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 223: August 11, 2015
Diary entry:
Had a last meeting that ran until 5. So happens, it was in the same building where John, my colleague that I go beer tasting with works. And he shares a room with some of the people I was in that meeting with. So when he heard my meeting had just ended, I got cornered and invited along for some beer tasting again in Eindhoven at Van Moll.
Lawrence of Arabica by Amager Bryghus (7% Porter, Collaboration with 18th Street Brewery of the US) – Heavy on the coffee flavor. Not so much orange zest, but still quite tasty!
Ypres – 2010 Double Barrel Aged Fob by De Struise Brouwers (7% Flanders Oud Bruin) – One of my favorite styles. Nice sourness balanced with the brown and a wee bit of sweetness and fruit flavor.
Doerak by Van Moll (6.3% American IPA) – Heard good things about the new batch on tap. They were right. Tastes more like the last bottle I had. Bravo on this batch!
Green Gold by Mikkeller (7% American IPA) – Slightly maltier than the last. Still very good. Hard to follow a hop bomb
And then, the beer of the night…
The Beer:
Name: The Living End (Bourbon Barrel)
Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Producer: Buxton Brewery
Alcohol content: 10.1%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: Van Moll in Eindhoven, the Netherlands
The Living End (Bourbon Barrel) by Buxton Brewery. Very nice (once it warmed up a little). Dark coffee. Caramel and vanilla. Some chocolate. All that dark stuff. A wee bit boozey on the aftertaste. But still lovely. 🙂
