Need to get me some of this.

I was the designated driver today but happened to call in at the Rockfish Grill at Southpoint with a couple of mates of mine @Stuart_Arnold and @MrMoBeer
I had a taster of a Bourbon Barrel Aged Siberian Night by http://thirstydog.com.  The small sample I tasted was great. It had a fantastic nose and a great taste.
Many thanks to @Michael_Hayek for providing the samples and chatting to us.
I want to get some more.
Gotta get me some more.

Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

www.duckrabbitbrewery.com
This Brewery is located in North Carolina and specializes in Dark beers



This beer has a nice caramel coloured head but its a little bit "foamy" is the best word I could come up with. It s not a thick dense head like some Stouts. The head lingers all around the glass to the bottom.  The beer itself is black in colour and has a strong lingering taste of coffee (with sugar). It goes down very well and is easy to drink.
I had my last drink about 5 minutes ago and i can still taste the coffee with sugar. Very nice after taste.

This beer is called a Milk Stout because it is brewed with Lactose (mostly found in milk) Lactose is not turned in to alcohol by the yeast and so it remains in the beer after fermentation giving it a sweet taste.
Here is a good link of Wikipedia Milk_stout

ABV 5.7%
look: 4.0  Light frothy caramel head Black in colour
Aroma: 4.0 Heavily malted sweetness
Taste: 4.0 Taste the dark roasted malts and sweetness of the Lactose. Lovely Coffee aftertaste that lingers
Body: 4 Quite thin for a stout and mildly carbonated.

Overall this is a really good stout I enjoyed drinking it very much.

Dave rating of 4.0,

Congrats to Stuart Arnold

@Stuart_Arnold has just passed his Cicerone Certified Beer Serving exam. http://www.cicerone.org/
Well done and move on to the next level now.:-)

Steel String Brewery

Just a quick blog to say thanks again to the guys at Steel String Brewery
https://twitter.com/#!/SteelStringBrew
http://facebook.com/SteelStringBrew
 
for a cold but informative and entertaining morning Brewing some beer. It will be interesting to compare the ESB to the American Pale Ale
I gained a wealth of knowledge from you guys and can't wait to found out what it tastes like in a few weeks.

Double taster

I have a couple of drinks to add to the blog this evening.
Both of them are from Dogfish Head www.dogfish.com

The first one is the Midas Touch Ancient Ale
This was a nice Ale. Nothing special. You could definitely taste the Honey and Grapes which gave it a very sweet taste, the saffron however was not that noticeable.
Its available all year round from the brewery and is based on an ancient recipe. A little too sweet for my liking.



ABV 9.0%
look: 4.5  Lovely golden colouring. Nice head with some lacing
Aroma: 3.5 Slight hoppy aroma full of honey sweetness
Taste: 3.5 I couldn't drink more than a couple I one sitting
Body: 4 Thin and mildly carbonated,

Dave star rating of 3.5

The next Beer from DogFish Head was the Indian Brown Ale.
Its another year round ale from the brewery and do you know what its very very nice. I really did like this beer. It was so easy to drink.


ABV 7.2%
look: 4.5  Really nice Dark brown colour. Nice head with some lacing
Aroma: 4.5 Hoppy well rounded aroma. hints of Caramel from the Brown Sugar used in its production
Taste: 4.5 Really nice. Its got everything well balanced from the hops, sweetness and maltyness
Body: 4 Like velvet

Dave star rating of 4.5 ( nearly a 5)