ISH Beer Draught - Actual Draught Thread

[BankShot]

Read the rules ladies

Its true its right there in the guidelines

Lets keep it about the beer.

[Pain of Thought]

Here here! Let's keep it about beer! Also, when someone asks a generic question (like "do I only have one more pick?") let us respond in a manner that is informative but also kind, rather than going apesh[COLOR="Black"]i[/COLOR]t using harmful words and ALL CAPS.



Here! Here!

[One Love]

My Pick: Imperial Stout Trooper (Connecticut, US)



tai4ji2x's BeerAdvocate Review:

12oz bottle with white plastic wrapping around the top and cap. back label's bottle description/blurb gives the only explicit indication that this is the 2008 vintage. tasted in mid-may 2009. poured into tulip.

opaque black. 2-finger brown head w almost red tint, creamy and foamy, recedes to thin layer, then wisps and ring. incomplete rings of lace which then shrink further to just splotches.

aroma: coffee and roasted malt, lightly charred dark caramel, hint of dried cherries. earthy, leafy hop note. trace vanilla. whiff of alcohol in back.

taste: roast malt with light char, cold coffee, earthy hop with moderate bitterness, with note of mash acidity that is coffee-like again. vanilla hint. more roast and coffee in the finish. alcohol is hidden well. everything is all just a touch "watered-down" though - it's very good, but could be a touch more vibrant or robust.

great texture and feel. syrupy, almost viscous, yet extremely smooth and creamy. mild coffee-like acidity and astringency in and throughout the finish. mild to moderate carbonation is tingly upfront, but helps with creaminess.

ok, so the flavor could have been more robust. but the masking of the alcohol makes this amazingly drinkable for an 8.5% ABV stout.

Serving type: bottle

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sunsfan1357 you're up (1:45 PM EST)

[sunsfan1357]

With my next pick I select:

Hop Rod Rye
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Alstrom Bros Review:

On-tap at Anam Cara, stated that it was 7.7% abv … I have seen people say that it is 7.5%-8.0%.

Superb frothy head with an unyielding retention. Perfect clarity showing a deep reddish mahogany colour. Massive hop aroma, clean and pungent going from piney to grapefruit rind. A hint of spicy rye in the nose as well.

Lush crispness with a creamy back in the full body … I swear it was massaging my tongue. I felt the malt covering the palate but the hops are too much to handle … in a good way. So much hop flavour and the bitterness was spot on, when the beer warmed up a bit the spiciness of the rye came through as well as some caramel maltiness.

By far one of the best west coast beers I have had to date.

Serving type: on-tap

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MarloStanfield you're up (2:20 PM EST)

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Bump for MarloStanfield (2:20 PM EST)

[Styles p]

This beer is for the bourbon connesueirs as well. It's aged in an oak cask to give it a Bourbon flavor. I dare anybody to try this and you'll probably say there's nothing like it you've ever tasted.



You're welcome.

i've had it before it was quite delicious but i will not pay 10$ a bottle of beer.

btw we should have a weed strain draft.

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Bump for MarloStanfield (2:20 PM EST)

Again.

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Bumping it one more time for MarioStanfield (2:20 PM EST)

sunsfan1357, you're up afterwards, most likely at 2:20 AM EST

[boozehound]

This beer is for the bourbon connesueirs as well. It's aged in an oak cask to give it a Bourbon flavor. I dare anybody to try this and you'll probably say there's nothing like it you've ever tasted.



You're welcome.

interesting. just checking in on the vacation. Thanks BS for
covering meau. My squirming baby girl who wont sleep wanted to see what was going on in the beer draught.

Check out Goose Islands Bourbon County Stout (only available seasonally on tap in chicago area bars-which is why its not on my list). this 13% abv stout is aged 100 days in used Jim Beam Barrels. Brilliantly complex, my friends used to but a 10 oz snifter of this and use it to enhance 3-4 pitchers of michelob (or whatever). Brilliant beer, but not an all nighter. Ill have to see if i can find this one somewhere as well. I do love whiskey.

Anyways, Have fun with the rest of the draft and I look forward to seeing all the fine beers selected.


Also, props to hateraid for quashing the petty beefs.

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Bumping it for MarioStanfield (2:20 PM EST)

sunsfan1357, you're up afterwards, most likely at 2:20 AM EST[/QUOTE]

[MarloStanfield]

ill take hoegarden

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Marlo was 30 minutes late, but since it was the middle of the night, and the next participant didn't draft, I'm thinking we will allow it

sunsfan1357 you're up (3:00 AM EST)

1. Pain of Thought - Heineken (Amsterdam)
2. Quasimoto - Stella Artois (Louvain, Belgium)
3. StylesP - Sam Adams OctoberFest (Boston/Cincinnati)
4. Tian820 - Blue Moon (Toronto)
5. BankShot - Downtown Brown Ale (Humboldt, CA)
6. Hateraid - Guinness (Dublin, Ireland)
7. Boozehound - Sammy's Oatmeal Stout (North Yorkshire, UK)
8. MarloStanfield - Prohibition Ale (San Francisco, CA)
9. One Love - Rollstone Red Ale (Leominster, MA)
10. sunsfan1357 - Stone Imperial Russian Stout (Escondido, CA)

11. sunsfan1357 - Pliny the Elder (Santa Rosa, CA)
12. One Love - Sam Adams Boston Lager (Boston/Cincinnati)
13. MarloStanfield - Yuengling Pale Ale (Pottsville, PA)
14. Boozehound - Chimay Grand Reserve (Chimay, Belgium)
15. Hateraid - Leffe (Belgium)
16. Bankshot - Cascade Ale (Bend, OR)
17. Tian820 - Corona (Mexico)
18. StylesP - Long Trail's Belgian White (Bridgewaters Corners, VT)
19. Quasimoto - Westmalle Tripel (Westmalle, Belgium)
20. Pain of Thought - Estrella Damm (Barcelona, Spain)

21. Pain of Thought - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (Chico, CA)
22. Quasimoto - Duvel (Breendonk, Belgium)
23. StylesP - #9 (Magic Hat Brewing, South Burlington, VT)
24. Tian820 - Spotted Cow (New Glarus, WI)
25. BankShot - Dead Guy Ale (Newport, OR)
26. Hateraid - Innis & Gunn (Edinburgh, U.K.)
27. Boozehound - Mackeson's Triple XXX Stout (Bedford, U.K.)
28. One Love - Imperial Stout Trooper (Woodbridge, CT)
29. sunsfan1357 - Hot Rod Rye (Healdsburg, CA)
30. MarloStanfield - Hoegaarden (Hoegaarden, Belgium)

31. One Love - Cadillac Mountain Stout (Bar Harbor, ME)
32. Boozehound - Oberon Ale (Galesburg, MI)
33. Hateraid -
34. MarloStanfield
35. Bankshot -
36. Tian820 -
37. StylesP -
38. Quasimoto -
39. Pain of Thought -
40. sunsfan1357 -

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Bump

sunsfan1357 you're up (3:00 AM EST)