ISH Beer Draught - Actual Draught Thread

[One Love]

My Selection: Harp Lager

[BankShot]

sunsfan1357 you're up (3:50 PM EST)

[tian820]

I haven't had the internet for the past 3 days due to moving out/into my place around here so I'll PM my pick to someone. I probably won't have the web until tomorrow night or Tuesday sometime after this either...

[sunsfan1357]

I'm going to go for Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale



http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/1904/?ba=bros

Balanced? No way. But who gives a rat's ass? 2001 is something to kick the Winter into gear, with its incredible raw hopped character and warming alcohol. A beer to look forward to, regardless. I do recall previous years being more pronounced in the malt dept. and more balanced. But hey, whatever. Drink a few of these and nothing will really matter.

To give this year's a perfect 5 is a little extreme. Everything was great overall, the drinkability ... like crack. I'm off to the pawn shop ...

Notes from 2000:

Presentation: 12oz short brown twist cap bottle. Lovely little X-mas scene on the label. Bottled on date, on neck of bottle.

Appearance: Rich, deep amber/copper. Excellent slightly off-white head ... very creamy, sticky and retains like its fighting for its life.

Smell: There's an absolutely incredible aroma on this beer! A nose full of big herbal hops and fruity esters. Some yeast aromas are also present, but very minimal.

Taste: Dreamy. So smooth. So rich. So fortified with malt goodness. So hoppy. At first there's a creamy feel on the palate, that then opens up to toasty, sweet malt flavours. A bold herbal hop runs rampid on the palate with a semi-prickly, puckering, lemon-rind quality. After a few more mouthfulls the brew begins to warm the body, and you can really feel the alcohol kick in. Finishes a bit dry with grain/husk flavours, and some breadiness as it warms.

Notes: At 6.8% this is one hell of a Winter seasonal! Warms the body and soul. A brew for hop heads too. One of the best Winter Seasonals that I have ever had, and one of the best Strong Ales. Drink with caution as this brew will kick your ass.

[BankShot]

Via PM tian selects Hopalicious from the Ale Asylum Brewery in Madison, WI

[BankShot]

[php]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 - Sam Adams Utopia (Boston/Cincinnati)
34. MarloStanfield - Jamaican Red Ale (Humboldt, CA)
35. Bankshot - Summit Extra Pale Ale (St. Paul, MN)
36. Tian820 - Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat (Chippewa Falls, WI)
37. StylesP - Sea Dog Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale (Camden, ME)
38. Quasimoto - Baltika Porter (St. Petersburg, Russia)
39. Pain of Thought - Red Stripe Lager (Kingston, Jamaica)
40. sunsfan1357 - Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout (Humboldt, CA)

41. Pain of Thought - Tsingtao Beer (Quindao, China)
42. Quasimoto - Pauwel Kwak (Buggenhout, Belgium)
43. StylesP - Piton Lager (Vieux Fort, St Lucia)
44. BankShot - Drop Top Amber Ale (Portland, OR)
45. MarloStanfield - Newcastle Brown Ale (Gateshead, England)
46. Hateraid - San Miguel Lager (Philippines)
47. Boozehound - Full Moon Pale Rye Ale (Blanco, TX)
48. One Love - Harp's Lager (Irish, but brewed in multiple locations worldwide)
49. sunsfan1357 - Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (Chico, CA)
50. Tian820 - Hopalicious (Madison, WI)

51. sunsfan1357
52. One Love -
53. boozehound -
54. hateraid -
55. MarloStanfield -
56. Bankshot -
57. tian820
58. StylesP
59. Quasimoto
**. Pain of Thought - banned[/php]

[BankShot]

sunsfan1357 you're up (6:45 PM EST)

[sunsfan1357]

I'm going to go with

A-Pours a clear light amber deep golden color with a medium creamy off white head that stays for a little bit but dissapears to a very thin film on the beer. And leaves thin delicate beautiful lacing. Could have better retentioin though.

S-The aroma is the most comlex hoppy beer I've ever smelled. It's like this bright sweet candied earthy apricot/peaches.

T-The flavor isn't as bright but just as comlex. First is a earthy, floral and a bit piney. Then the clean and slightly woody bitterness (in a good way)comes to play on my tongue. I'm very suprized by this IPA. I didn't expect it to be this good. Also there is of coarse a solid sweet maltiness in the flavor.

M-The mouthfeel is pretty big for it just being under 6%abv. It has a creamy full body and it coats the mouth with a sweet bitterness that lingers well.

D-I could session this wonderful hoppy beer. Very well done Lagunitas.

Serving type: bottle

[BankShot]

One Love you're up (7:00 PM EST)

[Legend of Josh]

LOJ can step in place of PoT. They're practically the same dude.

[BankShot]

LOJ can step in place of PoT. They're practically the same dude.

Well thats up to the participants of the draft

[hateraid]

I'm suprised not one Canadian beer was chosen. Canada has a way better grasp on beer than Us. Not kidding.

[One Love]

My Selection: Samuel Adams Imperial Pilsner

[Legend of Josh]

Well thats up to the participants of the draft

No, it's not.

[BankShot]

No, it's not.

I'd say its either the general consensus of the participants in the draft, or boozehound's decision seeing as how he started the draft.