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Drinking Thread: Three Sheets To The Wind

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bigblue_dl said:
Pasties are the definition of a common food, nothing glorified about them at all. Really not sure what you're talking about.
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But but but but but they are PASTIES! IT'S DIFFERENT! (if you ask the born and bred Yoopers; you are a transplant, for lack of a better definition).
 
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I have 3 bottles of wine (1 Rose and 2 bottles from Tabor Hill, a Michigan winery), and I spent money to get some Founders' Blushing Monk today. I've heard Blushing Monk is a more advanced Rubaeus.
 
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Tabor isn't half bad. Round Barn, which isn't terribly far away from Tabor made the best pinot I've ever had. Unfortunately, subsequent years of that pinot weren't very good.

Blushing Monk is wonderful. I don't know if the 18/19 vintage is as good as the 15, but the 15 was worth hunting for.
 
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Blushing Monk is Rubaeus on steroids.

Picked up what is probably the most expensive 6er I've ever bought today, although it was a build your own, as all of them come in single 12oz bottles/16oz cans:

2 Odell Jolly Russian (Rum BA stout)
1 Odell BA Lugene (BA Chocolate milk stout)
1 Prairie Bomb! (BA stout)
1 Prairie Double Dunk (Oreos stout)
1 Mikkeller Traeblod (imperial stout w/maple syrup and coffee) (16oz can)

After the 10% discount and tax added, it was $53. :eek:
 
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was able to grab a couple with the ambassador of laos last night... anchor steam ipa with a funny name.
 
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I have seen KBS everywhere lately, and I’ve never tried it, so I bought one. Didn’t age it (I know, I know, but I wanted it for today).

It punched me in the face.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Don't age your beers. Drink them.
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Some beers need aging. The Scotch BA Silhouette is WAY too hot. It's ALL the peat. Can't taste anything else. Needs to cool down. Dark Lord is the same way: needs 1.5-2 years before it peaks (I've had a 14 year vertical with friends, all had the same opinion).

KBS' production was upped hardcore last year, thankfully. It's still a little pricey, around $6/bottle, but one of my favorites. It was solid fresh this year, not overly boozy like in years past.

Cracked the Mikkeller Traeblod. HOLY MAPLE. Not enough coffee for balance. It was very good for a maple stout, just was not as advertised.
 
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The Rube said:
Some beers need aging. The Scotch BA Silhouette is WAY too hot. It's ALL the peat. Can't taste anything else. Needs to cool down. Dark Lord is the same way: needs 1.5-2 years before it peaks (I've had a 14 year vertical with friends, all had the same opinion).

KBS' production was upped hardcore last year, thankfully. It's still a little pricey, around $6/bottle, but one of my favorites. It was solid fresh this year, not overly boozy like in years past.

Cracked the Mikkeller Traeblod. HOLY MAPLE. Not enough coffee for balance. It was very good for a maple stout, just was not as advertised.
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I have never had a beer I thought was too hot. I drink Booker's bourbon straight, ain't no weak beer going to scare me off. :D

I've had verticals of beers as well. There has only been one that was better a year old. That was the Huna down in Tampa.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I have never had a beer I thought was too hot. I drink Booker's bourbon straight, ain't no weak beer going to scare me off. :D

I've had verticals of beers as well. There has only been one that was better a year old. That was the Huna down in Tampa.
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I also prefer my bourbon/whiskey/scotch straight. ;)

There are some barleywines that also need some aging (Lift Bridge Commander). Had a 5 year vert of that last year with friends, and 3 years old was FIRE. So dam good. The newer ones didn't have the balance that the older ones did. Of course, a beer can get too old, and not have "it" anymore. 2 years ago had a 2007 Darkness. Yep, soy sauce, as expected.

Overall, you're taking a chance with aging, hence many times people (myself included) buy 2 of everything special. One to have now, and one to age. It's a guessing game, and usually only experience adds to the accuracy of how much you should age that beer, if at all.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
In my experience, never.
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Oddly enough, last year's Darkness was off. It was a common opinion. It was good, but not DARKNESS. A year aging helped it quite a bit, also a very common opinion. Dunno what they did, or what happened with it...this year's Darkness is spot on fresh. I'm talking regular, not BA, in this example.
 
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The Rube said:
KBS' production was upped hardcore last year, thankfully. It's still a little pricey, around $6/bottle, but one of my favorites. It was solid fresh this year, not overly boozy like in years past.
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Good to know - I didn't buy any this year, but my place has some set aside for me. I was hesitant because at least the last 2 have been VERY boozy.

The Rube said:
Oddly enough, last year's Darkness was off. It was a common opinion. It was good, but not DARKNESS. A year aging helped it quite a bit, also a very common opinion. Dunno what they did, or what happened with it...this year's Darkness is spot on fresh. I'm talking regular, not BA, in this example.
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Really? Having never had it other than when we were in town, it was delicious. We had it on tap at Travail and it was MARVELOUS.
 
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