rogue

rogue double mocha porter - 750ml - 8.2%abv

ingredients - c120, c150, kiln coffee, chocolate and rogue microbarley farm risk malts; summit, and rogue micro hopyard wilamette hops; free range coastal water, and pacman yeast

the deepest brown

nose: coffee, walnuts, more coffee

mouthed: coffee, almonds, bright in the mouth, cacao...deeep chocolate, espresso beans....french roast too!....more coffee...no cream and sugar in sight...

this would be good with bloodred meat....!

this is something i would buy again..

beerz

rogue brewing company rogue xs imperial red ale - 7 oz. 19.4 plato - 58 ibu - 76 aa - 47 lovibond - 9%

nse: ruby sugared malt, a little bit of saison must.....

mouthed: very bright, hoppy in the upper mouth...roasted cacao, earthy hops, bold, a bit of almonds...

omnom

 strathisla (lonach bottling) 42 yr - bottled 2009 - 41.1% - ~$260

rich honeyed straw to the eye...

nose: butter and asparagus, peaches and cherries, grass, wet earth, sea spray...a bit of tire rubber

mouth:  peaches and peat, wood and butterscotch candies, a lemon tang after the first burst, settling into a small sourdoughness which makes the cheeks water...a metallic comfort...this has more alcohol body than one would expect on a 41.4 %er




murray mcdavid bottling of auchroisk - bourbon/syrah casks - ace'd in guigal cotes roti syrah casks - 46% bottled 1992 - 15yr

this looks like dark cranberry juice, rich ruby red...

nose: dark plums, tobacco, cherries, peat

mouthwise: rich plums, alcohol is brave in this one, red wine, tart cherries...fading slowly to tobacco, a copper taste....

dogfish head worldwide stout

18% abv....70 ibu..no wonder this is fucking my shit....

so i just got back from a gay bar and had 4 budweisers but before that my college drinking buddy and i went to bourbon and branch....had buncha drinks but that is for another entry....

as dark as a cow's touchus on a night without the moon....nose....barleywineish..malty..brown sugar....coffee and some cacao...

in the mouth .......sweeeeeeeeeeeet..real sweet..some figs...choco.....too sweet for my taste really....drinking this one 12 oz will put a normal person to bed....

i will never drink this again....

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

omnom whisky notes

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www.scapamalt.com

scapa 14 yr old island (non islay - orkney) single malt whisky - about 45 bucks

nose - sweet wine, peat, sultanas, nectarines, plums

mouth - mmm..tobacco and cherries, peat and vanilla caramels, plums, eucalyptus in the cheeks, corn husks, a wee bit of peppermint as an afterthought...grass...some of the ocean is in here...

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http://www.malts.com/index.php/Gateway-en

http://www.murray-mcdavid.com/


murray mcdavid independent bottling of caol ila - 14 yr old islay (port askaig) single malt scotch whisky sherry finish- 14 yr - bottled 1993 - about 80 bucks

nose - tar (pitch), listerine?....pear....honey

mouthed - `cinnamon, pitch, chestnuts, nutmeg, peat...

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signatory cask strength collection brora 24 year highland (closed distillery 1983)- dec 81 distillation - bottled in april 06 - cask 06/656 - bottle 28/255 - 60% - matured in an oloroso sherry cask - about $290 (thus far the most 'spensive bottle i have bought)

http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/EI_Signatory_EN.shtml

nose - lemon, grass, cereal, pineapple, spearmint, musty oaky grigio...

mouth - buttery lemons, heather and peat, salt and tootsie rolls!, the alcohol is brave with this one but well balanced, old paperback books, a tiny bit of bananas as an afterthought...banana umm..strand things?.....7-up?

i would like to have another bottle

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http://www.laphroaig.com/

laphroaig quarter cask 10 yr islay single malt - 48% nas (no age statement) but rumored to be 5-7 yrs - about 50 bux

nose - iodine, peat and vegetal earth, smoke, coconut meat

mouth - peat and sea, wet earth, bit of pitch, some sort of nut, there is a beginning creaminess to this that baffles me...corn and tingly stuff..kinda bacony long after

i want another bottle, this one has about one 6th left

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laphroaig 15 yr single malt islay about 70 bux...43%

nose - honey, peach juice, green grapes, wtf is this really laphroaig?..green apples?

mouthed - applegrapes, peat and minerals, tangy minerals, a small peach sweetness, a sort of chocolate to the finish...


15 year old is being replaced by the new 18 year old so buy a few bottles to store, this is worth it