firestone walker parabola imperial stout

firestone walker parabola barrel aged imperial stout - 13% abv - 80 ibu...1,000 cases produced...

 pours very dark....no head..a smattering of bubbles...

nose - soft vanilla bean......banana...a bit of cola....a light cocoa wafting...buttery pound cake...

mouth - sweet vanilla soaked cakes followed by bitter chocolate and toasted pine nuts....and espresso....the bitter stays in the mouth for quite a while...a warm alcohol note taken over by more bitter chocolate...i mean the real bitter stuff like michel cluizel noir infini 99%... a fruity dark cherry appears long after...

 after warming for ten minutes -

nose - more banana...coconut, macadamia nut, good vanilla ice cream...

mouth - smooth like wonderfully deep strong with a hint of sweet, chocolate milk....leading to buttery moist cakes...then into nut meat and strong chocolate...


after another ten minutes....PERFECT drinking temp

noseeeeee - the coffee rises and the macadamia sweetens but the banana is still there..and i do not mean a sweet sickly banana but a proper ripe fresh banana....buttered coconut pound cake......the alcohol is still here on the nose..i think it becomes more prominent as the beer warms...

mouth - so soft going down...tastes just like the best softest most gentle buttery chocolate happiness........

it is a wednesday, my day off and i am starting it with some new craft moonshine..



junior johnson's midnight moon carolina moonshine - 80 proof - 99cents for a mini!

http://www.piedmontdistillers.com/verification.php


nosers - hooooooooooo--alkieeeeeeholll..and a tiny bit of vanilla in there somewhere...fucking ethyl alcohol..

mouth - yep.....alcohol....like rubbing alcohol....propane, pool water (chlorine)....

not much else to say..this needs to be mixer......nothing gentle about it....try it with a shot of frangelico..or 2 shots....or with some regan's orange bitters and grapefruit juice and club soda, a half shot of simple syrup....

today after work i went to hi times and bought some beers

the new lagunitas wilco tango foxtrot imperial brown ale

21st amend/stone/ firestone walker collabo ale w peppercorn/fennel seeds/ mission figs/chia seed. 9.5%

port hi tide fresh hop ipa

st feuillen saison

dogfish head red and white a big, belgian-style Wit brewed with coriander and orange peel and fermented with Pinot Noir juice...

and now some friends are coming over for a bbq