This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 149: May 29, 2015
Diary entry:
Friday, and another week comes to an end.
A quiet morning at work, but a very full afternoon, mostly spent on side tasks outside of the core of the big project. Important side-projects though, and good to have these to break up the single-mindedness of the main project.
Got out of the office at 4:30 or so and spent the rest of the afternoon / evening working on blog topics with Erin and Dylan, and then shopping for and making dinner. I think we’re doing some day-trippin’ tomorrow, but not sure. Not sure what the little schemers have cooked up…
The Beer:
Name: Maximo
Style: Imperial Stout
Producer: D’Oude Maalderij
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: De Hopduvel in Ghent, Belgium
Poured deep dark brown to black, with a thin, dark brown head. Dark aromas of black chocolate and ripe black cherries. Dark, almost burnt flavors of chocolate and coffee. I enjoyed the lingering bitterness.
Commercial Description:
Brewed alongside Deo and Optimo to form the DOM Trio of Deo Optimo Maximo, or “The most powerful God.” This trio was designed and brewed as a statement of black beer styles. Deo is a 4.8% Porter, Optimo an 8% Stout, and Maximo, the 11.5% Imperial Stout. Together, the the first letters of the names of the three beers form the initials of the brewery, D.O.M. or D’Oude Maalderij. The labels were designed by three artists each who with elements such as a cathedral and alchemy (old brewing skills) were allowed to speak their own style in their creation. Initially these beers were only sold as a three-pack with a unique triangular clip.
