Explorations in beer
Following the great selection in the last year’s calendar, there was no way to avoid repeating the experience.
Ordered and received the calendard without a hitch (once again with free shipping).
And like last year, I will add a tracking page for the contents.
FI: Joulukalenterin paluu.
And the joy does not fade until long after the beer is gone. As long as the beer is given enough time to properly warm up. This is not a beer to be drunk in haste.
Noa Pecan Mudcake is firmly a dessert beer. Not necessarily a beer to be enjoyed with dessert, but a beer to be enjoyed as dessert.
Nomen is very much omen: this is as close to liquid mudcake as things get. Though oddly the very chocolate-y, cloyingly sweet taste manages to hide the pecan of the title as well as the 11% ABV.
I’m sure this is not for everybody.
I’m pretty sure most people will react with antipathy to a beer that’s close to lukewarm chocolate and almost without carbonation.
But for anybody that appreciates dark chocolate and even darker imperial stouts this is pure liquid bliss.
FI: Ehtaa tavaraa kaikille tumman oluen ja suklaan ystäville.
The tracking page is up.
It looks like a very moderately interesting crop, with the Estonian Jõuluöö as the “todo”-item on the list.
FI: Vuotuinen jouluoluisto ei suuresti houkuttele – isot ja/tai jännät ameriikanihmeet puuttuvat jälleen kerran.
While I’d been reasonably impressed by the few Pühaste beers tasted previously, their Dekadenz hit the proverbial jackpot. It’s an imperial stout whose initial lightly smoky roastiness soon gives way to vanilla, dark rum and even a cigar – and it’s all built on a solid layer of hops. Definitely a beer for the lousiest of November slushes.
Domestically the month wasn’t a raging success, and the mantle of the best beer ends up hoisted onto Janne Ale, a Malmgård exclusive for Sinne in Porvoo. It’s quite far outside reinheitsgebot – with spices and lemon zest added to the mix. But who is counting.
FI: Ei voittajaa virolaiselle rappiolle tässä kuussa.
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