Destroyed in October

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

: Boulevard Barrel Aged Quad – Boulevard pulled out all the stops on this beastly barrel aged quad. This robust beer is aged with cherries which makes for a unique delicious Belgian style quad. The nose has waves of bourbon with hints of banana and cherries. The palate has flavors of figs and dark fruit that culminates into a blend of cherries and bourbon. The brew finishes with a distinct vanilla flavor.

: Boulevard Harvest Dance – This robust wheat wine had a little age on it. It is a big wheat beer that tastes similar to big barley wines.

: Burnt Hickory Cannon Dragger – This beastly yet refined IPA is FUCKING PERFECT.

: Cigar City Jai Alai – Finally back in ATL again. This beer was here for a bit a couple years ago then it disappeared. I don’t recall liking it in the past but I sure do love it now. Wonder if they tweaked the recipe. It’s a solid IPA. Drink one.

: A Delicious Beer – I can’t remember what this was, just that it was delicious as I enjoyed in the sun on a patio. I think it was Terrapin So Fresh So Green but I don’t really remember. Just look at it thought. Doesn’t it look tasty?

: Dogfish Head American Beauty – It’s a big Imperial Pale Ale for the Dead Heads. I love the Dead, this beer I did not love as much as them. Don’t get me wrong it is good stuff but it had a lot to live up too. I like the battle of the malty nuttyness vs. hops that this beer had in my mouth.

: New Belgium Accumulation – This winter seasonal hits the olfactory with mild waves of herbs, grass and lemon. It is a light bodied and dry. Herbal flavors start off the drinking experience followed by spice, pine and a light breadyness. Finishes herbal and peppery.

: Prearis Quadrupel

: Scheldebrouwerij Hollow Point Quad – Bold stuff and tasty. Oddly it had almost no aroma.

: Sixpoint Three Beans – Dark chocolate and roast rule the nose of this beer. Up front you’ll notice big dark chocolate flavors followed by waves of roast and sweet cocoa. It is refreshing in a “cold glass of chocolate milk” kinda way. Perfect for sipping in the cool fall air.

: Sweetwater Red Hot Mama – This deep dark red brew smells of pine and sweet malt. This broad makes sweet love to your mouth with flavors of pine, chewy resin, and more hops. She might come off as bitter but she sure does finish just sweet enough to want to see her again. When she’s gone all you have to remember her by is the sweet, piney, biscuit flavor left in your mouth.

: Three Floyds Broo Doo – A chewy piney fresh hop treat. Really liked this thing.

: Troegs Perpetual Ipa – Was good. Don’t remember much more about it.

A Dark One from the Cellar

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

SweetWater Happy Ending – A big black hopped up stout

This is possibly(in my opinion) the best beer that SweetWater makes regularly. While I enjoy most of their beers very few leave me satisfied in such a manor as this beast. I pulled this beer out of the cellar the other day cause I needed a beer that would tell my taste buds to wake the fuck up. This beer kicks ass from every direction. It’s got a wonderful aromatic blend of roast, chocolate, pine, citrus, and spicy hops. This thing has gotten nice and smooth over the past 8 months and it still has some hops intact in the flavor and aroma. This brew has lots of toast, roast, toffee, and coffee all complimented by a west coast style hop profile. You won’t see this on the shelves again till January so you’ll just have to drool over the thought of drinking one till then.

The Price is a Matter of Discrepancy

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

SweetWater Brewing – The Price is Wrong – Imperial Belgian Pale Ale

It’s been a while since I have been really impressed by a SweetWater Dank Tank but this beer brought me back on-board with the series. Going to add this one to my Dank Tank favorites list(it’s imaginary and located in my head not on this site). Other semi-recent favorites have been Fresh Sticky Nuggs and Goulash. This beer is worthy of it’s Dank Tank title cause it is a big, bold, and tasty beer. It is a Belgian Strong Ale with an American twist; a boat load of tasty hops. The Belgian yeast imparts some fruity and citrus notes that are complemented and enhanced by the dry hopping with Simcoe and Amarillo hops. This beer is big at 9% but it goes down smoother and easier then a lot of weaker beers. If you see one of these beers sitting on your local retails shelf please pick it up and pour it in your face. Help control the bad beer population. Have your Macro-Beers spayed or neutered. Goodbye, everybody!

Destroyed in August

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

August was busy month and most of my beer drinking went un-documented or was on draft but I did manage to scrounge up these beers for the list.

: Uinta Cahoots – Lots of Rye and super smooth. Like really smooth. It hides the 9.4% abv to well.

: Stone 17th Anniversary – They did it again! Another bad ass IPA. This one uses mostly German ingredients but attains an almost west coast flavor.

: Clown Shoes Swagger – This hoppy red lager is bold for a lager. Just enough sweet red malts and bold IPA style hops make this a unique drinkable lager.

: Burnt Hickory Brewery 9353 – If you are going to put fruit in my beer, do it like this! Big Belgian IIPA brewed with peaches. Nice and bitter with a hint of tartness and peaches. Fucking delicious.

: Westbrook IPA – Pungent hoppiness in a can. I highly recommend you try this if your an IPA fan.

: Lagunitas New DogTown Pale Ale – De-fucking-licious. This pale ale is a hoppy son of a bitch and I love it. If you like IPA’s then try this. It falls into the weird “Not sure if its an IPA, Pale Ale, or Session IPA” category that’s been building up lately.

Peppercorn IPA

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

SweetWater IPA cask with peppercorn and centennial hops

Cask of SweetWater IPA aged on peppercorns and centennial hops.

I made it over to the SweetWater Brewery this past Wednesday and they had an interesting cask of IPA. The cask contained peppercorns and centennial hops which thoroughly enhanced this beer. Spicy peppercorn dominated the nose and palate while the centennial hops made a more modest appearance. If you have time to drink some beers on Wednesday nights then SweetWater is a good place to be. Every hump day they pour unique casks of heady brews that are worth fighting the traffic for.

Can’t stop the Hop

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Whats left of a SweetWater Lowryeder Hopped in glass with wet Citra Hops.

I can’t stop putting hops in my beer now. I destroyed two SweetWater Lowryeder‘s that I hopped up with a few fresh citra hop cones. It’s to bad that its not harvest season yet cause I could do this every day. The hops tend to cloud the beers a bit as well as adding little yellow hop “flavor crystals” that float around. With the wet citra hops you get a nice combination of citrus and pine. The wet hops also add a layer of spicy heat to the finish, makes me wonder if hops rate on the Scoville scale at all.

let’s get things rolling…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Cask of SweetWater IPA O PEEL. IPA aged on orange peels.

A cask of SweetWater IPA aged on orange peels. In this cask the typical hop notes on the nose where mellowed out with mild orange aroma. The flavor came off a bit malty for a SweetWater IPA; the orange peel came through in the end and left a good bit of peely tartness.

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