Virtual Happy Hour (Brews & Spirits, Pics & Reviews)

[Zardnaar]

You can often guess a craft beer is going to be meh just based on the label.

One I had recently. Triple chocolate milk stout. Yes stouts can be a bit creamy but that's just a bad idea imho.

 

[Cadence]

Still doing pumpkins. Dogfish Punkin Ale. 7% ABV. A Crisp ale (unlike the wateriness of the Shipyard). Spice and a slightly metalic(?) taste around the edges - but the spice isn't entirely identifiable. So it's fine... just not particularly pumkiny.

New ranking:
1) Elysian Night Owl
2) Southern Tier Pumking
3) Elysian Great Pumpkin
4) Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
5) Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale
6) Elysian Punuccino
X) Elysian Dark O' The Moon

 

[Zardnaar]

Still doing pumpkins. Dogfish Punkin Ale. 7% ABV. A Crisp ale (unlike the wateriness of the Shipyard). Spice and a slightly metalic(?) taste around the edges - but the spice isn't entirely identifiable. So it's fine... just not particularly pumkiny.

New ranking:
1) Elysian Night Owl
2) Southern Tier Pumking
3) Elysian Great Pumpkin
4) Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
5) Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale
6) Elysian Punuccino
X) Elysian Dark O' The Moon

Nice. I had a beer free week. Enjoying Krombacher it's just a Euro macro lager.

 

[Zardnaar]

Going out as we are back to level 1.

Monteith's dark.

Don't really crave dark beers but everything else on the menu wasn't great.

Edit: better than expected, getting towards the bottom and enjoying it.

 

[Zardnaar]

And number 2. Wayfarer Pilsner.

When in doubt default to a pilsner. I didn't like the one they had here but they've replaced it with a new on and it's tasty.

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[Zardnaar]

Wife cares. Going to super market "want some beer"?

Sure why not.

Asked what I wanted. Indicated beer on left. Got beer on right.

Can't complain really thought that counts. Still better than our crap beer.

 

[Cadence]

Don't really crave dark beers but everything else on the menu wasn't great.

Edit: better than expected, getting towards the bottom and enjoying it.

Darks are usually in my go-to range (stout, porter, dunkel, dunkel-weiss)...

When in doubt default to a pilsner. I didn't like the one they had here but they've replaced it with a new on and it's tasty.

... Pilsner's are fine, but I'd get a Hefe first.

Asked what I wanted. Indicated beer on left. Got beer on right.

Can't complain really thought that counts. Still better than our crap beer.

Ouch!

 

[Cadence]

Continuing the pumpkins (one more after this?).

Southern Tier Warlock Imperial Pumpkin Stout. 8.6% ABV. The smooth texture isn't nearly as overdone as the (non-pumpkin) Untitled Art Imperials, and is almost spot on. The pumpkin/spice flavor. Easily the best on the list so far.

New pumpkin ranking:
1) Southern Tier Warlock
2) Elysian Night Owl
3) Southern Tier Pumking
4) Elysian Great Pumpkin
5) Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
6) Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale
7) Elysian Punkuccino
X) Elysian Dark O' The Moon

 

[Zaukrie]

Still doing pumpkins. Dogfish Punkin Ale. 7% ABV. A Crisp ale (unlike the wateriness of the Shipyard). Spice and a slightly metalic(?) taste around the edges - but the spice isn't entirely identifiable. So it's fine... just not particularly pumkiny.

New ranking:
1) Elysian Night Owl
2) Southern Tier Pumking
3) Elysian Great Pumpkin
4) Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
5) Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale
6) Elysian Punuccino
X) Elysian Dark O' The Moon

They seem to be varying year to year......but Pumking is good this year? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Cadence]

They seem to be varying year to year......but Pumking is good this year? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Was Pumking bad one year?

I have noticed variability bottle to bottle with the Elysians this year.