craft beer week

a week full of beers...

at hollingshead:

tall bottle rogue smoked porter

short bottle of avery dépuceleuse - barrel aged wild ale brewed with sour cherries and in zinfandel barrels, 100% brettanomyces fermentation....... (what a great beer)

on tap:

stone vertical epic 090909 x 3

russian river blind pig

stone / dogfish head / victory brewing collabo - saison du buff - brewed w parsley, sage, rosemary and of course thyme..another great beer x 4

at home with ryan on his bornday:

dogfish head red & white

ballast point victory at sea coffee vanilla imperial porter

mikkeller 1000 ibu

at the stone brewing tasting with ryan also on his bornday:


stone cali belgique
saison du buff
oaked arrogant bastard
sublimely self righteous
13th anniversary imperial red
2006 double bastard
2006 imperial russian stout
2007 imperial russian stout
2010 imperial russian stout
12th ann bitter choco oatmeal stout
2008 old guardian
2009 old guardian
2010 old guardian



and just yesterday...

port brewing third anniversary
avery fifteenth anniversary


happy craft beer week everybody!

avery fifteen

 

 

 

avery farmhouse ale - fifteenth anniversary - brewed with spices, herbs
and figs..hibiscus flowers, white pepper..mission figs and fermented
with 100% brettanomyces yeast.....

...
a soft gold color with always rising bubbles and small flakes of yummy
goodness rising then falling throughout....at first pour, then near the
bottom of the bottle (1pint - 6 oz) swish the remainder and you will see
a bounty of yeast sediment...which makes for an extra kick as the last
glass....



nose - sour cherries....then a softer note (that becomes more bold when
the cup is warmed by hand or otherwise) of that much loved "brett" or
"farmhouse" or "horse blanket" character....which in this particular ale
presents as wet hay, soft figs, horse piss, sawdust, a wonderful
must....a barn after a rain...



and in the mouth - tangy apple followed by musk melon then figs, and
here comes the farmhouse...soft apples....wet older hay...processed
grain....lemon pith, hardly any sweetness at all...i believe the batch
form years ago had more honey taste to it and yes....one can taste honey
but a wildflower honey with the sweetness taken out.....hmm......

 

one of my all time favorites