Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

[Scepticalscribe]

Enjoying another Weihenstephaner Vitus today. I'll visit the Astra brewery tomorrow, as I'll be in Hamburg for unrelated reasons anyway, and I wonder what I will find.

Excellent.

Last week (or so), - in advance of the Yuletide season - I treated myself to the best part of half of a crate of Korbinian (courtesy of Weihenstephaner), and yesterday, I added several bottles each of Hefeweissbier, Hefeweissbier Dunkel, and Traditional Helles (plus, six more bottles of Korbinian) to this lot; anyway, this delightful selection has yet to be delivered, but - as I have been out quite a bit over recent days - this is not entirely the fault of the vendor, who had offered to effect a delivery of (this) beer today.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I also purchased a few bottles of white wine from Burgundy, another perennial favourite of mine.

 

[it wasnt me]

Hamburg did have an ale brewed with a pine tree in it. (Astra Fichten Fiete.) Quite interesting. I’ll get a Korbinian tomorrow(, probably!) but I’ll be at a whisky fair in Bremen, so there’s some time left before I’ll try it…

 

[it wasnt me]

What I thought was a lead to the Korbinian turned out to be a dead end.

 

[it wasnt me]

Whoops.

So, yeah, I do understand the recommendation. The Korbinian seems to not take coldness lightly though, it seems to prefer warmer temperatures than being taken from the fridge. Roasty malt meets breakfast cereals. Interesting beer, quite un-Bocky actually.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Whoops.

So, yeah, I do understand the recommendation. The Korbinian seems to not take coldness lightly though, it seems to prefer warmer temperatures than being taken from the fridge. Roasty malt meets breakfast cereals. Interesting beer, quite un-Bocky actually.

To my mind, a lot of the "heavier" and darker beers, such as many of the Trappist beers, and a doppelbock, such as Korbinian, do not react well to refrigeration; they are better served the way one might a red wine, in other words, somewhat closer to room temperature.

Lagers, IPAs, and a Pils style beer, will well repay a period of time in the fridge, but not the darker beers; besides, you need the beer to be closer to room temperature to bring out the taste and flavour profile of such a beer fully.

Delighted that you finally managed to lay hands on the beer.

 

[it wasnt me]

So am I! I had put the first bottle into the fridge, accompanying my collection of sours yet to try. The second bottle was straight from the box and it was notably nicer indeed.

 

[it wasnt me]

I had an eventful evening with a home brewer. Today’s best: a maple syrup stout from US. No cask maturation. I’m afraid that old heavy matured stouts have ruined my senses.

Close to no cinnamon at all, but a lovely note of licorice in the back. Licorice is my only weakness in alcohol. Damn.

Shared a bottle of Korbinian with the brewer. It seems like doppelbocks which are really easy to drink fill a niche unknown to me. Amazing, in a way.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Greatly enjoyed a glass of Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier (on tap), this evening, in a pub.

 

[Silencio]

Trader Joe's recently had some Samuel Smith variety packs in stock at a good price, so I took the opportunity to reacquaint myself with some old friends (the Oatmeal Stout, Nut Brown Ale, and Taddy Porter) and make some new ones (I hadn't tried their Chocolate or Imperial Stouts before — both excellent).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

My beer has just been delivered.......

 

[Scepticalscribe]

More beer and wine has been delivered; I will concede that my (groaning) shelves are amply stocked.

 

[it wasnt me]

Trader Joe's recently had some Samuel Smith variety packs in stock at a good price, so I took the opportunity to reacquaint myself with some old friends

Samuel Smith's beers are rather fine indeed.

My beer has just been delivered.......

Oh, is it more Weihenstephaner?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Samuel Smith's beers are rather fine indeed.



Oh, is it more Weihenstephaner?

Several more bottles of Korbinian, to be precise.

 

[it wasnt me]

Of course! I have 5 left - and a huge batch of Two Chefs beers.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Enjoyed a Helles beer from Weihenstephaner, last night.

This evening, as I have dined on spicy noodles (and prawns and greens) in broth, Tsing Tao is the beverage of choice.

 

[TFrank2]

Enjoyed a few festbiers and a nice Baltic porter last night

 

[it wasnt me]

I too had a Porter yesterday, but it wasn’t great (a liquorice Porter from Denmark with virtually no liquorice I could find). Sad, actually.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Enjoyed a few festbiers and a nice Baltic porter last night

Ah, festbiers.

Excellent.

 

[decafjava]

I didn't know liquorice is used as a flavouring in some beers. I have tried a long time ago the strong and salty sweet (not very sweet) from Finland and quite liked it. It may be interesting in beer.

 

[TFrank2]

Ah, festbiers.

Excellent.

Hard to beat a well executed festbier!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I didn't know liquorice is used as a flavouring in some beers. I have tried a long time ago the strong and salty sweet (not very sweet) from Finland and quite liked it. It may be interesting in beer.

Is that the salty sweet liquorice flavoured liquer from Finland that is coloured black?

Yes, I had that years ago - a Finnish colleague brought some back from leave - and quite liked it.

 

[decafjava]

Is that the salty sweet liquorice flavoured liquer from Finland that is coloured black?

Yes, I had that years ago - a Finnish colleague brought some back from leave - and quite liked it.

Yes correct it was black, and I also got some from my Finnish colleague.

 

[it wasnt me]

I didn't know liquorice is used as a flavouring in some beers.

One of my all-time favourites (100/100 points in my book) is currently “out of production”, but they plan to revive it.

Raspberry liquorice sweets. Not uncommon in Sweden. (Got mine in Germany.)

 

[rhett7660]

While not one of my usual beers, but I was craving a good ole fashioned Guinness over the holiday so that is what I had... or three... Didn't disappoint.