The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 21, 2007 Report Posted February 21, 2007 Usual hot chocolate before bed. MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Goodnight MG Thank you Tony. Slept well - overslept well, in fact. MG Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Posted February 22, 2007 And it's tasty. you spoiled my morning. cant get it here no more. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 But you CAN get office coffee, which is what I'm drinking right now! Quote
gslade Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Office Coffee Kills , which means It could be good or very bad Sprite at the moment Quote
Uncle Skid Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Coffee here as well, but mine is a fresh cup of decaf, made in my brand new Freedom Press! Quote
sidewinder Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) 0.5 litres of Ruddles County. Not too bad. Weird!!! I've just put my bottle back in the pantry and opened a 660ml bottle of Greene King IPA instead. I need the volume tonight. 1L of Ruddles County. Nearly Friday ! Edited February 22, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
sal Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Mad Hatter IPA from New Holland Brewery in Michgan. This is the best IPA I've ever had. Goes especially well with this Old and New Dreams CD blaring through my house. Life is good! Quote
sjarrell Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 And it's tasty. you spoiled my morning. cant get it here no more. We just got it here. Maybe it moved? Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Posted February 23, 2007 And it's tasty. you spoiled my morning. cant get it here no more. We just got it here. Maybe it moved? hope you got their expedition stout? beautiful russian imperial stout. thick and black as used motor oil. improves your hearing, too. makes all the music sound better. Quote
jazzbo Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Ruta Maya medium roast, dripped via a #2 cone and filter, using Ozarka spring water and some half and half. Eyeopening the easy way. Quote
sjarrell Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 And it's tasty. you spoiled my morning. cant get it here no more. We just got it here. Maybe it moved? hope you got their expedition stout? beautiful russian imperial stout. thick and black as used motor oil. improves your hearing, too. makes all the music sound better. My ears need all the help they can get. I'll let you know if I find it, thanks for the rec! Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Report Posted February 24, 2007 And it's tasty. you spoiled my morning. cant get it here no more. We just got it here. Maybe it moved? hope you got their expedition stout? beautiful russian imperial stout. thick and black as used motor oil. improves your hearing, too. makes all the music sound better. My ears need all the help they can get. I'll let you know if I find it, thanks for the rec! I recently had the opportunity to pick up two bottles of Bell's Expedition Stout. I'd tried this micro brew a year or so ago without writing up an "official" beer review so I thought what better time than the holiday season to give myself a little gift and try it out again. Yes, it is definitely a gift to be had (or given out) for the beer lover in you or your loved ones. This Russian Imperial Stout style microbrew is brewed annually during the late fall months by the former Kalamazoo Brewing Company (newly named Bell's Brewery, Inc.) A winter brew, this one definitely will warm your bones on a cold and blustery winter's evening. Pouring my first of the two 12 ounce bottles into a 16 ounce pub glass I am awed by the overall blackness of this stout. No light, and I mean none, passes through this beer when held up to the light. Pitch as night I would describe it. And thick to boot. Almost seemed like pouring a bottle of motor oil into my glass. It definitely did not give off the appearance of "light, crisp and refreshing" which would classify it as a classy anti-macro brew right off the bat. I like it already! The limited, if almost non-existent head, lasted seconds at best. But the head of this beer is not really what it's about anyway. Taste is it with Bell's Expedition Stout. The first sip I experienced an exquisite creaminess not often found in my experiences with Imperial Stouts. Many times the burnt flavor of alcohol sting overwhelm a lot of the the total creamy smoothness a good RIS can offer. And offer Bell's did. The taste was of toasted malts and chocolate. I even detected a flavor reminding me of dates embedded in the flow as it passed over my palate. The aroma matched the flavors almost to a "T". No off-flavors or smells to speak of and I just got the sense that I was definitely drinking one of the best of the best maybe in the world of the Russian Imperial Stout style. Definitely seems to be a well-crafted and cared for steed in the Bell's Brewery stable of solid offerings. I very, very much enjoyed this one and will certainly enjoy the other of the two I'd purchased very soon. One downside to Bell's Expedition Stout is the overall alcohol content which is listed somewhere in the 11% abv range which is strong even by Imperial stout standards. It is simply so darned drinkable, it would be easy to down several at a sitting without thinking much about it until it was possibly too late to avoid the effects of too much imbibing. You definitely should try this microbrew if you like dark beers and stouts in particular. I would recommend that you sip responsibly finishing with just one per session. Take the time to enjoy this masterpiece of a creation and it will be one you'll look forward to coming back to each and every winter. I'm giving Bell's Expedition Stout a 9.50 for the style which is in my book, the closest I've come to the perfect Russian Imperial Stout. Winter Cheers to you! P.S. If you enjoyed this review, and microbrews in particular, please take a few minutes to visit my site at microbrewreview.blogspot.com for additional and ongoing microbrew reviews. There is nothing quite as enjoyable as a finely produced craft beer (if you like beer of course). If you are passionate about craft beers and enjoy perusing honest, unbiased reviews of microbrews and craft beers, both good and bad, you'll definitely like my blog at http://microbrewreview.blogspot.com/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_James Quote
jazzbo Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 Ruta Maya medium roast, dripped via a #2 cone and filter, using Ozarka spring water and some half and half. Quote
brownie Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 Finishing a fine Havana cigar and sipping from a Spanish liquor 'Licor de Hierbas con Orujo'. No idea what it is exactly made of but it is mightily enjoyable Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Report Posted February 24, 2007 economizing on 'natural ice.' 24 ouncer is 99 cents. Quote
sjarrell Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 I'll have to wait until fall for the Bell's Expedition Stout. But I'm told we'll have it then. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 Had four Kostritzers last night, while spinning a stack of LPs and playing a mad game of Boggle. Awesome! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 We've just opened a packet of Clipper Organic tea. It's blended from a number of soures, so I'm not clear how they can really know it's all organic. Anyway, it's fairly strong, but not filthy. Not bad, in fact. My missus has yet to pronounce on it, so I don't know whether we'll be getting it again, (though she does drink that brand of Rhooibos tea). MG Quote
Tim McG Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 E&J Brandy. I am but a humble civil servant.... Quote
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