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I managed to buy a 2016 Boulevard "Great Eight" gift pack that had been hiding in the overhead at my local craft beer establishment. Luckily Boulevard makes most of their stuff strong, so it was all still good. Highlight of the pack has to be the BA Imperial Stout.

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*The BA Imperial Stout I drank featured a different label

Color: Very dark brown, almost black. Looks like a stout should in a snifter glass.

Nose: Whiskey, first and foremost. This beer is bottled at 11% and I believe it. Being BA, this is expected. Still a touch of that alcoholic bite to the nose despite being lost in the overhead for months, but the enclosure of the box and the reasonable temperature control at the store kept it prime. Some sweet malt, a quick roasted note that jumps out, and just a touch of peaty Scottish yeast there. (I'll admit, I had to go to Boulevard's site to put my finger on it. Pleasantly earthy and sets it apart from most of the stouts I have had lately.) Touch of dark chocolate as well. Slightly busy nose, but pleasant.

Taste: There's the sweet malt, some roasty notes, the signature whiskey peak, just a smidge of alcohol bite in this accidentally-aged version, and then a bit of dark chocolate at the end. Tasty, but this is a "sit down at the computer desk and draft a review" beer. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE

Mouthfeel: Heavy and warming as you would expect.

Finish: There's some whiskey, some roasted malt, a bit of that earthy Scottish yeast, and a 50/50 of sweet malt and chocolate to end it. If you sit for a minute, it fades to a touch of roasty and whiskey.

Overall, definitely a quality stout that I was lucky enough to stumble upon in that "Great Eight" pack. Probably the sort of thing that is normally only available at the brewery. If you ever get out to KC, or if you stumble upon a slightly-aged gift box like I did, drink it slow and savor it. I honestly have no idea if I will ever get my hands on something like this again
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Adroit Theory is the best theory. This time I got a growler fill of their EBK Double IPA. at a local establishment. (At a damn good price too, I must add.)

[Image: C7xXjODW0AA7d7X.jpg] *from their Twitter page, I believe

First and foremost, this beer rocks the hazy New England-style IPA visuals. Gold and consistently hazy.

Prepare yourself: the nose is what I would consider dank, flush with hop aroma and some tropical fruit that I can't quite put my finger on. There's a touch of pineyness lost in there too.

That dankness is a pronounced character in the experience, but certainly not defining from the taste onward. You get that opening dank note to start, then it fades in a more subtle hop presence that allows the tropical fruits and general citrus flavor to shine. There is a noticeable bitterness there, but it does not deter the senses. The citrus and tropical fruit flavor is kinda bright despite the dankness. An interesting duality for sure. At that price, may be worth a second experience if I can get back to it before the keg kicks.

It feels a tad thick in the mouth (creamy, you might even say), but not all that heavy. The word "moderate" describes it, if you can excuse the lazy vocabulary. It is substantial enough to carry the ABV (a hefty 8.5%) but not so substantial that the mouthfeel becomes the story.

The finish is where this beer really gets interesting. From the nose to the back end of the taste, this beer presents as one with dankness in tow. It is always there, if decreasing in power all the while. The finish is a completely different story here. The dankness fades just about completely, leaving the tropical fruit notes and citrus hops. It is fairly crisp and clean, which I have not experienced in many IPAs of this style (let alone Double IPAs). There are some wheat and bread notes in there at the end too, something that I had to sit and think about to fully understand. This was an impressive finish for a beer in terms of complexity. I went from "dank, in your face" for the first 3/4 of the experience to an incredibly nuanced and (frankly) tasty experience in the last 1/4. That dankness was like Houdini, man. Magic, magic, some trepidation, then bam. Gone. This was one of the best finishes that I have had on any IPA, ever. Fantastic.

Adroit Theory is doing some crazy stuff. And I wish my handle was Dank Houdini
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(03-28-2017 09:08 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  I managed to buy a 2016 Boulevard "Great Eight" gift pack that had been hiding in the overhead at my local craft beer establishment. Luckily Boulevard makes most of their stuff strong, so it was all still good. Highlight of the pack has to be the BA Imperial Stout.

