Another Martin House Brewing beer for Ryan and I to Duo. An Imperial sour? It's 12% and it's grape that sat 7 months in a wine barrel. What could go wrong? Went into the glass without much fanfare, almost no head and that disappeared. Very murky color that almost look like a tequila sunrise. Held to the light it's orange on the top and bottom and maroon in the middle. Beautiful. Aroma was pure white wine, Chardonnay character. First sip gives you a red barley wine, pretty good. It's also very acidic on the tongue. You slowly get some white wine and hidden late is a tiny grape flavor. The finish leaves the mouth feeling coarse. They tout this as a grape ale, I don't get that. It's way in the background. The acidity on the second and third sips is becoming much too strong. It seems so unbalanced with the barley wine flavor. We knew it's a sour but neither one of us really want to finish this now. That's a shame.

Chili ei toimi omaan makuun oluessa, ehkä joku muu tykkää?

Hard day at work deserves a good beer and pizza. Finding a good Texas beer in Alabama isn't easy so this is fun. Watched him pour it in the glass and there wasn't much head. Dark brown opaque color. Strong peanut butter aroma. Really smooth and soft texture. I was worried it might be artificial, but I'm not getting any of that. A little over sweet, but the peanut butter is pretty good. A pretty simple beer in that there's not much else going on. It's the same from first to last. Just a smooth, soft creamy peanut butter without any of the roasted or bitter qualities.

Having this Texas Imperial Stout as a Duo with Ryan on my father's birthday. Sure miss him. Another one of Martin House's two beers to a box specials. You can smell bananas as soon as you pop the top. Strong aroma along with an intense alcohol. Pours into the glass like a cola, semi-transparent but becomes opaque in the snifter. A small amount of head but it disappears quickly. Swirl it in the sniffer and it coats the glass with a crystal clear film. First sip is that banana. Strong. A sweet banana flavor that reminds me of the banana toffee candy I had as a child. The alcohol is also strong, definitely whiskey, no bourbon. As the middle arrives so does the milk chocolate. The finish adds just the smallest amount of bitterness as the chocolate whiskey flavor becomes dominant. This is an unusual beer in that each flavor seems to push the boundary to the edge of what is acceptable. It's really sweet but not too much. The alcohol is intense and pushing the limit, but doesn't cross the line. The chocolate should be a dominant flavor but it does finally arrive in the finish. Somehow it stays within the boundaries of being balanced, but just barely. It's like, we're going to kick ass and see what happens. So, they made a big alcohol beer, 14.6%, threw in a ton of flavor and through caution to the wind. Is it a great beer? Nope, but I did enjoy it.

Lunasti lupauksensa

Oranssisen ja hailakan rusehtavaa ja ohuen sameahkoa. Olematon vaahto. Tuoksu runsaan, suolaisen ja happaman suolakurkkuinen, valkosipulinen ja yrttinen. Maku makean ja kevyen maltainen, runsaan, suolaisen ja etikkaisen happaman suolakurkkuinen, valkosipulinen ja yrttinen. Olueksi melko epämiellyttävät maut. Suutuntuma on keskitäyteläinen, kuivakka ja hiilihappoinen. Pelkkää mausteista ja ohuen maltaista suolakurkkuliuosta. Oluena 1/5, suolakurkkuliuoksena 5/5.

Bonuskierros. Maistuu vuosikausia purkissa olleelta suolakurkkulieneltä, johon on mennyt suolaa vähintään tuplana. Bloody Mary on vahvana tässä. Vähä freesimpi ja vähä vähemmän suolaa ja tomaatti pois, ni vois olla ok. Tällaisenaan ei kovinkaan häävi.

Ykshuikka -tasting EI!

Decent stout, chocolate but faint vanilla, cherries are present with slight bitterness on the backend.

At my son's house watching the Alabama Wisconsin game. We looked like Alabama again. This is a beer I brought home from Texas from Martin House Brewing. Short, creamy head with plenty of small bubbles. Aroma of european chocolate, caramel, and vanilla. Modestly creamy texture. Taste delivers a dry chocolate, toasted caramel and a liqueur alcohol licorice aftertaste. It slides silently into the finish with only a breath of hop bitterness. Good but not memorable.