What's in your glass today?

[CampDelta369]

Keeping the thread alive ! This Cab is excellent. Kept hands off for 14 years?! Still had legs. 2005 vintage is one of my favorites here and in Bordeaux.

 

[lovethehaze]

Tavern cut hop butcher. Haze is insane !! Smells of oranges ? tastes like a grapefruit ipa almost but a tad sweeter and sooooo fresh ! Krusty crab pizza ? 

3 more releases this week ....

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cheers 

[lovethehaze]

Hop butcher Wurlitzer brewed 8/7/19. Hefeweizen. Mmmmmm. Totally out of their norm. For a summer beer and a hefa i would rate ????.5 out of ?????

Hazyboi meets crispyboi stamp. 

Banana ?  and cream light and crisp; smells like beer ! Very good 

[shamz84]

A very underrated dram imo....such a lovely smooth whisky

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[Buck14]

On 8/6/2019 at 9:20 PM, BoliDan said:

Getting ready to watch some peaky blinders. Always need some irish handy for that show.

Just tried the Peaky Blinders show because of your post now I’m addicted you ass! ???

Like Irish Whiskey just fine but need a little more burn so going Kentucky tonight with my solo viewing party.

Cheers!

I’m at the bar showdown scene between the Peakys Matriach and the Treacherous Barmaid. Can’t we just settle this with a three-way? I’m a peaceable man! Needless to say I’ve been stuck on this scene for a few pours.

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[irratebass]

On 8/7/2019 at 3:41 PM, BoliDan said:

I've never been excited enough about sherry cask finished bourbon to buy it. Was it very sweet?

Sorry man, just seen this.

 

It tasted like Apples to me......he asked me to try it and tell him what I smelled and tasted....I said Apples, he said....no....I frowned and took a sip then it hit me.....peanut butter with nuts....so think of a Payday candy bar......it was a different taste to me, but damn good! Was very smooth, but to answer your question, yes it was sweet. 

[lovethehaze]

Half acre another Chicago brewery. I love local. “ Double daisy cutter”.  Recent release and only annually released. Good but waaaaaay more hop forward and bitter than what i have been drinking of late. Hoppy, piney and malty. More tasting of an original west coast ipa but on steroids. I just got a single b/c I love the haze and I know this isn’t that type party  

???.9 out of ?????. 

[Ken Gargett]

12 hours ago, irratebass said:

Sorry man, just seen this.

 

It tasted like Apples to me......he asked me to try it and tell him what I smelled and tasted....I said Apples, he said....no....I frowned and took a sip then it hit me.....peanut butter with nuts....so think of a Payday candy bar......it was a different taste to me, but damn good! Was very smooth, but to answer your question, yes it was sweet. 

interesting. unless they were barrels housing pedro ximenez, there is not sensible reason that sherry barrels would give any sweetness (even if PX, it would be minimal). that is not to say that it is not giving you that impression (my sister won't touch the driest riesling as she is convinced they are sweet). i can't understand that there would be any actual sweetness, just the impression. if anyone has more science on this, love to hear it. 

[Ken Gargett]

11 minutes ago, BoliDan said:

No science, it could be as you say. PX have becoming the more widespread butts to use. However, Oloroso even seems sweeter and richer than bourbon barrel finish to me (taste of christmas time)... I've only had one fino cask finish, and didnt detect anything, but it was also peated.

the richness i could understand and perhaps that is what is imparting the impression/illusion of sweetness. that is not to suggest it isn't there - i just can't see how. i'm sure scientists among us could explain this and given we all have different tastes and levels of tastebuds, perhaps it is just me. 

of course, if the different barrels didn't throw up these impressions and flavours then there would be little point in the makers doing it. 

[CampDelta369]

Going deeper into the cellar. Man this still is tight with initial acidity and tannins unexpected for 2003 which was an extremely hot year in Bordeaux. Saving a glass for tomorrow or @Ken Gargett, whichever shows up first. Still a fine Cos D’Estournel. Cheers

 

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, CampDelta369 said:

Going deeper into the cellar. Man this still is tight with initial acidity and tannins unexpected for 2003 which was an extremely hot year in Bordeaux. Saving a glass for tomorrow or @Ken Gargett, whichever shows up first. Still a fine Cos D’Estournel. Cheers

 

sadly the commute is such that tomorrow will beat me but many thanks for the thought.

Cos is a fave Bord for me but 2003 has not been a fave vintage for me, though i have come around a bit on it. for me, it is the ideal Bordeaux vintage for anyone who prefers Barossa shiraz (even if they don't admit it publicly). but it is holding up far better than i thought it might. i can't get on board with some of the rave reviews it gets but there are plenty of fine wines emerging, even if not typical Bordeaux (with climate change, it might well soon be typical). and i have to admit that many of the wines are more enjoyable than some of the leaner (more typical?) years. i would imagine this will be drinking beautifully at the moment. please enjoy my glass! and thanks again. perhaps one day. 

[CampDelta369]

Cheers Ken. One day for sure!

[lovethehaze]

Haze out !  Rev/hop butcher colabs 

[Buck14]

6 hours ago, lovethehaze said:

Haze out !  Rev/hop butcher colabs 

Man I was a hard core India Pale Ale guy some years ago and got burnt out on them. Your posts might be pulling me back in!

 

[encephalization]

From this weekend, big shout out to@Phinz for giving me a very generous pour (or a few modest pours) of Ardbeg Drum. Such a lovely liquid, the pineapple on the finish is superb. Let me know when I can pay you back bud!

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[Mr.T]

A very nice sipping cachaca from the state of Ceara


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[lovethehaze]

Cosmic fountain. Hop butcher. Glorious ... berries pine and citrus and all can be had as one drinks it. Released 8/19/19. Really good flavor and haze bomb ? after the birth of my son just what the Dr ordered cheers

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[Mr.T]

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[Ken Gargett]

3 hours ago, Mr.T said:

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not tried that specific wine but what i have seen from usseglio has been excellent. and a cracking vintage. 

how did it drink? 

[BrightonCorgi]

17 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

not tried that specific wine but what i have seen from usseglio has been excellent. and a cracking vintage.

Popular brand in my locale.  That looks to be the base CdP from the House.  Either that or the label looks different than what I associate with Usseglio.

[Ken Gargett]

5 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Popular brand in my locale.  That looks to be the base CdP from the House.  Either that or the label looks different than what I associate with Usseglio.

we see a little bit here, not too much. a mate brings it in. agree, the basic CdP label, not the Grand Reserve or whatever they call it. still a good wine. not cheap out here. 

[lovethehaze]

Hop butcher dark hedges brewed 8/7/19. Had this some time just haven’t had a chance to sample it. Stamped mother’s of invention. Nice change of pace from the hop butcher. Crispy and clean. 

Grape and tropical crisp with dank in the background. Really easy drinking smell is more hoppy than taste  

????.2 out of ?????

[Bill Hayes]

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[Nick.Skayuna]

I’ve finally been getting to bottled beers purchased months ago. Tonight I was able to enjoy a here & there Pennsylvania empress plum from tired hands outside of Philadelphia. Very nice beer with good plum flavors a nice tart kick to it as well


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[BrightonCorgi]

3 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

we see a little bit here, not too much. a mate brings it in. agree, the basic CdP label, not the Grand Reserve or whatever they call it. still a good wine. not cheap out here. 

Locally we can get the current vintage of the basic CdP for around $30-35, same with Vieux Telegraph.  A touch more for Donjon.