[Image: Blvd-Great-8.jpg]

Where'd you pick this up at? Any chance they have another? Also, if you haven't already, I would highly suggest joining the Hampton Roads Beer Forum on Facebook. Members give a heads up on rare beers found locally, breweries market their new beers and bars/craft beer spots market their new taps. It can also be a good reference when visiting other areas and you need a brewery recommendation.
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(04-03-2017 08:26 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 09:08 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  I managed to buy a 2016 Boulevard "Great Eight" gift pack that had been hiding in the overhead at my local craft beer establishment. Luckily Boulevard makes most of their stuff strong, so it was all still good. Highlight of the pack has to be the BA Imperial Stout.

[Image: Blvd-Great-8.jpg]

Where'd you pick this up at? Any chance they have another? Also, if you haven't already, I would highly suggest joining the Hampton Roads Beer Forum on Facebook. Members give a heads up on rare beers found locally, breweries market their new beers and bars/craft beer spots market their new taps. It can also be a good reference when visiting other areas and you need a brewery recommendation.

I bought my Great Eight pack at the McLean store location, and last time I checked there was still one left. I'm not on Facebook, but thanks for the tip; I'll look into it.

**If you really want it, I would call in/shop online ASAP. Price was marked down to $10.99 in the store

http://www.totalwine.com/beer/variety-pa...asc&page=2
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(04-03-2017 06:48 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  
(04-03-2017 08:26 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(03-28-2017 09:08 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  I managed to buy a 2016 Boulevard "Great Eight" gift pack that had been hiding in the overhead at my local craft beer establishment. Luckily Boulevard makes most of their stuff strong, so it was all still good. Highlight of the pack has to be the BA Imperial Stout.

[Image: Blvd-Great-8.jpg]

Where'd you pick this up at? Any chance they have another? Also, if you haven't already, I would highly suggest joining the Hampton Roads Beer Forum on Facebook. Members give a heads up on rare beers found locally, breweries market their new beers and bars/craft beer spots market their new taps. It can also be a good reference when visiting other areas and you need a brewery recommendation.

I bought my Great Eight pack at the McLean store location, and last time I checked there was still one left. I'm not on Facebook, but thanks for the tip; I'll look into it.

**If you really want it, I would call in/shop online ASAP. Price was marked down to $10.99 in the store

http://www.totalwine.com/beer/variety-pa...asc&page=2

Ahh, so NoVa. With your profile location of the Great Dismal, figured you were in Chesapeake. I was able to grab their set last year and will check Total Wine this week. Big fan of everything Boulevard puts out.
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Sorry for any confusion.
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Went to the Birch's 43 hours of bitter tonight. The selection was impeccable as always. Really hard to pick a favorite but it would have to be between Stillwater's MoneyTree$ and Avery's Maharaja. The former is a gose session IPA that balances fruity, hoppiness with just the right amount of tartness for my palate. Just a good beer all around, even for those that don't like gose style beers. Never disappointed with Stillwater. The Maharaja is an imperial IPA that boasts a high alcohol content (1 glass is plenty), it is perfectly balanced between the sweetness of the brown sugar with the typical hoppiness of an IPA. It has a really smooth finish. Another great beer by Avery.
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(04-04-2017 08:30 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Went to the Birch's 43 hours of bitter tonight. The selection was impeccable as always. Really hard to pick a favorite but it would have to be between Stillwater's MoneyTree$ and Avery's Maharaja. The former is a gose session IPA that balances fruity, hoppiness with just the right amount of tartness for my palate. Just a good beer all around, even for those that don't like gose style beers. Never disappointed with Stillwater. The Maharaja is an imperial IPA that boasts a high alcohol content (1 glass is plenty), it is perfectly balanced between the sweetness of the brown sugar with the typical hoppiness of an IPA. It has a really smooth finish. Another great beer by Avery.

