Red Mosquito

doug rr wrote:

Alex wrote:that's the one. lexingtonian beer snobs are groomed to disparage that beer in favor of the craft stuff. it'll do in a pinch, though. alltech is a pretty huge operation and the craft people always thought alltech was trying to bully them out of the burgeoning lexington craft beer scene (which really only took off in the three or so years before i moved away). i dated a girl who worked for alltech once. she told me on our second date that she did cosplay, and i told her in so many words that i think that's stupid. we didn't go out again.

my only bad experience with airbnb was in lexington at some girls apartment...after being in there for 20 minutes we left and got a room at that hotel connected to rupp arena..maybe that apartment was your ex girlfriends place

do you remember what street it was on?

Alex wrote:

doug rr wrote:

Alex wrote:that's the one. lexingtonian beer snobs are groomed to disparage that beer in favor of the craft stuff. it'll do in a pinch, though. alltech is a pretty huge operation and the craft people always thought alltech was trying to bully them out of the burgeoning lexington craft beer scene (which really only took off in the three or so years before i moved away). i dated a girl who worked for alltech once. she told me on our second date that she did cosplay, and i told her in so many words that i think that's stupid. we didn't go out again.

my only bad experience with airbnb was in lexington at some girls apartment...after being in there for 20 minutes we left and got a room at that hotel connected to rupp arena..maybe that apartment was your ex girlfriends place

do you remember what street it was on?

56th and Wabasha.

Today's snowstorm prevented me from picking up a six-pack of Celebration Ale for tomorrow...

Root beer + alcohol = fantastic

The Argonaut wrote:Today's snowstorm prevented me from picking up a six-pack of Celebration Ale for tomorrow...

OH HELL NO!

whoops

Trying this tonight

How is it, Ruddo?

Grabbed a sixer of this at the grocery store today. I know I have had it but can't remember. Excited to remember tonight.

durdencommatyler wrote:How is it, Ruddo?

Excellent. SC has some nice up and coming breweries.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Trying this tonight

I like this picture.

I guess the bourbon barrel brews are the new craze

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I guess the bourbon barrel brews are the new craze

go cats

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I guess the bourbon barrel brews are the new craze

They're a craze to be sure. But I wouldn't necessarily say they're a new one. After all, folks at Goose Island and Firestone Walker have been perfecting aging their stouts and ales in bourbon barrels for a while (and no one really does it better than those two).

We really have to be careful of confusing barrel aging in general with aging in bourbon barrels (specifically). There are distinct styles of beer that have been around for a long time that rely on barrel aging in general, such as sours (think Russian River's Supplication or Consecration) or barley wines (Deschutes ages some of theirs in pinot barrels). Those styles have been popular for a while.

But you're right -- it does seem that virtually every brewery now is sticking at least one of their beers in a barrel for 12 months and then selling it at 200% cost trying to take advantage of people's ignorance.

And for what it's worth, Goose Island's Bourbon County lineup this year is amazing. The Vanilla Rye variant is up there with the best beers I've ever had.

I didn't have any extra cash to spend on the Bourbon Counties this year but I did get some killer brews for my birthday.
Allagash Curieux, Dual Artisanship (Collaboration with Prarie and Perennial Artisanl Ales), Backwoods Bastard, Anderson Valley Blooad Orange Gose, Enjoy By 12/26 and a case of Celebration.

The Enjoy By was much better than the 10/31, good to see it back to it's killer way. The Gose was really nice and Backwoods Bastard was fantastic as usual.

vegman, write 1,000 words about each gose you've ever had

Ha, you can tell by my post count I'm not much of a writer. Have you tried a Gose? They are quite delicious and refreshing. Tangy, a bit salty and low alcohol so you can drink a shit ton of them.

Alex wrote:vegman, write 1,000 words about each gose you've ever had

So if Angels Envy barrels are used do you get the benefit of Bourbon and Port aging?

Aussie weekend:
Toohey's New and Coopers.