Happy birthday to me

"PowderHound" (PowderHound)
12/11/2013 at 18:25 • Filed to: Beerlopnik, Birthdaylopnik

Picked up a few beverages at the liquor store. Never actually had any of these ones before so it should be interesting. The Ovila is brewed with plums and the Traquair is brewed with coriander so it should be interesting.

DISCUSSION (45)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:27

oh man... Delirium... Be careful with that mate... be careful..

Edit: And happy birthday :)

ddavidn > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:28

Interesting, never had any of those. I do like New Belgium's Trippel, which is brewed with coriander and is very pleasant.

PowderHound > ddavidn
12/11/2013 at 18:29

I will have to look for it. Unfortunately it is slim pickin's at the liqour store

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 18:31

Oh man this will be fun. Delirium is 8.5 Ovila is 10.2 and the Traquair is 8

ddavidn > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:31

No local beer markets, huh? I don't know how I'd live in a place that didn't have one of those.

PowderHound > ddavidn
12/11/2013 at 18:32

I live in Utah. Damn Mormons with their running the state.

Spaceball-Two > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:33

You're in Utah aren't you? I lived there for 7 years and HATED having to go to liquor stores.

Bluecold > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:34

Fun fact. The Delirium brewery built a new brewery a while ago. The first 25 people dressed in a pink elephant suit in front of the new brewery before the 22 of march 2012 got "a year's supply" or 15 cases of Delirium Tremens

17 of the 25 people came from the student town of Delft, the netherlands. A pallet of delirium destined for you and your friends is a glorious sight.

PowderHound > Spaceball-Two
12/11/2013 at 18:34

YUP. Coming from Western NY it is a pain. Just give me good beer everywhere!

PowderHound > Bluecold
12/11/2013 at 18:36

I would have done that in a heartbeat. As long as the costume didn't have to be top notch

Spaceball-Two > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:36

I left Seattle to go to school there (Westminster) and then hung around for a couple years after. It was culture shock for sure. Still get back down to the old SLICK once or twice a year. I was there in October and went to Lucky 13. That place is great.

PowderHound > Spaceball-Two
12/11/2013 at 18:38

I don't spend much time down there. I am up in the park city area, near summit park. It's less mormonized up here but those damn liquor laws

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:39

Delirium may only be 8.5.. but trust me,that shit will get you drunk faster than you can say "pink elephants roam in the distant forrests of Elephantidae Roseus"

Spaceball-Two > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:40

I'm quite glad High West opened AFTER I moved back to Seattle. Not sure I'd still be among the living.

PowderHound > Spaceball-Two
12/11/2013 at 18:40

It is expensive but sooooo good! We had our holiday work party there, it was awesome.

ddavidn > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:44

Hah, that's right. Epic Brewing make some good stuff out of Utah, you should get that.

wkiernan > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:46

Happy birthday, Mr. Hound. I shall knock back a boilermaker in your honor soon as I get home. (Thanks for the excuse!)

Kinja'd!!!

PowderHound > ddavidn
12/11/2013 at 18:50

I have had quite a bit of Epic brewing. Really like a lot of what I have but was just feeling some different stuff tonight.

PowderHound > wkiernan
12/11/2013 at 18:51

I got some jim beam today too! I can have some boilermakers!

ddavidn > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 18:52

Oh, nice. I had their Big Bad Baptist stout and it was supar good. But yeah, it's nice to have variety. Unless, I guess, you're in Utah...

Squid > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:05

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your fine cache of brews!

If you find the Ovila Golden around you should try it. I think the Ovila line is some of the best brews that Sierra Nevada produces.

I must also say you have a nice eclectic eye for beers and it is very much along the lines of some of my beer purchases go. I've had people in the beer stores look at me funny for bringing some weird combinations of styles to the register (that is also after spending about an hour and a half deciding on what I am going to buy).

Cheers!

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 19:06

Oh man I didn't even look but the IPA is a 9.3%

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:09

Welcome to my world :) I'm writing some reviews on a few beers now.. a cocoa stout at 10%, Black IPA at 7.2% and a US Style IPA at 7,2%.. I feel a bit buzzed.

PowderHound > Squid
12/11/2013 at 19:09

Thanks! They should be cold now so I will dive in! Definitely look out for the Golden I have never had any of the Ovila line before.

Beer selection is weird for me. I never go in with any sort of clue. Just randomly pick things that pique my fancy.