I liked the Maharaja, and I thought it was an improvement on the Raja, but it didn't have that "blow me out of the water" effect like the Raja did. I remember it being slightly better than the Raja, but not in a clear-cut way. On top of that, it was over-priced IMO

I've only had one thing by Stillwater: On Fleek. Man that was a wild night.
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(04-04-2017 10:07 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  I liked the Maharaja, and I thought it was an improvement on the Raja, but it didn't have that "blow me out of the water" effect like the Raja did. I remember it being slightly better than the Raja, but not in a clear-cut way. On top of that, it was over-priced IMO

I've only had one thing by Stillwater: On Fleek. Man that was a wild night.

I may have given it more credit due to it being the rare perfect beer to end my night on. It was actually listed at one of their lowest price points for all the beers ($5 for a 10 oz pour) they had last night. But that's not saying a whole lot, since its the Birch.

Stillwater gets a lot cool points from me for being a gypsy brewer. Not sure how they manage to maintain quality and taste while changing environments so frequently.
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I had two sours tonight: the Boulevard Show me Sour (BA) and the DuClaw Midnight Due Sour.

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I'd had a sour by Boulevard before, their Tell-Tale Tart out of the Great Eight pack. I'm still relatively new to the style and I have not become acclimated to some of its more unusual flavor notes and balances.

The Show me Sour pours a dark brown with a light head.

On the nose it is some vinegar, some yeast, and a touch of whiskey.

Taste is...interesting. It takes the senses a few seconds to recover from that opening blast of tartness, what I consider to be puckering-caliber tart. There's a bit of citrus in there, some earthy whiskey, and that trademark vinegar oddness.

Mouthfeel is puckering tart, but fairly light-bodied otherwise.

The finish is where this beer shines. There's some whiskey-tinted toasted malt and a bit of that lingering tartness.

The DuClaw is very much a similar animal.

Pours brown, a bit lighter than the Show Me Sour.

Nose is vinegar, some light fruit, and a touch of bourbon.

Again, there's a blast of puckering-caliber tartness on that first sip. There is also a touch of citrus and a touch of bourbon, with the characteristic vinegar oddness kicking in near the end as per the style.

Mouthfeel is really tart (you will probably recoil away a bit if sours aren't normally your thing -- I know I did) but otherwise this is a medium-bodied fluid.

The finish is some citrus, some vinegar, some bourbon, and a lingering tartness to seal it. There is also a touch of toasted malt if you sit there and think about it for a little while.

Sours are normally not my game, but this was interesting. I've had light sours and dark sours, and dark sours have become my preference between the two.
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Tonight I went with a pint bottle I'd been eyeing for a little while: the Abita Select Shotgun Double IPA.

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This beer pours amber and clear, and it will assume a healthy head if you pour just a bit down the middle at the end of the pour.

I gave this thing a whiff right after popping off the cap and it was quite a concentrated burst of citrusy hops and tropical fruit. Once it settled in the glass, I got citrusy hops up front, some tropical fruit following, just a touch of piney bitterness, and also a touch of sweet malt. The hops had something of a floral quality to them. There might have been just a little bit of alcohol in there too (the beer is 8.5 after all). Aside from that initial extracurricular sniff, the nose on this beer did not blow me away.

Citrusy hops and an assertive hop bitterness are the two primary taste components of the Shotgun. There is some tropical fruit here and there, and a bit of pineyness at the back of the taste leading into the finish, but by then the story has been pretty much written.

The Shotgun definitely isn't a heavy-bodied beer, feeling fairly light to moderate in terms of consistency.

This beer says goodbye with citrus, bitterness, some tropical fruit, and more lingering bitterness. It coats the mouth with bitterness IMO. It isn't oppressive, but I find myself disappointed that I couldn't seem to get past it. Maybe I just don't like high-IBU IPAs.

I don't think that I would buy the Shotgun again, but it was a worthwhile experiment for the $5 I paid for it. I have enjoyed large-format offerings from Abita before, notably their Vanilla Dog and their Bourbon Street Honey Pale Ale.
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Had a bit of an interesting one last night: Victory's Java Cask coffee stout.


