Had a very Nice Bells Special Double Cream Stout with dinner tonight. Incredibly heavy, dark and strong with a really big coffee flavor and thankfully not at all sweet. Not something I would drink without food nor that I'd probably drink more than one of because I tend to reach a saturation point with something this strong a flavor.I really like stouts, or maybe I'm imagining that
How do you know he's really tasting it as opposed to imagining he's tasting it, especially when he is so highly motivated to detect "subtle nuances" of flavor in order to show off his allegedly sophisticated palate?
When times are booming, a $100 bottle of wine is actually significantly less expensive than a lot of other things you could buy to try to fool people into thinking you have class.
I can finally start drinking a beer or 2, so I'm heading over to Hop City sometime this week to reaquaint myself with the stuff. Any recommendations of new stuff in the bottle to smooth the transition? I was thinking of some Hitachino, possibly a saison, or a decent wit.
Just got back from the in-laws tonight, so some drinking was definitely in order. On bottle #2 of the Bell's Two Hearted. Very nice IPA that went quite well with the Chinese take-out (especially once I added a nice dose of sambal - to the food, not the beer!)But, the beer I really want to mention is one I had on tap last week at Cyprus Pint and Plate, in midtown. Schnieder Aventinus Weizenbock. Holy crap, did I like this beer! Beautiful amber-brown, nice head. Bananas, figs, smoke, caramel, and more. Did not taste the 8.2% ABV. Need to find this retail.http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/72/224http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schneider-aventinus/2224/