Seeking Winter’s end
By praying at the shrine of
St. Victorious
Written by Captain Hops.
References: St. Victorious is a wonderful doppelbock from the folks at Victory Brewing.
Thing of the day: “I Love Doppelbock” Hoodie Men’s Black
Just to celebrate ~ One of life's little pleasures ~ A simple poem
Seeking Winter’s end
By praying at the shrine of
St. Victorious
Written by Captain Hops.
References: St. Victorious is a wonderful doppelbock from the folks at Victory Brewing.
Thing of the day: “I Love Doppelbock” Hoodie Men’s Black
Hanging with the guys
After pickup basketball
Victory is sweet
Written by Captain Hops.
References: Victory Brewing
Thing of the Day: Spalding 72351 Portable Basketball System with 44-Inch Polycarbonate Backboard
Watching the Penguins
Not enough cold Hop-Devil
Arrghhhh JUST SHOOT THE PUCK!
Written by Gary Johnson.
References: Hop Devil, Penquins
Thing of the Day: Strange Brew (1983)
Riding out the storm
Below Decks with my crew mates
Fearing Davy Jones
After a couple
I enter a dream-like state
Or maybe passed out
Long past Christmas day
I find myself harassed by
Gangs of scofflaw elves
Written by Captain Hops.
References: This post is part of The Session. The Session is a monthly beer-themed group writing project for bloggers. This month’s theme is Barleywine or as they are known in the US: Barley Wine Style Ales. This month, the Session is hosted by the Brew Site.
To be honest, barleywines always seemed rather exotic and intimidating to me so I don’t have a lot of experience with them. (Feel free to read that as too expensive for me.) However, this session gave me the excuse and the gumption to finally take the plunge.
I went down to the Wine Source, and picked up Below Decks from Clipper City’s Heavy Seas label (Baltimore), Old Horizontal from Victory Brewing Company (Pennsylvania), and Criminally Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing (England).
All of them were different, but they were all good and they were certainly potent. The Below Decks was the hoppiest of the bunch, but all of them had a strong malt profile, almost fruity.
Barley Wine is beer not wine. It got it’s nomenclature because it is brewed to be as strong as wine. The alcohol content is probably the defining characteristic of this style because the flavor profiles can vary a great deal.
I chose to share my barley wines with friends in wine glasses and found it very pleasant. It was almost startling to see how quickly you could feel the punch so I wouldn’t recommend sitting around downing pints of this stuff.
All in all it was a good experience. I’m not about to put barley wine on my regular list, but they certainly make the grade for special occasions.
Cheers!
Check out the full round-up of barleywine posts, now up at the Brew Site.
Thing of the Day: Ultimate Beer
The Devil wins big
No sympathy needed here
Victory for hops!
Written by Captain Hops.
References: Victory Brewing Company
Gift Idea of the Day: Beggars Banquet
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