from the twisted minds of snm
Deschutes seasonal, pours a very dark amber, medium strong head. Spice and floral aroma, Hops bitter, but well controlled. Medium mouth feel. Given its darkness, would hope for more roasted malt, but that’s not to be. Not a really high ABV, but there’s a decent warmth.
A pretty decent beer, but it also doesn’t really excite me either. Just barely 3 out 4 jubiliant monkeys.
From Full Sail this is a stout aged in bourbon barrels. Pours opaque black with weak head. Alcohol presence is pretty strong. Surprisingly not a strong smokey aroma, but there is a dark chocolate. There’s also some interesting flavors going on that aren’t immediately identifiable as being from the barrel aging. The bitterness is there, but actually very even and controlled. As expected of an imperial stout, a fairly thick mouthfeel.
Solid entry, more than 3 of 4 barrel monkeys.
OK, got really lazy this year, woke up late. I’m sure our end of year ride had something to do with that. Anyway, here you go. Beautiful cloudless day with nice brisk temp. It’s shaping up to be a La Nina year so temps are more “winter”like and the rain has been more plentiful.