![time for some winter brews:
Beerhunter Meeting of 18 January 2009
Called for: 6:30PMConvened: 7:15PMPresent: Ben (curator), Dan, Tom (secretary)Absent (unexcused): Bean.drew
Agenda: 1. Drink Beer that might go well with cold weather.
A) St. Peter’s Winter Ale “Dan is qualified to satisfy you.” -Dan
Dark ale with heavy, dark fruit notes and a nice balance of citrus hops coupled with a sweet, toasted malt finish. Coffee peeks through subtly in a lasting, slightly bitter end. Pleasant mouth-feel that goes down smooth and without the high viscosity we’ve come to expect from darker coloration.
Re-buy: carried with one abstaining (Tom).
B) Young’s Oatmeal Stout
Pours a nice, jet black body and ruby head. Watery mouth-feel. A nice breakfast beer, maybe, if for nothing else its dominant coffee aroma and flavor. Lives up to label description, but just a little too plain. Good for price, but not a Re-buy (voted down unanimously).
C) Southern Tier Imperial Oat
Excellent! Re-buy carries unamiously. Recording the minutes now, I realize I made the mistake of drinking the entirety of my share before recording most of my impressions. The record is kind of “scribbly”, like the 11% ABV might have, maybe, you know, impaired my motor functions. (And verbal capacity, apparently - “Dis one’s puttin’ me over!” is the closest thing to legible marginalia I could find.) Whatever. We did an “ingredient test”, since Southern is cool enough to print the full recipe on the label. I don’t remember the results. Someone said “pine nuts and black pepper corn.” Another person said “toast.” Equally ridiculous. And somehow we discussed Tecate Beer Floats… far inferior, even in theory, to a Southern Tier Imperial Oat Coffee Ice Cream Float. Maybe next time…
D) Erdinger Weissbrau
Hefe-Weizen. Dan and I called an informal Hefe-Caucus the day prior to Volume III. We picked this one up along with a couple Weihenstephaners, which turn out to be favorites around here, among the best we’ve found so far. The Erdinger tastes like stale Miller in comparison.
E) Brooklyn Pilsner
Packs a lot of energy in the carbonation: constant bub bub bub bub bubbles. Surprising citrus bitterness. If it weren’t for the crisp, dry and toasty finish, you might confuse it for an IPA. Worth re-buying.
Meeting adjourned (turning down my Bourbon County Brand Stout hunt): 9:20PM
Music
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colors
Notorious B.I.G.: “Juicy”
Wire: Pink Flag
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
[Minutes recorded and edited by Tom]](http://26.media.tumblr.com/ShKREBlNnj4a7fgpsU3NiF9Bo1_400.jpg)
time for some winter brews:
Beerhunter Meeting of 18 January 2009
Called for: 6:30PM
Convened: 7:15PM
Present: Ben (curator), Dan, Tom (secretary)
Absent (unexcused): Bean.drew
Agenda:
1. Drink
Beer that might go well with cold weather.
A) St. Peter’s Winter Ale
“Dan is qualified to satisfy you.”
-Dan
Dark ale with heavy, dark fruit notes and a nice balance of citrus hops coupled with a sweet, toasted malt finish. Coffee peeks through subtly in a lasting, slightly bitter end. Pleasant mouth-feel that goes down smooth and without the high viscosity we’ve come to expect from darker coloration.
Re-buy: carried with one abstaining (Tom).
B) Young’s Oatmeal Stout
Pours a nice, jet black body and ruby head. Watery mouth-feel. A nice breakfast beer, maybe, if for nothing else its dominant coffee aroma and flavor. Lives up to label description, but just a little too plain. Good for price, but not a Re-buy (voted down unanimously).
C) Southern Tier Imperial Oat
Excellent! Re-buy carries unamiously.
Recording the minutes now, I realize I made the mistake of drinking the entirety of my share before recording most of my impressions. The record is kind of “scribbly”, like the 11% ABV might have, maybe, you know, impaired my motor functions. (And verbal capacity, apparently - “Dis one’s puttin’ me over!” is the closest thing to legible marginalia I could find.) Whatever. We did an “ingredient test”, since Southern is cool enough to print the full recipe on the label. I don’t remember the results. Someone said “pine nuts and black pepper corn.” Another person said “toast.” Equally ridiculous. And somehow we discussed Tecate Beer Floats… far inferior, even in theory, to a Southern Tier Imperial Oat Coffee Ice Cream Float. Maybe next time…
D) Erdinger Weissbrau
Hefe-Weizen. Dan and I called an informal Hefe-Caucus the day prior to Volume III. We picked this one up along with a couple Weihenstephaners, which turn out to be favorites around here, among the best we’ve found so far. The Erdinger tastes like stale Miller in comparison.
E) Brooklyn Pilsner
Packs a lot of energy in the carbonation: constant bub bub bub bub bubbles. Surprising citrus bitterness. If it weren’t for the crisp, dry and toasty finish, you might confuse it for an IPA. Worth re-buying.
Meeting adjourned (turning down my Bourbon County Brand Stout hunt): 9:20PM
Music
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colors
Notorious B.I.G.: “Juicy”
Wire: Pink Flag
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
[Minutes recorded and edited by Tom]
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