Saturday night started out as 3 couples (my wife & I, my neighbor and another couple) who planned a mellow evening of grilling steak and drinking only a few beers. Well it turned out to become an impromptu tasting in which we had the opportunity to taste 13 different beers style from the 19 beers we went through that evening.
Here are almost all the bottles and all of the glassware 6 people went through on the evening. Having all those beers made cleaning the glasses a little easier.
The Aperitif Beers:
Beer #1: Jai Alai
Brewery: Cigar City Brewing. Tampa, Florida
Style: I.P.A.
ABV: 7.5%
Beer #2: Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer
Brewery: 21st Amendment Brewery. San Francisco, California
Style: American Wheat/Fruit
ABV: 4.9%
Beer #3: Vin de Céréale. 2004 bottle #7392
Brewery: Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V. Roeselare Belgium (Brouwerij Palm NV)
Style: Flanders Red Ale
ABV: 10.0%
Beer #4: Sofie
Brewery: Goose Island. Chicago, Illinois
Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
ABV: 6.5%
Beer #5: Beer Geek Breakfast
Brewery: Mikkeller. København, Denmark (Brewed at Nøgne Ø, Grimstad, Norway)
Style: Oatmeal Stout w/ Coffee
ABV: 7.5%
Beer #6: Just Outstanding IPA
Brewery: Kern River Brewing Company. Kernville, California
Style: I.P.A.
ABV: 6.8%
Beer #7: Pisgah Baptista
Brewery: Pisgah Brewing Co. Black Mountain, North Carolina
Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale
ABV: 11.5%
Dinner drinks:
Beers #8 & #9 were paired with grilled Filet Mignon, grilled asparagus and corn on the cob.
Beer #8: Abbey Ale Special Reserve
Brewery: Ølfabrikken Roskilde, Denmark
Style: Dubbel
ABV: 8.5%
Beer #9: Decadence 2009 Anniversary Ale
Brewery: AleSmith Brewing Company. San Diego, California
Style: Dunkel Weizenbock
ABV: 9.0%
Pre Dessert Beers:
Vertical Tasting of Good Karma Tripel Version #5, #6 & #9
(IMHO Version #6 was the better of the three. It is an outstanding example of the classic Belgian Tripel)
Beer #10: Tripel #5 (made with Westmalle yeast)
Brewery: Good Karma Brewing. Boca Raton, Florida
Style: Tripel
ABV: 9.0 %
Beer #11: Tripel #6 (made with LaChouffe yeast, sold as Ardennes yeast)
Brewery: Good Karma Brewing. Boca Raton, Florida
Style: Tripel
ABV: 9.0 %
Beer #12: Tripel #9 (made with Uniboue yeast)
Brewery: Good Karma Brewing. Boca Raton, Florida
Style: Tripel
ABV: 9.0 %
The Dessert Beers, Part 1:
Beer #13 & #14 are paired with chocolate cover strawberries
Beer #13: Crème Brûleé Stout
Brewery: Southern Tier Brewing Company. Lakewood, New York
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 9.2%
Beer #14: Older Viscosity
Brewery: Port Brewing Company / Pizza Port. San Marcos, California
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 12.10%
The Palate Cleanser:
Beer #15: Supplication
Brewery: Russian River Brewing Company. Santa Rosa, California
Style: American Wild Ale
ABV: 7.0%
The Dessert Beers, Part 2:
Beer #16 was paired with a chocolate lava cake.
Beer #16: Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Brewery: Mikkeller. København, Denmark (Brewed at Nøgne Ø, Grimstad, Norway)
Style: Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ Vietnamese ca phe chon coffee
ABV: 10.9%
The Digestif Beers:
Beer #17: Stille Nacht
Brewery: De Dolle Brouwers. Esen, Belgium
Style: Belgium Strong Dark Ale
ABV: 12.0%
Beer #18: Consecration
Brewery: Russian River Brewing Company. Santa Rosa, California
Style: American Wild Ale
ABV: 10.0%
Beer #19: Boerinneken
Brewery: De Proefbrouwerij (bvba Andelot). Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium
Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale
ABV: 9.5%
My Favorite Brew of the Day:
Vin de Céréale.
My Least Favorite Brew of the Day:
Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Ale
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