing how you guys get a beer such as that. And i like seeing Return of the Crimson Guard!

Possibly my favourite beer ever.

There have been some batches that were kind of syrupy with hazelnut, but usually it's amazingly balanced.

Solid new brews to post Toronto-wide.

This was killer. It really was like mixing a dead guy with a stout. Both levels of bitterness basically cancelled each other out. It was nice. I would have liked it to be a little more heavy maybe? Propeller's - Special Bitter was really good too. Seems they are good at balancing their bitterness. All the images of the bottle below were too big, I got this crappy one instead. It no longer has the silly frilly top.


FINALLY! The world famous Gulden Draak is available in Toronto lcbo's in single bottles. For the past three years I've only seen it come around christmas time in the expensive assorted Belgian mix pack. It's pretty cheap too. Under $3. It's considered to be one of the top 5 best beers in the world. It tastes like utter shit when it's cold. Make sure you drink it at room temperature. The difference is striking. You can serve it chiiled and then let it warm up of course.


The other beer I can't remember... Nosferatu? Something along those lines. I'll have to check it at home.

Well, to update you with his brewing details. He sent me the following text.

"Porter or Stone clone. I wanted to brew both of those again. Let me tell you about each recipe. The porter will have a good amount of crystal malt with layers of chocolate malt for color and roasted flavor. Pale chocolate will give a toasted biscuity flavor. The dark chocolate malt will give more malt bitterness. Porters generally have a hop presence. We should most likely stick to mostly English style hops. Perhaps we can throw in a non-citrus American variety. It'll be fairly balanced and drinkable by the litre (likely 5% avb). The stone arrogant bastard clone isn't really a classifiable beer. It's sorta a cross between an old ale and ipa. It uses a dark belgian crystal malt called special b that I love. It gives it a nice malt complexity and beautiful clear brown colour. The yeas will be English which allows the malt to shine but the hops are all chinook which is an excellent dank citrusy piney american hop variety. Although this beer won't be dry hopped, it has enough hops to balance the malt sweetness with a firm bitterness as well as carry through a wonderful flavor and aroma. Keep in mind this beer will have a higher bitterness (almost 100 ibu) and 7% abv. So although I like to drink a few, the hops and alcohol might not encourage it. What do you think? Porter or Arrogant Bastard?"

Arrogant Bastard it is! I'll have to pass one over to some of you once it's done. Especially Blasphomet as he is the only one close to me who has had the actual arrogant bastard ale. So, all this being said. It's getting pretty stuffy in here when it comes to brewing. Seems to be more people talking about it than I thought. Perhaps a home-brew thread will come out of this?

Just opened up a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar.



Not too overbearing on the Hazelnut, and very tasty.

Tonight:

I am very glad i grabbed this seasonal sampler. This Sleepy Time along with the Screaming Beaver DIPA were exceptional, and much much better than i expected, especially the Beaver. This stout though was something incredibly unique. Tasting the Belgian yeast in my stout was interesting as and tasty as hell. Not sure i would have called this Imperial though. tasted and seemed more like a single stout. Solid.



This one was my dip into the cellar, and a little surprising too. I'm sure it will make Stormland drool. Not quite as solid as i thought it was going to be. Much more hoppy than i thought as well. In fact it seems more like a DIPA, which isn't bad at all, just not expected. Lots of sweet caramel malt and very drinkable. If you can believe it, it reminds me a lot of the Super Collider from Flying Monkeys last winter. Nothing I've had from stone has been anything less than excellent, this one included. Not as solid as I hoped, for me, but still very, very good especially at 10.5%.

I picked up a six pack of this tonight. Drinking one now, it's good.