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Fair warning: this beer is not an "extreme beer" in name, but it certainly does qualify with a monster ABV of 14%. Couple that with the 750mL bottle size, and this stuff presents as a powerful brew that must be respected and consumed with caution. Split between 2-3 people ideally. If you're going to solo it, make it last over the course of an evening. With great beer comes great responsibility, blah blah blah. PSA over.

This beast pours a deep and dark brown with a tan head. Definitely looks like something that was aged in barrels: it has a rich and decadent look to it.

The nose is a very boozy bourbon, coffee, some sweet malt, some chocolate, and just a touch of toasted malt. The alcohol dominates for the first three seconds, but then the complexity of the beer begins to show. The way the opening bourbon note eases into the coffee and chocolate is very pleasant.

Once you get past the very assertive alcohol presence this beer has a character that earns the price tag. There is sweet malt, assertive coffee, some toasted malt, that overarching bourbon note, chocolate, and a bit of spice that I couldn't place at the time. The barrel aging did wonders for this beer, especially concerning the coffee presence. It tastes like they started with a darker and earthier coffee, and then the time in the bourbon barrel soaked that earthiness in a bit of bourbon sweetness. It is rich without being too decadent, with an underlying bitterness that keeps it from crossing over into "too sweet". That bitterness is very subtle, though. I didn't notice it until I went searching for it.

As you would expect, the mouthfeel on the Java Cask is heavy and very warming. The bourbon and the sweet malt give it a bit of creaminess as well.

The finish is chocolate and coffee, fading into creamy sweet malt and bourbon. Despite the booziness, the finish on this one doesn't kick too much.

This is definitely a "sip and appreciate" kind of beer. It was an interesting experience.
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Another brewery coming to Hampton Roads. But this one is different. The Vanguard will be the first co-habitated distillery and brewery. It will also be a music venue. Should be pretty cool;
http://draftmag.com/brewery-music-venues/
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Something with a bit of local flavor tonight. I caught up on two O'Connor Virginia Vintage series beers: the Susan Constant Wheat Wine and the Jamestown Island Old Ale.

[Image: SusanConstant.png] [Image: Jamestown.png]

The fine print on these O'Connor Virginia Vintage series beers encourages the consumer to age the beer, which I did 3 months for the SC. Cellar conditions were not ideal on account of a move and roommates opening the damn door too often, but the Susan held up well.

The Susan Constant WW pours amber. It has a nose of wheaty malt, some sweet malt, and just a touch of tropical fruit. This is one best started at or slightly below room temperature; I had it in the fridge for an afternoon before I consumed it and I found that it needed to warm up a bit before the nose awakened.

Holy hell was this thing worth the price tag on the taste. There's that wheaty sweet malt, caramel, and just a touch of toffee to give the back of the taste some character. This was the first Wheat Wine that I had ever consumed, and I feel that it was something special in that respect. Imagine that a German Weissbier and an English Barleywine got together and made sweet sweet love, with lots of fermentable sugars for the yeast to turn into alcohol. The SC is a beast on the ABV (11%) but you don't taste a bit of it. The strength is lost in the complexity of the beer, running silent behind the caramel and toffee notes and cleverly masked by that true-to-style milkshake-creamy mouthfeel of an artisanal wheat beer. Finish was more of the same, but with a lingering touch of hop bitterness.

"Strong, wheaty, and absolutely delicious" should be the tagline of this beer. It had everything I like about Weiss/Hefe and everything I like about Barleywine, all wrapped up in a stylish bottle. Bravo. Simple as that.

Next up was the Jamestown Island Old Ale.

This one pours a deep and dark brown with a slight murky/hazy character towards the center of the glass, as quintessential a color example for the Old Ale style as I have found. The nose is sweet malt with a touch of smoke, a touch of molasses, and a touch of dark fruit. Tastes like sweet malt, some dark fruit, some caramel, and a touch of smoke.

Mouthfeel is heavy, as to be expected. It has a slightly chewy character to it once it settles. The finish is some sweet malt, some smoky toasted malt, a touch of caramel, and a delicate lingering touch of smokiness.

