Ahhh…Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout – it’s such a behemoth of an Imperial Stout. At 13%, it’s enough to take the edge off any situation very quickly. Rewind a couple years ago…The BCS was my first real experience with an extreme beer. Just smelling it come out of the glass as my waiter poured it [...]
Archive for January, 2010
15 Jan
RJ Rockers Black Perle
I’m not 100% sure of what prompted me to pick up this bottle of beer by R.J. Rockers out of South Carolina. Perhaps it was the blue waxed top, perhaps it was because I’d never heard of the brewery, or perhaps it was because it is considered a black IPA. I’d say the latter was [...]
13 Jan
Surly Furious
Get Surly! That’s there motto at Surly Brewing Company. So that’s what I’ve done in my latest session at The Hopry. I did it from a can too, which is mainly because Surly puts most of their year-round beers in cans. Of the several I’ve now had I must tell you that they are all [...]
11 Jan
Hanssens Oude Gueuze
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Gueuze Lambic is one of the hardest styles for a new craft beer drinker to enjoy. Now that may be a generality based on my own opinion, but it truthfully is one of the most challenging styles out there. Gueuze are very tart, funky, and [...]
7 Jan
Founders Devil Dancer
I can’t believe in just 31 sessions of The Hopry three of them have been from Founders. First I drank their Breakfast Stout, then the Cerise, and now I’m sharing this lovely work of hop art known as Devil Dancer. I guess that’s an ode to how much I love this brewery. This beer has [...]
