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What is a chocolate bock?
A bock with chocolate flavor
'HellToupee said:
had 3 during the ND/USC game & this really packs a sneaky punch
Indeed, love that stuff!
Smokescreen. Yes. Great beer. I was at Port Monday and Wednesday.Walk up the street to The Harp. They have my all time favorite beer on right now. Alpine Nelson. No other IPA like it.
just had my first one tonight. tasty!Zombie Dust is now going down nicely
I'll have to try that. Harp often has Alpine Pure Hoppiness on tap as well. Great IPA.Stopped by Ballast Point's Home Brew store over in the Morena area on the way home from work tonight. That place is beer nerd utopia. Filled up my growler with Smokescreen. Love this brew.
2012?
I thought the bottles have on them that they will be best when aged up to 5 years. I have some 2007 Bourbon County still cellared, not sure when I will open them up.
My rule is: age big beers, drink smaller beers fresh. That one is a big one (double digit abv). I think it says on the bottle it can be aged 5 years.
I think it says you can age it for 5 years, not necessarily that it's best if you do. I think I still have an 07 as well.I had a BCS Coffee not long ago, it was alright but as TT said, a lot of the coffee had faded. I can't recall if I was drinking 2011 or maybe 2010 (did they bottle it in 10? It was the first bottling, IIRC, we haven't gotten it on the shelf since).'Fantasy_Freak said:
Could be old if it doesn't taste all that great.
It's Sierra Nevada. That's why it doesn't taste all that great.
Sierra Nevada makes some pretty good beer.
Oh it's good but it's nothing to write home about.'urbanhack said:Sierra Nevada makes some pretty good beer.'Officer Pete Malloy said:
Yeah, I'm really at the point where I don't age anything. Number one rule is: beer is meant to be in my belly. The other rule I'm talking about beers/beer styles I know could possibly use some taming like Old Ales and Barleywines. And I hardly ever buy those so...Think the only beer I've intentionally aged more than a few months in the last few years was the Samichlaus I held onto.'urbanhack said:
Obviously it's a matter of personal taste, but for me Sierra Nevada is the best American brewery and one to which all beer geeks enjoying the current unprecedented golden age of American beer owe a huge debt of gratitude. It's one thing to sell $12 bombers to a limited local market, which many great brewers do every day across the country. I just bought a case of Celebration, one of the very few best American ipa's money can buy, imo, in Milwaukee WI for a buck a bottle. That is a great accomplishment any way you look at it. Their lineup is very good to great, top to bottom in my opinion. The legendary pale ale, torpedo, tumbler, big foot, narwhal, ruthless rye, all great beers. The summerfest is probably the only one I've found to be disappointing,Oh it's good but it's nothing to write home about.'urbanhack said:Sierra Nevada makes some pretty good beer.'Officer Pete Malloy said:
