The Beer Thread • Page 491

Birthday beer, an all time fav, never bad.

 

Happy birthday @irthesteve!

 

Thx to three best thread out there! Cheers.

 

@irthesteve Color on that’s insane. It looks kinda like a barrel-aged Belgian quad. What’s the taste like?

 

Very boozy and smooth, layered, almost carmel. Here's the official description:

Poterie is French for “pottery”, the traditional eight-year anniversary gift. Our eighth anniversary ale, Poterie, follows in the footsteps of our anniversary releases before it, which are loosely based on an English-style old ale, fermented with our house yeast strain and then blended using the solera method. This means that a portion of each anniversary ale is saved in oak barrels and blended in with the next year’s production, providing more complexity and depth of character as the years go by. The result is layered in robust and complex flavors of toffee, caramel, dark fruit, vanilla and oak. Poterie will age gracefully for decades when cellared properly.

 

Been holding onto this one for a long while. Well worth the wait, very unique and almost like a dark mead honestly



Part science, part art, Elevage pays homage to the elevation of fermentation through process of, barrel-aging, blending and ultimately crafting this ale to taste. This collaborative effort with Sans Liege blends our barrel-aged tripel with super sweet late harvest Roussanne grapes which was then reracked into bourbon barrels. The result is a highly viscous, sweet ale with hints of creme brulee, honeysuckle, mandarin orange, and honeyed apricot.

 

Oh and it's totally still, no carbonation

 

hbd to steve, a person who has only been right on this website when they agree with me

 

Those tasting notes sound similar to the flavor of a quad but without the influence of a Belgian yeast strain. The main old ales I remember clearly trying are Founder’s Curmudgeon and North Coast Old Stock. It’s a cool style, would like to try more

That still beer looks cool too. The only (intentionally) stale beer I remember trying was a wine-beer hybrid from Cellador. Was actually a membership-only beer but they broke it out for a free tasting at City Beer, where I worked part-time pre-pandemic.

EDIT: gonna leave it “stale” for the lols

 

I've had Curmudgeon a few times and actually didn't really like it, not sure why. For the most part, I love old ales though, especially the older they are haha. I think this was my first still beer and it worked really well. I have one other currently, also from Bruery, Still Vindictive which is a stout with malbec grapes. Still Vindictive

 

Not sure I'll make it to the end of March with no alcohol lol. I'll definitely make it through this month. Might go to gin and whiskey and still stay away from beer.

 

I think I’ve only had it once or twice, and similarly wasn’t head over heels for it. But Old Stock is really good and you can often find different vintages of it on the shelf which is fun.

That Still Vindictive looks great, even better to me than the Elevage. Here’s Psalm Spite, the Cellador STILL beer that I tried: Psalm Spite - EXTRA BOTTLES - 375ml - Cellador Ales

 

What the fuck is that second rule? I’ve never heard of that before

 

So by brand they mean the name of the beer? Because without context I would equate the actual brewery to the term “brand”...not a specific beer.

 

what in the world? never heard of anything like that anywhere

 

Froth and Other Half ship cases to PA. The Veil has a similar rule on their ig. Weird!

 

Man that’s wild. Liquor laws be dumb as hell.

 

Pennsylvania liquor laws are absurd

 

PA has the worst liquor laws ever.

 

NJ is worse can't get delivery of out of state beer

 

yea buying booze in general in pa is a pain in the ass. im so used to it i forget sometimes lol. im usually not 1 to buy cases since i like variety so when i want to buy more then 2 six packs worth at a time i plan my errands out for multiple beer stops. which can be inconvenient af depending on where u live. luckily i have a cool bottle shop a few blocks up from me and also a giant w a beer garden a mile away.

 

The rosemary is not doing it for me, luckily not super overpowering. But glad it’s not like jaw clinchingly sour.

 

Yeah, brand is a specific beer.

 

Interesting how that’s the way that term is used in the beer world. Outside the beer world I most often hear it used to describe the company that makes the product not the specific product itself. For example, Nike is the brand that makes Nike Airs. The Airs aren’t a brand themselves.

I think Trillium putting it that way could be a bit confusing for some consumers. Or maybe this is something I was just clueless about and it’s common knowledge.

 

This is pretty phenomenal