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 19:10

Sounds Awesome! At what point can you no longer review?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:16

I usually stop taking notes after three - four beers.. Not that I can't still write, but it comes to a point where you no longer have the ability to distinguish one hop from another.. A review that says "well, it tastes sorta like citrus" won't be any good.. I need to be able to tell the difference between simcoe and motueka.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:22

Traquair is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD.
The Ovila I had was brewed with tangerines, and it was fantastic.

Squid > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:22

Well you mainly got a Belgian thing going on with that selection with one odd ball of hoppiness thrown in there, but that is pretty much how I pick beer if I'm in a discovering mood.

Lately I've been on a 21st Amendment kick with their Fireside Chat, its a decently strong ale at 7.9% but it isn't hoppy at all and has some nice spices thrown in the brew which make it a nice companion now that it is a little chilly out.

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 19:33

I am not that advanced in my tasting. I'm more of a well this tastes good then after a few good ones switch to the more mundane

PowderHound > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/11/2013 at 19:35

Good to know. If my mother ever gets off the phone I can have two hands to open one of these beers

PowderHound > Squid
12/11/2013 at 19:35

I do tend to stick to belgians and dark beers. I love stouts and porters.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:40

Hehe... well.. I might have seemed like a douche there... I'm not that elitist when I drink beer with friends.. A beer is a beer... just don't give me a PBR :)

Squid > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 19:41

I'm a fan of stouts and porters as well. Speak Easy's Butcher Shop (I believe that is what it is called) is a good strong black ale that I'm not sure if it is a seasonal or just a one time release thing, but if you see it give it a whirl. There are so many damn tasty beers to try! Why can't I have one of everything in my house right now?

PowderHound > Squid
12/11/2013 at 20:10

I will! Luckily the beer selection is so little at the store I know what I have tried

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 20:13

No I don't see it as elitist. I just don't have a sophisticated palate. I can't pick out what I am tasting. I can gauge how heavy it is and hoppy but I can't say something like, oh well this has a forward taste of apricots and a remaining taste of urine of a monkey who has eaten to many elderberries.

I won't turn down a PBR. They have their place.

Squid > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 20:15

Utah can't be friendly to the discerning beer drinker, enjoy what you can while you can.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 20:18

I won't say NO to a PBR, just as I won't say NO to a tuborg here in Norway.. And yes, they have their place, at a bbq with friends.. spicy as shit food and stuff.

But since I have rather large piercings, wear glasses AND have a moustache.. I can't be seen with a PBR :P

As for palate.. well, that is something you learn. It's not like I was born with the ability to distingiush one hop from another :) Heck, give me some red wine and ask me too tell you what it taste and I would probably say "uhh... it tastes rather sour"

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 21:54

AHHHHHHH!!!!! The hipster stigma. fuck them.

The delirium had something. no idea what that taste was.

I went: Ovila. Delirium. Tranquair. now on the IPA. I love it all but you would have had to been there in the moment to hear my description of them I can't even remember what I said about them.

I think I rate them from 1 to last: Tranquair, delirium, Ovila, IPA? But the IPA was such a wildcard it is just not comparable to the rest.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 22:06

The delirium is almost like a cloudy white wine I'd say..

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 22:27

I have the worst wine taste. I went on one wine tour with a bunch of friends and that is my wine experience.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 22:29

I'd say we're about the same then..

PowderHound > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
12/11/2013 at 22:32

Well then share your beer reviews, unless I am just not here enough and miss them, I would love to try the ones I can find.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 22:36

Most of them I can't share.. since I'm payed to do them. but I'll be sure to post stuff when I can.. I had one yesterday.. but I think that's the only one I've ever done here.

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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > PowderHound
12/11/2013 at 23:11

I remember (sort of...) not long after I discovered good beer I picked up a rather potent build your own 6'er. 2 of the 6 were Dogfish Head, the World Wide Stout and the 120 IPA. I really hadn't paid all that much attention to the abv, and I really had never been much of a drinker since I really never got a taste for crap beer. Both hit at around 18%. Yeah, back to the "sort of." Anyway, it was summer, early dinner, mowed the lawn, came in, sat down popped the WWS, and started relaxing. And man, that was some good stuff! It went down real easy, and I thought what the heck, them Dogfish make a good beer, let's try the other! Grabbed the 120, and down she went too. anyway, this took place over about 30-40 minutes, and after I finished those 2 I stood up to go do something, they hit me like a sack a hammers. I sat back down and decided what ever it was could wait.

PowderHound > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
12/11/2013 at 23:33

Perfect! I have now finished all the 4 and am feeling plenty good