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1. I will be at the meeting
2. Tank links in sig
3a. My favorite beer. I'm a total beer snob BTW.
It's a toss up between Heady Topper by Alchemist Pub & Brewery up in Vermont and Trappist Westvleteren 12 by Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren).
I got to sample Heady Topper at the Extreme Beer Festival in 2005. My tasting notes:
By far my favorite brew at EBF! I think I went back to their table about 3 times... Pretty light in appearence, excellent head and retention in my little 5oz cup... Extremely drinkable Double IPA, very green tasting, fresh raw hop and hop oil, nice bitter punch in the middle, perfect smokey/sweet aftertaste... Great brew!
And my Westvleteren tasting notes:
The time has come for me to review this very highly anticipated beer.... I hope I do well.
There is so much going on in this brew I don't know where to start. I'll just do the standard.
Serving type: 12oz bottle, yellow cap with 30/07/01 printed on the cap.
Appearance: Brown with a hint of some red in there, white silky smooth head with freckles of dark brown sediment floating on top of the head. Ridiculous lacing. Hundreds of streams of steady moving carbonation is stiring up all this sediment making for something I have never seen before. This is incredible, this beer is alive and kicking. I don't think a 5 justifies the way this beer looks, this is godlike.
Smell: Alcohol, exotic fruit, cherries, grapes, honey, and wheat bread
Taste: So smooth and velvety, cherries, sweet bread, raisins, some spiciness, some more bread and wheat flavors, more sweetness. My mouth is watering for more of this heavenly brew after every sip I take.
Mouthfeel: The smoothest brew I have ever had. It covers the pallate so smoothly it leaves everyone of your tastebuds earning for more.
Drinkability: I don't think I could take down more than a couple of these. At 10% and 8-10$ a bottle the drinkability score drops a bit but by far one if not the best beer I have ever tried.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 08-20-2004 01:05:38
I'm big on the extreme IPA's. Since moving to CA, I really miss Dogfish head 60 minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop, Ipswich IPA. I''m also into really big stouts such has Victory Storm King stout, Russian Rivers stout, etc...
I'm still planning a trip up to Santa Rosa to try some Pliny the Younger/Elder.