What Did You Drink Last Night?

[rumblefish]

One of my "normal" Pubs (Hales) has been doing a "firkin on the bar" every Wednesday night. They put a 7-1/2 gallon beer keg (pony keg or firkin) on a stand on the bar, tap it, and pour just with gravity (no supplemental CO2)

Last night they had a blended beer - about a half gallon of soured barleywine was added to 7 gallons of wood-barrel-aged belgian double yesterday morning, and allowed to mix and stabilize. They tapped it in late afternoon, and it was an amazing beer. Just enough soured barleywine to add nose, depth and interest, but not so much that the sour was in anyway off-putting. I expect they will still have some available tonight (at about 8% ABV, they were pouring it in small glasses), and so I strongly recommend any readers from Seattle to head over there if you have a chance.

That sounds good.
Whose beer are they using, their own?

 

[rumblefish]

Last night I had Moaten, Flanders Red Ale- What you'd expect from a sour ale, only better. Probably the best of it's type for me.

 

[jwalls]

Last night

Gentleman Jack, on the rocks.

 

[dnjan]

That sounds good.
Whose beer are they using, their own?

Yes, their own. They had made (and remade a number of times) the Belgian double as their 25th anniversary beer a while back. So aging some in a wooden barrel was just something to try.

And I haven't gotten the story on why they decided to sour a keg of the barleywine. One of the brewers there likes to experiment with strong stuff, and I think he was the one who did it.

Actually, I am a bit surprised they even brought some souring bacteria into the brewery. All of their fermentation is in open-top tanks.

 

[rkwilker]

Johnny Walker Black.....neat.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Vodka and tonic.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Mai Tai

 

[Lorena B]

Few things but mainly Jack & Coke

 

[St.Ignatz]

Just a Jever with dinner. Hawaiian butterfish with boiled spuds and baby bok.

 

[Retrobeme]

I had a Manhattan made with Elijah Craig..

 

[CdnDandy]

A pineapple and rum before dinner, and a nice dry white with the food. Gal I've been on a few dates with had me over for a lovely meal before we went out to a play. Wonderful evening - although I apparently overdressed for the theatre...

 

[rumblefish]

Just a Jever with dinner. Hawaiian butterfish with boiled spuds and baby bok.

Jever- My favorite Pilsner.

 

[Jennifer Lynn]

unsweet iced tea - Would have preferred Jamesons (12 yr), but there was none to be had.

 

[St.Ignatz]

After dinner an IsolaBella 18 for the bride and a Ron Zacapa Cent. for myself.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Bombay Sapphire martini

 

[John in Covina]

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ale they are giving Stone Brewing a run for the money in hopping here.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

A pineapple and rum before dinner, and a nice dry white with the food. Gal I've been on a few dates with had me over for a lovely meal before we went out to a play. Wonderful evening - although I apparently overdressed for the theatre...

One can never overdress for the theatre....

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Beefeater Martini in one of the two spiffing red-stemmed Martini glasses that came in the early holiday gift sets at the local state liquor store.

 

[rkwilker]

Chivas 15 year old...neat

 

[Ethan Bentley]

A Galliano and Grappa mix.