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I've decided to go home and make beer instead of sampling beer tonight; hopefully it will go well!

1. Pod_021(AKA JASON).. (Honey Beer and Mint Choc Stout)
2. Will_D (Not sure yet! but at least 2)
3. Dr Jacoby (Strong Belgian Ale)
4. Gues7 (Milestone IPA)
5. UpsidedownA (probably a tasty porter)
6. Biertourist (Chocolate Mole Bock)
7. SBillings (3 Hop IPA)
8. UncleBen (Imperial Stout)
9. DEMPSEY (taster)
10. baconsarnie (10pm Demon Pale Ale)
11. jimmy (kolsch-ish)
12. Saruman (1933 Barclay Perkins Milk Stout)
13. Tube (I'm Sure The Label On Those Hops Is Wrong Pale Ale)
14. KeeganAles (Frog Legs - Belgian IPA)
15. JohnC (I'll be mooching again)
16. jmccormack (I'll see what I can dig up)
17. Nigel_C ( Dark Belgian Ale)
18. TheBeerNut (Old ale)
19. DCBrew (real ale)

Have fun!!

Sorry, I have to cancel tonight. Something has came up at work.
I'll defiantly make it next time.

There were some tasty beers last night; plenty of sweet dark stuff, plenty of hoppy beers, and plenty of phenols from all that wit beer and hefeweizen yeast. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->


I missed Jason's Chocolate Mint Stout down at our table, though. <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

For me the hopped-up beers won the show; there were plenty of really hoppy beers hop complexity.
I expected hoppy goodness from the "demon IPA" and Sean's "3 Hop IPA" (and they didn't dissapoint), but I was also happily surprised to get smacked by hops in both the dry-hopped (I'm assuming) Kolsch and Upsidedown's NZ-hopped "Porter". -That porter had the drinkability knob set on "11"$$ I could drink that on a hot summer day without any issues. -It was more like a Munich Dunkel made with ale yeast instead of lager yeast and plenty of NZ hops.

The closest thing I've ever found to that porter was from a small brewery outside of Seattle (technically Redmond) called "Black Raven Brewing Company". I REALLY like this idea of a "summer porter", which is what I'm going to call it. (A ligher colored and bodied, and fully hopped porter for easy summer drinking.)

-A "summer porter" is now going to get moved up my priority list; I always like the contradiction of a light-bodied and drinkable dark beer (I've been thinking of making a Black IPA, Schwartzbier, or Czech Dark Lager for summer), but most of these styles really just have a single malt dimension; I think a summer porter could have depth of flavor AND be light and summery. (Thanks for the inspiration.)



Adam

I enjoyed my second meet up last night and i finally had something to bring to the table! For me Rubens' Milk Stout and Ben's Imperial Stout stole the show ( i'll be looking for the recipes!)

Gonna move on to all grain now and hopefully i'll have something a bit tastier next time.

Loved Saruman's milk stout, and Biertourist's chilli and cinnamon bock. Jimmy's Kolsch-ish was lovely too, in a thoroughly un-Kolsch-like way.

Really enjoyable night, with lots of quality beers to taste. Highlights for me were Saruman's milk stout (though i'd probably prefer it on a cold winters night- really gorgeous, but filling), Séan's 3 Hop IPA, Upside Down A's porter and Jimmy's Kolsch.