The biggest thing to start since the last post are the tastings my wife and I have been hosting at our house. The first one was in a fairly small affair that was very Imperial Stout-centric. I was able to get my hands on a number of the country's finest examples of the style, including Three Floyds Dark Lord, Surly Darkness, Deschutes The Abyss and Sexual Chocolate (the name of the brewery is escaping me right now). That's not all that we had though. My friend Clay had recently returned from Belgium and brought back some treats. About 2 dozen treats to be exact. However, the pinnacle of his finds were all three Westvleterens, 6, 8 and 12. These beers are extremely rare and are not distributed anywhere in the US. So, to get to try all three together was quite a pleasure. This was the fourth time I had the "Westy" 12 and it remains one of my favorite beers of all time. It has never disappointed.
The second tasting was a dramatically different affair. There were twice as many people and many of those people didn't quite realize what we were in fact trying to do. This was evidenced by the person who brought a 12 pack of Bud Light Lime. Anyway, it was still alot of fun. We tried some great beers, but once again I failed to keep any sort of record of the beers I tried. So pictures from the next morning are really the only way for me to remember what was consumed. I do remember that New Glarus' Enigma, Dogfish Head Squall IPA, Green Flash Imperial IPA, DFH Chateau Jiahu and Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine were some of my favorites of the night.
I am planning another tasting around my birthday. Hopefully it will be a smaller, perhaps more focused, affair. I am sure that anyone interested in reading this blog will probably be there. For those of you who weren't there, here are a few pictures to whet your appetite.
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