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UnholyGoalie said:
It could be the yeast or sugar content. Tripels tend to be very sweet.
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I read up on it online and it turns out that I have an issue with yeasts in bottle conditioned beers. The solution is to make absolutely certain that the beer has settled upright and it is really friggin' cold when its poured. The first I can dig but the second I don't really understand why. Well, it worked! I had the beer tasting and did so without incident. All of the beer had settled and I enjoyed them thoroughly.
Also, I had a hunch that the beer we had wouldn't be enough, and I was right. A few more people showed up and I'm glad I added to my supply. I bought another Delirium Noel and another Affligem Noel.
I also added the following beers (links below)

Tetravis

Lucifer

Old Guardian

Generally speaking, all of the beers went over really well. Most of the people had never tried a Belgian and a few were familiar with the beer styles other than yellow pi$$ stuff.



Because we only had one bottle of some of the beers I had to make a measuring device that was relative to the glasses (see the orange tinted liquid next to the Celebration bottle on the left) but someone kept drinking it thinking it was another beer. So to remedy this I had to make a god awful concoction of Tapatio and some old white wine. My hope was that the person would take a sniff and know it wasn't beer. Turns out I was right. Whoever it was stopped drinking my measuring device.
Good times had by all.
 
daxx said:
I read up on it online and it turns out that I have an issue with yeasts in bottle conditioned beers. The solution is to make absolutely certain that the beer has settled upright and it is really friggin' cold when its poured. The first I can dig but the second I don't really understand why. Well, it worked! I had the beer tasting and did so without incident. All of the beer had settled and I enjoyed them thoroughly.
Also, I had a hunch that the beer we had wouldn't be enough, and I was right. A few more people showed up and I'm glad I added to my supply. I bought another Delirium Noel and another Affligem Noel.
I also added the following beers (links below)

Tetravis

Lucifer

Old Guardian

Generally speaking, all of the beers went over really well. Most of the people had never tried a Belgian and a few were familiar with the beer styles other than yellow pi$$ stuff.



Because we only had one bottle of some of the beers I had to make a measuring device that was relative to the glasses (see the orange tinted liquid next to the Celebration bottle on the left) but someone kept drinking it thinking it was another beer. So to remedy this I had to make a god awful concoction of Tapatio and some old white wine. My hope was that the person would take a sniff and know it wasn't beer. Turns out I was right. Whoever it was stopped drinking my measuring device.
Good times had by all.
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Well done!!!
 
daxx said:
I read up on it online and it turns out that I have an issue with yeasts in bottle conditioned beers. The solution is to make absolutely certain that the beer has settled upright and it is really friggin' cold when its poured. The first I can dig but the second I don't really understand why. Well, it worked! I had the beer tasting and did so without incident. All of the beer had settled and I enjoyed them thoroughly.
Also, I had a hunch that the beer we had wouldn't be enough, and I was right. A few more people showed up and I'm glad I added to my supply. I bought another Delirium Noel and another Affligem Noel.
I also added the following beers (links below)

Tetravis

Lucifer

Old Guardian

Generally speaking, all of the beers went over really well. Most of the people had never tried a Belgian and a few were familiar with the beer styles other than yellow pi$$ stuff.



Because we only had one bottle of some of the beers I had to make a measuring device that was relative to the glasses (see the orange tinted liquid next to the Celebration bottle on the left) but someone kept drinking it thinking it was another beer. So to remedy this I had to make a god awful concoction of Tapatio and some old white wine. My hope was that the person would take a sniff and know it wasn't beer. Turns out I was right. Whoever it was stopped drinking my measuring device.
Good times had by all.
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Well done!!!
 
Happy new years!
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Spike's Stoutfest, SLO

OK, I missed out Saturday because I was in Big Sur enjoying the Summer weather - so damn, Spike's, the original BEER PLACE TO GO TO IN SLO, apparently have owners who get beer (I haven't been there in 2 years because it sucked the last time I was there and I've been going since 86). They did a Stoutfest Saturday and had 48 different high ABV stouts on draft. I was lucky enough to head down this afternoon and partake of a few. I got KRBC Class V (because it's one of my favs all time), Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout, and Mad River Bourbon Barrel Aged Steelhead Stout - all 3 high quality, would drink a ton more b/c it's so good beers.

I could have had more, but the keys in my pocket said not to..... Tomorrow we'll be back for more. They have most of the 48 stouts still available - and we're talking Alesmith Speedway Stout, Firestone Walker Parabola and Velvet Merkin (yes, the real ****, not the Merlin you get in 6 packs), Stone/Farking/Wheaton W00T, Lagunitas Highwest Barrel Aged Cap Stout (the ****ing BOMB), Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper (genius in a bottle), SN Narwhal, Old Rasputin Imp Stout, Deschutes 2012 Obsidian, Drake's Bourbon & Zin Drakonic, DFH Bitches Brew, Ommegang Game of Thrones, and Ballast Point Sea Monster Imp Stout - amongst them. We don't get to see many of these on draft around here.

So I've move on to Clown Shoes Imp Stout here at home. Damn good stuff as well.....

BTW, went to Big Sur for 2 days and enjoyed Summer-like weather here in the off season - probably heading back up next weekend - life sucks :-)! Stayed at Fernwood, as we usually do, and the bar there had Lagunitas Highwest Bourbon Cappuccino Stout on draft from the Lagunitas take over a few weeks ago. They were trying to blow the keg so they were selling it for $4/pint. Karaoke night has never been so much ****ing fun! If you ever head up that way, be sure to PM me. It's a 2 hour drive for us, but we LOVE going to Big Sur.
 
