Why 102b you ask? Well, I had some decent beer over the past couple of weeks, and a couple have made their way into my top 100. So now we're going with ties as well; or, another way to look at it, I'm counting down all of the beers I have rated 4.2/5 or higher.
So, this week's beer is....
Flying Dog Imperial Porter
Check out that link. Now. There's one creative beer and one creative brewery at work here.
The link will tell you everything you need to know about Flying Dog in Colorado. They make some kick ass beers and they have some of the best labels I have ever seen. This particular beer was really neat - it was a porter kicked up more than a few notches. Here's my ratebeer review:
Nice very dark brown, small beige head. Lovely unique aroma, lots of roast, coffee, and a nice malt sweetness - lovely! Very very unique strong sweet porter taste. Very nice and dry afterwards. A little sharp. A perfect example of a porter kicked up a bit - lovely!
Big thanks to Harry for the bottle.
Flying Dog is pretty hard to come by in these parts, as they have never formally distributed in Canada to my knowledge. But close by in Buffalo at Premier Gourmet they usually keep a pretty good selection of their beers - this one is a seasonal though, so it is a little more rare. A perfect winter treat.
Je5
3 comments:
Hey Jeff, I like it! I'll be linking to you.
As a beer guy look for a new post on my end in the next few days - I am going to bet that you know this place but if not you'll go crazy. Terrific stuff.
Also - Irish history huh? Have you been over there?
Book I got for Christmas that is a terrific read about the North - The Bloody Red Hand by Derek Lundy. Must read. And an easy read.
Thank you for visiting Mr. Black Dog! I've really enjoyed your blog so far as well - you keep reviewing all of my favourite places (or places I want to go to)!
I look forward to your next post...
I've been to Ireland quite a few times, mostly on holiday. My family has been in Canada just enough generations to lose pretty much all of our contacts over there, but that has not stopped me from visiting the old home village in Antrim, and poking around all the interesting corners of the island...
Thanks for the book tip, I'll look for it. Not easy reads, but Tim Pat Coogan stuff is the most thorough and knowledgeable stuff I have read to date... http://www.timpatcoogan.com/
Thanks again for visiting; keep up the really enjoyable blog you've got going there.
I think I've read Coogan as well.
Apparently there was an excellent biography on Mick Collins that just came out last year - sorry for the lack of specifics but I seem to remember reading that in an end of year list.
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