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Had a couple of pints of Galway Hooker earlier and at home having a bottle of Brooklyn East India Pale Ale now. Tasty but nothing unique.

Pint of Dark Arts, followed by
Pint of Hophead, followed by
Pint of cask Copper Coast, followed by
Pint of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (€6.20 a pint, ouch)

Gouden Carolus Winter: 10.5%

GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS! Picked it up at Weylands [sic] on Camden street. I wish I remembered what it costs because I'd love to pick up a bunch more of these.

SUPER malty aroma and flavor (I'd say there's quite a bit of aromatic malt in there); it instantly reminded me of another beer but it took me a while to think of what it was: Pannepot. Considering this Gouden Carolus beer probably cost 1/4 - 1/6th as much as Pannepot I'm pretty happy.

It's like Pannepot without the spices, if I bought a ton of this, and added the Pannepot blend of spices and stuck it in a Calvados barrel for a few months I'm convinced I could sell fake Pannepot Grand Reserva.

Great stuff and has really NO alcohol burn; I don't know where all the alcohol went.

Adam

"Tube":3vzbekx8 wrote: Pint of Dark Arts, followed by
Pint of Hophead, followed by
Pint of cask Copper Coast, followed by
Pint of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale (€6.20 a pint, ouch)[/quote:3vzbekx8]

-Against the Grain?
Adam

No, started in B&C... wanted to try Metalman's beer which was out of stock, so had a pint of Dark Arts instead, and then moved on to the PH before going in to the Olympia.

A pint of Buckley's, followed by a pint of GH, followed by a pint of O'Hara's IPA (first time I got grapefruit off it!) followed bya pint of Ór.

A very educational chat in the B&C, and good night was had by all.