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This stuff = pretty good.
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Been trying to make it out to Ladyface for their anniversary festivities. Missed out on their anniversary glass sale because I was camping. Was planning to go there for lunch today but a meeting got in the way. Yeesh. Kinda sucks not working down the street from them anymore.
 
UnholyGoalie said:
This stuff = pretty good.
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Been trying to make it out to Ladyface for their anniversary festivities. Missed out on their anniversary glass sale because I was camping. Was planning to go there for lunch today but a meeting got in the way. Yeesh. Kinda sucks not working down the street from them anymore.
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I was just there a week ago
 
Kern River Brewing Co is throwing another Citra DIPA lottery. get a ticket at KRBC Citra Lottery 2014

drawing ends Fen 9. Citra to be picked up Feb 21-March 2, if you get picked.

as you can recall last year, my wench was one of the lucky few so we got ourselves a nice surplus.
 
If you ever wanted to know what a barrel aged Coors Light would taste like, trade for one of these:
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Yes. I received it as part of a beer secret santa on another board I post on. While it fails in nearly every respect, I did find it interesting to see what the barrel aging does to a beer without any real beer taste coming through. The mild flavors of bourbon, oak, and vanilla came through, and, well, that's about all that beer gives you. Next time I have a barrel aged imperial stout I think I'll be better able to separate the barrel notes from the imperial stout notes.

If however, there is someone out there that's a complete newb to craft beers and is intrigued with the idea of what bourbon barrel aging does, that beer is pretty much ideal in that circumstance. I don't know where it's distributed, though. The person who sent it to me is located in Indiana.
 
UnholyGoalie said:
If you ever wanted to know what a barrel aged Coors Light would taste like, trade for one of these:
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UnholyGoalie said:
Yes. I received it as part of a beer secret santa on another board I post on. While it fails in nearly every respect, I did find it interesting to see what the barrel aging does to a beer without any real beer taste coming through. The mild flavors of bourbon, oak, and vanilla came through, and, well, that's about all that beer gives you. Next time I have a barrel aged imperial stout I think I'll be better able to separate the barrel notes from the imperial stout notes.

If however, there is someone out there that's a complete newb to craft beers and is intrigued with the idea of what bourbon barrel aging does, that beer is pretty much ideal in that circumstance. I don't know where it's distributed, though. The person who sent it to me is located in Indiana.
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Here is what I found > Where to buy Kentucky Ale.

Doesn't get very good marks with BA for anything either.
 
Picked up a 6er of Horn Dog Barley Wine by Flying Dog. LOVE IT. Sweet, powerful gives me potent farts. Happy Monkey.
 
the latest beers I've had, again most on tap... :)

Acoustic Ales: Wet Hop XPA (nitro tap) 6.4abv
Alesmith: Lil' Devil Belgian Pale Ale 5.95abv
Almanac Brewing: Golden Gate Gose 5abv
Drakes Brewing: Denogginizer American Double IPA 9.75abv
Figueroa Beer Co: Danish Red Lager Vienna Lager 5abv
Bear Republic: Cher Ami Belgian Pale Ale 4.7abv
Bear Republic: Double Aught Czech Pilsner 5abv
Bear Republic: Late Harvest Lager Oktoberfest 6.3abv
Bear Republic: Racer X American Imperial IPA 8.3abv
Big Island Brewhaus: White Mountain Coffee & Coconut Porter (bottle)
Brouwerij Bavik: Petrus Aged Pale Ale Flanders Oud Bruin 7.3abv
Cass Fresh (Korean, Bottle)
Firestone Walker: Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout 5.5abv
Green Flash: East Village Pils
Green Flash: Green Bullet American Double IPA 10.10abv
Koshihikari Echigo Beer (Japanese, Bottle)
Manzanita: Riverwalk Blonde
Maui Brewing: Coconut Porter 6abv
Modern Times: Southern Lands 100% Brett Yeast IPA 6.9abv
Mother Earth Brewing: Cali Creamin' Cream Ale 5.2abv
Noble: Pistol Whip'd Pils Czech Pilsner 4.2abv
Ommegang: Rare Vos Belgian Pale Ale 6.5abv
Port Brewing: Board Meeting Brown American Brown Ale 8.5abv
Port Brewing: Santa's Little Helper Russian Imperial Stout 10abv
Saint Archers: Experimental Pale Ale 5.2abv
Stone: Enjoy By 12/13/13 American Imperial IPA 9.4abv
Stone: Levitation Ale w/Green Tea Leaves American Amber Ale 4.4abv
Stone: Matt's Burning Rosids Imperial Cherrywood-Smoked Saison 10.4abv (memorial beer for Matt, a Stone Brewer)
The Dudes Brewing: Double Trunk American Imperial Ale 10.8
Victory Brewing: Dirt Wolf American Double IPA 8.75abv
 
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Recently I've been consuming the Better Weather IPA from Golden Road here in LA, and it's pretty damn fantastic. I think it's 9.6% alch, but it sure as hell doesn't taste like it. It has lots of fragrant hops that give it almost a sweetness and finishes with the IPA flavors everyone knows and loves. The malt flavors are there but the're a bit masked by the hops.
very good beer!
 
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