Oude Gueuze, written by D

Oude Gueuze pours light copper with thick longlasting head, smells of sour oaky funk but not very fruity.  The taste is quite lemon-y sour but not puckering, clean, a little granny apple comes through but a touch earth and leather is detected.  It is quite dry and crisp to the tongue.  One of D's favorites.

Ain't it perty?

The Colorado Collection.

Donated graciously by Beer Brother T.

 Eye candy for you.  Beer for me. 

Chocolate and BACON

This is a bacon quiche made with bacon, eggs, bacon, cheese, bacon, scallions, and bacon. 

Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Imperial Stout is a pretty decent stout.  It's light on carbonation, with a short lasting head, it's moderately creamy, sits on top of your tongue, but feels like it doesn't touch the tongue.  I guess that's an oily mouth feel.  Very dark beer with a tan (light to medium) head; bitter up front and at the end, but the mouth feel is creamy, chocolate.  Flavors are cocoa, mocha, a bit of hoppiness and molasses.  Its made from American two-row pale malt, caramel malt, malted wheat and a blend of American roasted malts and barleys, Willamette and American Fuggle hops.  Available only October through March (better stock up!). 

Dieselness (soon to replace the CNN): 78
COR: 95%
ABV 10%
IBUs 51
Plato 21.7
Degrees Lovibond: 170?  probably an awful guess.

Cheap Drunk

Upslope Brewery, contributed by Beer Brother T.

India Pale Ale

Upslope is one of the newest breweries in Boulder, CO, a town teeming with craft brews. While they’ve managed to make a name for themselves locally, you can’t get their IPA as far away as the East…yet. Many CO breweries have started canning their craft beers to fit the active lifestyles of their customers – a can is much easier to crush and carry out in a backpack than glass.  

After arriving in Boulder from the flatlands out east, I thought that this beer drank more like an imperial IPA than an IPA. It may have had something to do with the fact that a flatlander at 6,000’ is a cheap drunk. Still, even those with higher hemoglobin counts than I do appreciate this diesel, hoppy IPA.

Chance of repurchase: 100%. 

It are go good with pizza

I want to go out, don't know if I can, 'cause I'm so afraid of the Tommyknocker man.

Tommyknocker Brewery

Idaho Springs, CO

Hop Strike Black IPA

“Heavy on Hops and Balanced with Dark Rye Malt”

6.5% ABV

78 IBU

Tommyknocker has been creating quality lagers and ales in the Colorado Rocky Mountains since 1994. The bottle describes the legend of the Tommyknockers, mischievous elves who slipped into the gold mining camps of CO Springs.  Legend has it that they kept many miners from harm and led them to gold.  Perhaps these were the same mischievous elves who led me to this beer.  The malts that put the black in this Black IPA have a mellowing effect that makes this beer an easier drink than you’d expect from 78 IBUs. 

Chance of repurchase: 30% (largely because there are comparable, more geographically-convenient Black IPAs).