Excellent pair, but Susan Constant takes the night. Wham, bam, wheaty slam. Mind-blowing artisanal brew.
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So Scotland-based BrewDog is doing their "Equity for Punks" crowdfunding brewpub experiment here in the US. Guess who is representing VA at #3 on the list of potential brewpub locations?

https://www.brewdog.com/usa/equityforpunks/live-updates
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(05-11-2017 11:22 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  So Scotland-based BrewDog is doing their "Equity for Punks" crowdfunding brewpub experiment here in the US. Guess who is representing VA at #3 on the list of potential brewpub locations?

https://www.brewdog.com/usa/equityforpunks/live-updates

Gloucester? This has to be a coordinated effort by the city, right?

Edit; found the group on facebook they were campaigning with. Looks like they ran out of steam in March;

https://www.facebook.com/bringbrewdogtogloucester/
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I've been eyeing the Duck-Rabbit Rabid Duck RIS and the Duck-Rabbit Duck-Rabbator, but I have yet to make a move on them at my local establishment. (I should probably get the Rabid soon, since I think it is fairly limited in its release...) As a warm-up for that particular performance, I found some Bell's Consecrator.

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Consecrator pours a reddish brown, sort of dark amber.

The nose is toasted malt, a bit of sweet malt, some caramel, and some molasses. This one smells slightly sweeter than your average doppelbock; I was honestly a bit disappointed that the nose wasn't more bready.

On the taste, this beer continues with the trend of being a slightly sweet doppelbock. There is sweet malt, some toasted malt, and some caramel. The slightly-sweeter doppelbock trend continues here.

Mouthfeel is heavy, and slightly chewy if you let it settle.

The finish puts the spotlight on the caramel notes that were persistent throughout the beer up to that point. It went caramel, some toasted malt, and maybe a touch of molasses there at the end. Not a whole lot of lingering sweetness, which was nice.

The Consecrator was an interesting doppelbock because of that bit of sweetness. It isn't the sort of thing I would drink all the time in-season, but it certainly isn't a bad beer. (I have never had a bad beer by Bell's.) Warm-up complete. Hoping to report on the Rabid Duck and the Duck-Rabbator within a week or two.
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Got the opportunity to follow up on a previous entry with a direct successor: the Adroit Theory EBK (Open Your Eyes edition) Triple IPA.

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The EBK: OYE pours a hazy gold, exemplary of the New England-style Triple IPA label that it claims.

The nose on this beast is a dank pine, citrusy hops, and some tropical fruit (mango + papaya?). As far as comparing it with the nose on the original EBK, the OYE is a bit juicier with the tropical fruit.

On the taste, the OYE makes itself distinct from the original EBK right away. Whereas the EBK opened with a continuation of the dankness showcased in the nose, the OYE has a bright and fresh tropical fruit note to open the taste. I mean bright as in "it lights up the taste buds as soon as it leaves the glass". I was expecting dank and I got fresh and bright; very surprising. There's some of that dank pineyness after that, and then just a bit more tropical fruit.

Mouthfeel is heavy and creamy; it has that "milkshake" consistency characteristic of hefeweizens IMO. This is an unfiltered triple IPA, with a bit of hop sediment included, so that description fits I guess.

The finish is citrus, some of that dank pineyness, some tropical fruit (I am committed to the idea of mango and papaya), fading into a lingering citrusy bitterness.

The OYE is essentially the EBK formula (confirmed, since they are basically going to be doing different editions of the EBK from now on) but sequenced a bit differently. This one is a bit stronger (double vs. triple) but still quite pleasant. Not overwhelming as long as you consume responsibly.
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I'm not versed enough to do a full review, but I have been enjoying Victory's Sour Monkey quite a bit lately.
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(05-25-2017 08:40 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  I'm not versed enough to do a full review, but I have been enjoying Victory's Sour Monkey quite a bit lately.

That is basically the sour version of the Golden Monkey, right? I haven't had it yet, but the idea of a strong sour intrigues me.
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