Latest Hauls

 Trade with Kevin (rawfish) of San Diego. He is a CSU grad and simply missed the excellent local stuff, so sent him a box of mostly Odell. In return he sent 2x 2010 Abyss, Alpine Nelson, Ballast Victory At Sea and 2x Sculpin!!! Great box!!!

Trade #4 with Vince (G311), he sent 6 pack of Nugget Nectar, 2x Heady Topper, Alesmith Wee Heavy, Insanity, Stoudts DIPA and Oatmeal Stout, Flying Mouflan. Sent him The Count, Footprints, Saboteur, plus many other locals.

Blind Barleywine Tasting

Last minute gathering for a Barleywine tasting. Dave, Sam, Megan and I did the judging. While Candice, Sam's girlfriend, was kind enough to do the pouring! I have really wanted to try alot of these beers so last night was great opportunity to do so. I set it up sort of a bracket style, and we sampled 4 barleywines at a time. We sampled 11 barleywines, probably a few bottles to many, as most of us were beat up a little at the end of the night and the next morning! Goose Island King Henry won by a landslide and in the final 4 got #1 votes by all 4 judges!! #2 and #3 were very close with Dry Dock Bligh's Barleywine and Pelican MOAS taking those spots; #4 2011 Firestone Walker Abacus; #5 and #6 were 2012 FW Sucaba and Troegs Flying Mouflan. Other barleywines in the mix: Three Floyd's Behemoth (which is a blonde barleywine, lower in alcohol and more hops; very good but not really a fair comparison to the others in this category), Hebrew 15:15 (good, maybe a little hot/sweet; needs some age), Schlafly Reserve 2010, Duck Rabbit and a 2007 Stone Old Guardian which was a bit of a disappointment. Good times, would love to do another blind tasting sometime but good on barleywines for awhile unless there is half the amount of bottles. Nice hair Megan!!