I bought that seasonal sampler and got a Tall Can...

on sale right now... I couldn't help myself.

Since you posted about Cider, I'm gonna post about some mead.

I enjoy a glass of this each Friday night whilst Lynne and I watch American Horror Story. And I fucking love it!



I've also been meaning to ask Anhur what he thought about a hoppy mead, as these bastards at B. Nektar have made one.

http://www.bnektar.com/mead/draft-sessi ... enius.html

Thanks for the tips Anhur / Birdog.

That makes perfect sense! I should have known better as they chuck in the Lemon Tea can every summer. It was better when they didn't slap a little sticker over the top of the box to prevent opening them up to grab the seasonal beer. Now I feel obliged to buy the whole box.



Also, at the mention of Pliny by Birdog... what i would do to get my hands on the Younger or Elder!

Smart-ass.

They just got bought out by Anheuser-Busch I'm pretty sure.

Founder's Double Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Stout I hear is essential.

Yeah, you can’t go wrong with pretty much anything by Founders. I don’t know what you can get in PA though, so I just stuck to recommending PA beers to keep it simple. Since Stormland is probably going to be having his friend look, I wanted to throw a couple out there that would be easy to find.

Any Russian River stuff, or Founders would be an easy choice. I just don’t know if he can find it easily.

I know what you mean. They are sneaky fucks like that. Plus I don't think nitrogen can be bottled and I've learned that the Cobblestone is in fact a widget nitrogen beer not an infused as I thought, its stuck to the bottom of the can and actually says to have a glass on stand by to catch the run off.

Well I know the Guinness Draught in a bottle has a widget, so they could possibly just do that for their bottle version as gluing it to the bottom is probably out of the question.

I picked up a bomber of this Sam Adams Merry Mischief. It’s a ginger bread stout, which essentially means it’s a stout with Christmas type spices. I am drinking it right now, and it is really fucking good. I also grabbed a six pack of the Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale. Anderson Valley rules, and people who come to the states to buy beer should always get their stuff if they see it. I have a nice mix going in my fridge right now, with a wide range of six pack remnants from the last few weeks. I love having so many great brews on hand.

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I didn't know their bottles have widgets. I will have to check this out next time I see a bottle.

Picked up 2 bottles of the Craftmans Chocolate Oatmeal Stout and one bottle of Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout.

Mini-Haul today at King & Northfield, Waterloo:

2012 Muskoka Winter Beard
Wychwood Bah Humbug!
Craftsman Oatmeal Chocolate Stout (Finally!)
Southern Tier Mokah
Grand River Russian Gun

I've had just about all those Sam Adams in the 22oz bottles, all of them were excellent. I'm going to the liquor store tomorrow to get that one that you have, looking forward to it.

Holy shit do I have the scoop on this one.

So, last night. I'll admit. . . after a fair amount of beer, I decide to review this gem. I really didn't know what to expect. I've had champagne infused beer. I've had my fair share of Barley Wines. Now, wine infused beer. It went down like a double fermented beer. The carbonation and the sweetness immediately brought out friendly reminders of all the double fermented beers I've had in the past. The 11% abv complimented the beer like no other. The alcohol wasn't too overpowering at all. This was the kicker. My absolute favorite part of this beer. The part of it that would keep bringing me back for more and more. The caramelization effect that the beer mentions reminds me of the taste of sugar cane or caramel candy apples. Seriously amazing surprise. They pulled it off unbelievably well. Blasphomet, I must commend you for your idea to age this well before you ever had it.

ENJOY!


.... I will buy many many more.

Oh, and I drank it out of the stem-less snifter's I posted below which I recently got from a Courvoisier gift pack I got from this season.



I hate to say it, but PIMPIN! lol

The first one sounds delicious and the second one looks delicious

Looking forward to it. I will give her a go tonight. I have three bottles so i'm good to go if it happens to sell out real fast.

I didt try out the St Ambroise Vintage ale and the nose on that reminded me a lot of the caramel apple you describe here.

Love the Raison and drink it regularly.

Had the Weyerbacher Pumpkin last most and it was great. The Shipyard Pumpkin was the illest out of the Pumpkins I tried.