406. Green Flash Brewing – Double Stout Black Ale
Mar02

406. Green Flash Brewing – Double Stout Black Ale

As you can see by my last few posts, my friend Joe and I have been out in St. Louis, hitting Perennial Artisan Ales earlier this evening. After enjoying their Vermilion and Abraxas, we headed back to Joe’s place, where he cracked open a Deschutes Black Butte Porter. It wasn’t quite time to call it a night, so Joe dug into his celler and pulled this one out. Location: Poured from the bottle into a pint glass, at my friend...

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405. Deschutes – Black Butte Porter
Mar02

405. Deschutes – Black Butte Porter

After a very nice night out at Perennial Artisan Ales, where I had their Vermilion and Abraxas, we headed back to my friend Joe’s house. He dug into his beer stash and pulled this beer out. I checked my list and was amazed I had not yet tried this beer yet (despite my visit to the Oregon Brewers’ Festival, even having brunch at the Deschutes Public House before the festival). Location: Poured from a 22oz bottle into a pint...

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404. Perennial Artisan Ales – Abraxas
Mar02

404. Perennial Artisan Ales – Abraxas

After having the Vermilion, my friend Joe demanded we get a bottle of the Abraxas.  He’s had it before and raved about it. It’s an “Imperial Stout aged on Mexican cocoa nibs, ancho chiles, vanilla beans, and cinnamon,” so as you can tell, it’s supposed to have a rich, complex flavor. Location: Poured from a 750ml bottle into a goblet glass, at Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, MO. Numbers: 10% ABV, ~...

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403. Perennial Artisan Ales – Vermilion
Mar02

403. Perennial Artisan Ales – Vermilion

As I mentioned, I’m in St. Louis for another mini-micro tour with my friend Joe (meaning we hit a bunch of St. Louis’ microbreweries over a weekend, which there have been several new ones in the last year or so.  I got in late, but we had dinner and I had an Oatmeal Brown from 4 Hands.  Now we’re on to Perennial Artisan Ales.  I stopped here very briefly over the holidays and picked up a few beers to go, including...

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402. 4 Hands Brewery – Cast Iron Oatmeal Brown
Mar02

402. 4 Hands Brewery – Cast Iron Oatmeal Brown

I’m in St. Louis this weekend to spend some time with my friend Joe.  The plan is to hit several microbreweries this weekend, as well as trade some homebrew.  I finally made it into town after a long day at work, and we headed out to Milagro Modern Mexican in Webster Groves.  They had several craft beers on tap, and I was looking forward to trying something from one of St. Louis’ newest microbreweries – 4 Hands....

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