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

[Cadence]

A sometimes painful committee (the work, not the people) had its hopefully last meeting of the year today. Anyway...

Untitled Art Chocolate Malt Amore Pastry Stout. With midnight wheat, caramel, and chocolate malts. 10% ABV.

Untitled art is hit or miss, sometimes having strange textures or going way too far with a flavor. This is a really nice chocolate dessert stout that would be good to split with a few people or served in snifters. I wish they had half size cans, a full one is a bit too much.

 

[Cadence]

The Kellerbier and Schwarzbier were fine, the sauerbraten and fried cheese were good. The Weissbier at the Bierkeller in Columbia, SC is one of my all time favorite beers.

 

[Zardnaar]

The Kellerbier and Schwarzbier were fine, the sauerbraten and fried cheese were good. The Weissbier at the Bierkeller in Columbia, SC is one of my all time favorite beers.


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Looks good.



Last beers I had at home. Dining out had a NZ hopped pilsner @payn. Had high hopes for the Czech beers. They were nice enough but typical European lager type beers nothing special 7/10.

Lithuania still winning on favorite generic Euro lagers.

More or less stopped drinking APAs and IPAs. If they're good they're all very similar. If they're not pass.

So favorites are probably eastern European amber lagers/lagers in general. Kilkenny amber ale, various porters, NZ hoppy pilsner.

Least favorite wheat beers.



Breakfast but I don't drink generally in the morning camping being an exception.

 

[Zardnaar]

Bought another one of those Czech beers. They also had this one.


Lithuania represents!!!!

Some sort of amber lagers cs the more pale pilsner I've been finding. Liked it a not miretgan the Czech ones. 7.5/10.

Kinda reminds me a bit of a old school NZ beer just a bit stronger, nicer and not as bitter.

 

[Cadence]

Beer run to one of the three big places in town. Wasn't counting, but ended up building my own 12 pack. Seven I think new ones, two pairs of a favorite, and a revisit to see if my initial opinion was right. (With tax, averaged about US $4.50 each).

Seven wheat beers and five stouts/porters. If I had read the bottles better I might have skipped the two barrel aged ones, but we'll see how they are. Was hoping for a dunkel too, but didn't see any singles.

 

[Cadence]

And tried one for the weekend. It's a typical lemon shandy. So fine if you want one, but nothing to go out of your way for.

 

[Zardnaar]

Had a couple of ciders tonight. Haven't drunk much last month or two (1 beer this week, 0 last week sort of level).

Stopped after two. Straight to the old head. Cheap date.

Prefer beer but forgot to get any cider will do in a pinch.

Carlsberg pilsners $12 a ten pack not bad. Over the bar $6-$7 each not so much.

 

[Zardnaar]

Nvrmind.

 

[CleverNickName]

So I have a favorite.

 

[Cadence]

Two from last week that were better in theory than practice.

I really like the Key Lime Pie flavored one by Divine Barrel - the flavor and tartness are perfect. This one by them might have captured cherry cobbler - but maybe I just don't like that in a beer.




Untitled Art is always hit or miss with their dessert stouts. This one was a miss. It doesn't really have anything except the chocolate (which a lot of stouts do), and it has that kind of fruity taste that some dark chocolates do.