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Official Drinking Thread: 7&7s for Everyone!

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Tonight's beer is New Holland Oatmeal Stout. First time I've had New Holland beer, and I like it. And I'm thankful that New Holland Brewing is only a short drive away.

I'm also happy that my hometown will have a few breweries of its own soon. There's one going in downtown and it's only a short walk away...
 
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Just mixed Founder's Rubaeus with Founder's Breakfast Stout. This. Is. Amazing.:eek:
 
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I picked up a 6-pack of Rocky's Revenge by Tyranena Brewing out of WI... Sat down with some for the Hawks/Blues game tonight... It's "an American Brown Ale aged in bourbon barrels"... For as much as everyone here seems to like the bourbon barrel aged beers, I must say that this leaves a lot on the table for me... It's just a run of the mill brown ale to me... Nothing is really standing out :rolleyes:
 
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RaceBoarder said:
I picked up a 6-pack of Rocky's Revenge by Tyranena Brewing out of WI... Sat down with some for the Hawks/Blues game tonight... It's "an American Brown Ale aged in bourbon barrels"... For as much as everyone here seems to like the bourbon barrel aged beers, I must say that this leaves a lot on the table for me... It's just a run of the mill brown ale to me... Nothing is really standing out :rolleyes:
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I completely agree. A friend gave me a sixer for my bday. I wasn't impressed.
 
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There are some barrel-aged beers where you can definitely taste the barrel. Others seem to be hopping on the bandwagon, so I expect there to be plenty of mediocre ones out by now.

I'd also think the barrel used probably makes a difference. If a brewery is sourcing their barrels from one of the conglomerates, I'd have to assume they're getting the readily-available barrels that Heaven Hill or JB uses to bang out watery swill like Ten High, Evan Williams, and Beam White.

EDIT: Also, how long the brewer is willing to wait. It takes time for the trace bourbon locked in the wood to mingle with the beer added to the barrel.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
There are some barrel-aged beers where you can definitely taste the barrel. Others seem to be hopping on the bandwagon, so I expect there to be plenty of mediocre ones out by now.

I'd also think the barrel used probably makes a difference. If a brewery is sourcing their barrels from one of the conglomerates, I'd have to assume they're getting the readily-available barrels that Heaven Hill or JB uses to bang out watery swill like Ten High, Evan Williams, and Beam White.
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Some of us (bbdl, MNS, PaintedBandit, and I) noticed that the HammerHeart Brewery in MN uses Buffalo Trace barrels for their offerings. And hoo-boy, you can taste it, and it's awesome.
 
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RaceBoarder said:
I picked up a 6-pack of Rocky's Revenge by Tyranena Brewing out of WI... Sat down with some for the Hawks/Blues game tonight... It's "an American Brown Ale aged in bourbon barrels"... For as much as everyone here seems to like the bourbon barrel aged beers, I must say that this leaves a lot on the table for me... It's just a run of the mill brown ale to me... Nothing is really standing out :rolleyes:
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Tyranena is just average at best in all their brews. I used to drink them a bit when they first came out (about 15 years ago?) but so many other, better breweries have come along - including local micros - that I skip Tyranena altogether now.

That and I just don't drink a lot of beer anymore. Just too **** filling and too slow to feel anything.

Mostly booze now.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Tyranena is just average at best in all their brews. I used to drink them a bit when they first came out (about 15 years ago?) but so many other, better breweries have come along - including local micros - that I skip Tyranena altogether now.

That and I just don't drink a lot of beer anymore. Just too **** filling and too slow to feel anything.

Mostly booze now.
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I will say it's decent. But like you said, so many others are better at that "level" of beer...Tyranena has become an afterthought to me.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Some of us (bbdl, MNS, PaintedBandit, and I) noticed that the HammerHeart Brewery in MN uses Buffalo Trace barrels for their offerings. And hoo-boy, you can taste it, and it's awesome.
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So awesome, I would highly reccomended that HammerHeart by anyone visiting the Lino Lakes area. I could really go for Dublin Raid and Olaf the Stout, both aged in barrels
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Tyranena is just average at best in all their brews. I used to drink them a bit when they first came out (about 15 years ago?) but so many other, better breweries have come along - including local micros - that I skip Tyranena altogether now.
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Beat me to it. My sentiments exactly.
 
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Having a Bourbon Barrel Aged Quad, from Boulevard Brewing to celebrate the start of the college hockey season! Its, ummm, really **** good.
 
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The Scotch was/is Glen Elgin 22 year.

Very smooth.


This was laid down while I was in college, half of my lifetime ago. :eek:
 
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Had Perrin Brewery's IPA tonight. IPA is now my second favorite style of beer, just behind stouts and ahead of brown ales.
 
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Vodka tonight; too much vodka.

Ugly Dog Vodka from Chelsea, MI. Pretty *ing good, compared to the Grand Traverse "True North" Vokda, which is sweeter in comparison, and also costs $10 more per bottle.
 
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Bell's Kalamazoo Stout; not as good as New Holland's Oatmeal Stout or Founder's Breakfast Stout, but it's alright.
 
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Had a couple 7&7's tonight. Only had 1 can of Sprite....but I have a ton of Coke. So I was going to have a ______ and Coke, except I realized that the only thing I have that mixes with Coke/That I would mix with Coke is Wild Turkey 101.

Wild Turkey and Cokes it is!

I really need to pick up some cheap mixing bourbon, that isn't Turkey, some Evan Williams is in order next time I'm at the Booze Boutique.
 
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