Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I just finished a Hoppin Frog BORIS, I really enjoyed it. Also recently finished a Rogue Chocolate Stout the other day and it was.. meh for me. If I want a chocolate stout I'll stick to Young's Double Chocolate. Also finished a bottle of Chimay White the other day.. second in my Chimay list behind the red and in front of the blue. That about covers the things I've seen others mention in this thread that I've enjoyed lately.
Oh, to the PA guy complaining about not buying beer by the bottle, I'm a bit confused - don't you have any bottle shops near you? I almost always buy beer by the bottle.
Here's a list of what I had/have in my fridge for the last week:
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil - Fan-freakin'-tastic. Absolutely love it. A great old ale.
Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16 - This bad boy hit my to 5 instantly. A nice syrupy mouthfeel; pretty much old engine oil aged in single malt whiskey. You definitely get a little peaty/oakey taste fom the barrel and it finishes off the taste wonderfully.
Dogfish Head Festina Peche - I loved this when I had last year's batch but I'm not sure if there was something wrong with the bottle I got this year or if it's just this year's batch but I didn't care as much for it. From what I remembered about this one I was expecting a much more faint peach/citrus taste and the bottle I had was so tart I might have called it a geuze if I just tasted it without knowing what it was. Not bad, just not what I was expecting/wanted from this beer.
Cantillon Grand Cru - It's Cantillon, I mean, come on, right? Honestly, I didn't care for this Grand Cru as much I hoped I would. The mouthfeel was a bit too watery for me, there was ZERO head/carbination in this bottle (not that there should be much to it for this Grand Cru). The tartness/funk was about what I expected and it tasted pretty damn good - I just couldn't get paste the lackluster mouthfeel. I much prefer the Geuze, Iris, or Pepe (amazing).
Rogue Mocha Porter - I grab one of these from time to time because it's relatively cheap and I enjoy it. Nothing too too special, pretty typical mocha porter, but I like it a lot!
Voodoo Love Child - Nice color and look in the glass, great smell (I got a lot of passion fruit in the smell), but the taste disappointed me a bit (I didn't get much taste of passion fruit after getting excited for it from the smell). Definitely an enjoyable beer, I liked it, I just thought there were some differences between taste/smell that unsettled me a bit.
Anyone else got some suggestions? I drink anything! Although, I'm not a huge IPA fan.
Originally posted by: TallBill
I pass up the Chimay every time at Binny's. Not sure if I'm ready to try it yet or not.
Oh, stop passing it up! Chimay (any of the three) is just fantastic.