Todella vadelmainen 🤤🥰

My daughter and son-in-law's awesome diet has really cut back on our beer Duos. Tonight we're having the 2025 version that we've enjoyed before has a 2024. I gave it a 4.8, this one's a little different. Instead of 16% it's 14.9%. I'm so ready for this. Black as motor oil but almost no head. This is intense. The alcohol in the aroma clears the nasal cavity. Strong coffee, dark chocolate, and some stone fruit, mostly raisin. Yeah this is powerful. First sip delivers an alcohol surge that has my mouth and even gums tingling. Is this really just 14.9%? Excellent flavor of strong coffee, neither burnt nor chared, just strong. Blend that with notes of dark chocolate, a touch of raisin, and a tiny splash of natural raw vanilla extract. It begins with a soft gentle texture that gently coats the inside of the mouth. All of this is revealed on the first couple of sips but it's consistent. Through the middle and into the finish all the flavors stay the same. Neither rising or falling in their balance. As I slowly enjoy this beer, I begin to notice that there's no barrel flavor infused and this definitely is not bourbon but a straight whiskey flavor. I've enjoyed some powerfully high alcohol beers before but this 14.9% seems so much higher. But in a good way because it accentuates the other flavors rather than try to dominate them. Even with the lower alcohol, this 2025 version is going to be bumped up a little.

Martin house brewing hadn't had much luck with finding a good tasting beer from this brewing

Finally having another Duo beer with Ryan. This is a Martin House two beers to a box fruit sour. Passion fruit aged 7 1/2 months in a whiskey barrel. Frothy head has a little pink hue but disappears quickly. Lightly hazy with an old brass color. Aroma has a touch of a red wine characteristic. First sip reveals a strongly acidic citrus with notes of port wine, grapefruit and lemon. The barrel aged whiskey is also apparent. Did not really taste any passion fruit in this. My main problem is the flavors didn't blend together successfully. The barrel whiskey did not compliment the citrus flavors at all and felt like they fought each other throughout. Never tasted any of the 10.3% alcohol which is probably a good thing. Neither tart nor sour, just an abundance of citric acid.

It’s like drinking a packet of pickled onions crisps, lovely 😂

Decent porter with coco nibs, notes of vanilla, chocolate and hint of marshmallows on the backend.

Persikkaa ja pientä loppupoltetta

Persikkarenkaita ja loppuun mausteisuutta ja hot soossia. Jännä on. Matalat hiilihapot.

We are at Whiskey River Ranch in Texas for our annual SOTS reunion. This is our 36th gathering on the Guadalupe river. This is entry number seven into our best beer contest. This beer is scary because it's 12% and it's only noon here. I was going to save it for later but I got shamed into sharing it. The peanut butter came fast followed by the banana. Neither were artificial. Pretty well balanced with the peanut butter a little stronger. Only in the finish did a roasted quality emerge with maybe a little bacon in the background. Mostly just roasted. Creamy, smooth, good beer. Oh, that 12% doesn't try to hide either.