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[RunDownHouse]

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I've never been there, but is it called Vol de Nuit? I looked it up through this handy website: Beer Mapping

Thanks for the suggestion RDH.

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Wow, that's it. Definitely check it out. Looking at their website, the dude who I thought was the busboy is actually the owner.

[belgianbeerlover]

Anyone been to the Dogfish Head restaurant/brew pub in Rehoboth Beach, DE? I was checking out the "Whats on tap"
link at their website

http://www.dogfish.com/

It looks like they have many of their beers on tap, although I did not see the 120 min IPA. The spirits selection looks interesting. Do they make their own spirits or just slap their label on something made by others?

Edit- never mind, found my answer. I guess they have a small distillery - interesting.

[MrWookie]

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Wow. That site is sweet. Cool find.

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I haven't posted in this thread for a long ass time, but I had to to second this! This site is sweet.

/edit Awesome, I just found a brewpub whose beer I really liked at the Autumn Beer Review beer tasting festival a couple of months ago and it is a lot closer to me then I thought!

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What's the brewery? I'll be back in Seattle before too long, and I'm always up for hitting a new brewpub [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

[RunDownHouse]

There'll probably only be a couple of people interested in this but,

Along with the release of Wyeast's Flying Dog VSS, they included a homebrew recipe for their pale ale. Details here. I'm headed to the homebrew shop to pick some stuff up and if they've got the yeast, I'm definitely going to brew it up and see how it goes.

[MrWookie]

Well, I just got back from another beer-buying binge at Beers of the World. I got a few beers highlighted by MaxxDaddy, some more darks, and some things completely out of season because my last dark beer binge left me craving some variety. I'll be reviewing a whole lot of beer here.

The first one I tried was the Aventinus Eisbock. MD was such a big fan, I couldn't pass it up. I'm not going to write a full review since he covered the bulk of it. However, to me, it seemed to be more of a medium brown color rather than as dark as his pic would suggest. I also got a respectable amount of head w/ an aggressive pour. The flavors are great, and I do like that this beer has the idea of red wine in there. However, to me, there's a little bit of cough syrup in the aftertaste that holds this beer back from perfection. This is still a great beer, but I wish it skipped whatever gave it the little bit of cough syrup flavor. I give it [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

[Dominic]

wow...this is my first look into this thread...seems like I have some beers I've got to check out...

[MrWookie]

For my second review tonight, I picked up a bottle of Franziskaner Hefeweisse. It was on sale for, like, $1.69 for a 1 pt 9 oz bottle, but checking my receipt, I see I actually paid $2.49. Beat. I wouldn't have bothered for full price. Apparently this beer is from Spaten. It's one of the most ubiquitous German Hefes. It doesn't specify its ABV, but it's almost certainly 5% +/- 0.5%, since that's par for this style.



It pours the usual cloudy gold with a hefty head. I swirled the last of the beer in the bottle to mix in the yeast before pouring it all in. As a bonus, it's got extra head.



It smells of yeast and fruit, mostly apples and a little pear. It tastes pretty mild, moreso than the other hefeweizens I've tried. It doesn't have much spice, and it doesn't have the hint of hops that some have. The fruit flavors are nice, though. This is a good beer, but it's not up to the standards of the other German hefes I've had. I'm going to award it [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I wouldn't bother paying full price, but for the sale, it's decent. Not quite as good as when the Julius Echter was on sale, though [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

[MrWookie]

Part of my craving for variety this last beer run was a desire for a good, hoppy barleywine. I picked up a sixer of the Victory Old Horizontal for $12.99 and cracked one open for my football-viewing accompaniment. It packs a nice 11% ABV. I didn't take pics. The beer pours a nice golden brown without too much head. It smells nice and malty, but there isn't much in the way of hops. It tastes, well, just the same way. There are hops there, but not much more than the average ESB. The malt is rich and somewhat sweet. It's good, but I wish there was a little more hoppiness to go with it. I'm going to give this beer [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. It's a good beer, but barleywines can do better than this, esp. for this price.

[RobertJohn]

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Me and a buddy of mine have a habit of drinking Young's double choc with Lindenman's Framboise. We don't consider ourselves beer connoisseurs by any means, but we think it just tastes good. We don't mix it, mind you, just drink it simultaneously. I always wanted to get the opinion of a beer "expert" to figure out whether or not this practice was absurd or delightfully inventive.

[MrWookie]

RJ,

Doesn't sound like a bad plan at all [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

All,

Two beer reviews tonight, one while watching 24, one while watching Heroes. First up is the Middle Age's Brewery Dragonslayer Imperial Stout. I paid $5.89 for a 22 oz, which packs a respectable 9.5% ABV. I picked this one up largely on a whim, since I hadn't tried anything from this brewery.





The beer pours a nice dark color with a good amount of head for this variety. I smell mostly caramel and hops, and less coffee, chocolate, and malt than I expected. In the taste, the hops come through quite nicely. I actually really enjoy the hop flavor. It uses some of the floral hops I enjoy most, but the bitterness isn't overpowering. It's not particularly malty or sweet, though. There's a touch of nut flavor. There's a little bit of caramel and coffee w/ the hops, but overall, this is fairly mild for an imperial stout. On the other hand, as I'm sitting here typing this instead of sipping, I'm noticing that the flavor lingers quite nicely. I was thinking 3.5 at first, but I'm going to give this [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. It's a little bit milder than many imperial stouts, but it still lingers quite nicely. It's also a good pick for hop lovers.

Heh, looking back through this thread, I see MaxxDaddy beat me to this one. I guess he doesn't dig coffee as much as I do, but I agree this is a thinner beer than most imperial stouts. This might just not beer your style of beer, bro, eh?