Victory Summer Love
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Bell's two-hearted, yorsh style.
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I appreciate that hard-won knowledge.....it will help me greatly as I hunt for the perfect beer for me.
Not really a IPA guy, and the stouts I love can get to be a bit much, especially in the deep south,
of which I am not in but feel right now as if I was. HEY, LOOK, A COOL FRONT NEXT WEEK....only 94.
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Hill Farmstead Flora
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Just had beer #1 out of the Sam Adams Hopology variety pack . This is 'Angry Monk' - A Belgian IPA. Actually, surprisingly good.

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Damon
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Epic South Florida tasting.

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Some highlights

Hill Farmstead Biere de Norma

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Three Floyds BA Alpha Klaus

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Three Floyds BA Cherry Klaus

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Three Floyds BA Plum Klaus
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Continued

Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

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Three Floyds Cognac Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout

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Three Floyds Cognac Barrel Aged Dark Lord de Muerte
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And more

Goose Island King Henry

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Goose Island Bramble

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Ken Schmidt / Maui / Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter Aged on Bourbon

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and there was much more after those. Some rare Jackie O's, Jester King, 10 Barrel brewing, Stillwater .......
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Wow, some really amazing beers:-):-)
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yeah it was nuts, one great beer after another
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No kidding. You had way better stuff this weekend than I had.
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Wow, Tony, awesome set-up! :-)

Just finished a kayaking weekend with some buddies. No pictures of beer but we enjoyed:

Union Jack IPA by Firestone-Walker
Belgian Brown by Blue Mountain Brewery
Dark Hollow (nitro tap) by Blue Mountain
Dale's Pale Ale
Summer Solstice by Anderson Valley (they call it a Cream Ale, but it's really more like a Cream Soda Ale--very vanilla & perfumey)
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Wrecking Bock by Castle Hollow Brewery :-)
Hops.I.Am (2012) by Castle Hollow

And one of my friends brought a 4 year old bottle of his still mead (17%) and a carbonated ginger mead (very dry) that we split.

Good times :-)
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Robert the Bruce
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Ruination 10th

It's a good beer standing on its own. However it doesn't seem all that much like Ruination. Ruination is this dry, bitter beer that's all buttering hops. I guess to get the higher alcohol in the 10th they had to increase the malt to an extent that it is more noticeable - the overall balance changes from utter imbalance to something not quite as extreme. Again it's a good beer, just not what I was imagining. I'd say it reminds me more of Lagunitas Maximus than of regular Ruination.

Still love the label though :-)
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Rocky River Black Magic Coffee Stout on Sunday, thanks to that TOE right above me!! :-)
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Actually Long Trail Brewmaster Series Coffee Stout but the other one sounds good too :-)
Glad I could see you Tom even if only briefly.
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It was great to see you too, Julian, twice this year already! :-)

Damn, I thought the name had a "river" in it.....well, you know I liked it, I killed off most of the growler myself. :-)
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Brux from Russian River and Sierra Nevada:-)
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Had a bomber of Foothills Hoppyum last night.
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