David Kline

9.2

Blood-ruby, undiluted tenor from rim to rim. Blackberry-cran with a smoky coat, violets, raspberry reduction, wild nettle, suede, rose petal, dried cherry, applewood, and gingerly ginger, spare cedar, finest snuff, cherry pit and damp clove spiced nose. All with a slight memory of campfire. Black plum, cedar, violet, dried, sour cherry, dark leather, peppercorn, dried cranberry and red currant, cinnamon apple, fine, grippy tannins that integrate into the whole with a pleasing sense of herbs and bitters, sage and lavender. Did not expect this complexity from carignan, and floral notes that evoke like Nebbiolo. Class. .
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#Lioco #Mendocino #carignan #sativa #oldvine #liococarignan #handharvested #submergedcap #wholeclustergoodness #Pinemountain #santarosa — 6 days ago

with Courtney

David Kline

8.9

Prankster

Light haze to bright gold with a tinge of tangerine. Atmospheric and fast head forms and deconstructs in a swirl to cobwebs. Mantis lacing. Yeasty-brussel sprout-y, yam-earthy, baked orange, caramelized leek, and dried grapefruit savoriness to the rustic aromatics. Supple citrus blobs of soft orange and grilled lemon and grapefruit bob in a nutritional-yeasty soup of acorn squash and malty carrot, a nano pepper, and even less cedar or cinnamon bark. We would be splitting hairs to go further, but there are gingery spices and ginseng suggestions, ghosts of allspice and serpent breath. Pranq it up!
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#northcoastbrewing #northcoastbrewingco #pranqster #belgianstylegoldenale #belgianstylebeer #beer #bier #birra #biere #cerveza #cerveja — 18 days ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.1

Pomegranate red with orange tones and a light strawberry milk-stack on the top that aspires. New wave lacing. Clean, strong cherry fruit opens your nose to a candy cherry Jolly Rancher, a touch of steak tartar with a lime spritz, and a tiny mint leaf. Cran-cherry sourness makes the entry tart and tight, but the candy costs, and the lime satisfies as it sparks the salivary catalyst. Really a treat, and not a drop of balsamic, so, more cocktail than main course. Bright and brisk with tart and tangy finish. #WickedWeed #wickedweedbrewing #wickedweedcherrylimeburst #sour #sourbeer #beer #bier #biere #birra #cerveza #cerveja #sessionsour — a month ago

David Kline

9.1

Straw with gold leaf glints. Compelling nose of acorn squash, zucchini blossom, cooling lemon zest, green apple, lime, drawn, clarified butter, corn flakes, tiny sprinkles of dried pineapple, and banana leaf aromas. Soft lemon pith and wet peel, green orchid stem, tangy, deconstructed lime from zest to oil and pith, lemon grass, and fresh cut lemon somehow echoing green apple tart bursts; lean and sexy with myriad edible flowers, lavender, squash blossom, nasturtiums, dandelion, and others, small and subtle. Overall a great Chardonnay with elegance and calculated beauty reminiscent of a Japanese garden, or a small, manicured French palatial jardin. .
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#lioco #Chardonnay #californiachardonnay #chard #sonomachardonnay #sonomacounty #russianrivervalley #sustainablehorticulture #sustainable #sustainability #liocowine — 8 days ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.2

Exquisite Grenache plum and leathery Syrah jump from the glass with a dusty touch of non-Brett barnyard. Black cherry, licorice, burnt rye toast, blackberry, raspberry reduction, and violet aromas. Big blackberry and luxardo cherry opener, with black currant and ripe black plum. Smooth edges all around here, with grape leaf, and a grape or two too. Touches of mint with bitter chocolate expressions make this a dance of equestrian beauty as saddle leather sage and dark cigar coat the finish. Bolero. .
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#gsm #andrewpeace #fullmoon #aussiered #australianwine #fullmoondoublebarrel #southaustralia #rhoneblend #redwine #rosso #rouge #vinrouge #wine #blends — 21 days ago

with Courtney

David Kline

8.9

As expected, a reddish hue to the amber, giving this an added warmth visually. Nice diversity of turtle back bubble clusters falling through the negative space of fine bubbled vines forming to leave a cantilevered lacing. The rye gives an earthy note to fig and malty caramel and mangrove honey, while blood orange and sweet lemon rise like a mirage. Great beer entry with a polished iron aspect cutting into the cooked ginger, wild rice and dark tea tastes and textures. A soft recollection of spun sugar heating. Soft and sweet, while bitter and deep. Session-able, with a pause for contemplative memory. .
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#terrapinbeer #terrapinbeerco #mosaichops #redrye #redryeipa #ipa #indiapaleale #ale #terrapinmosaic #Athensga #gabeer #seasonalsessions #beer #bier #biere #cerveza #birra — a month ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.0

Espresso black with mocha toppings. Unctuous pointillism of zygote fossilization. Carbon paper, licorice, treacle, Turkish coffee, toffee, and a sapling-meets-whiskey, cinnamon, gingerbread, dried fig, and sarsaparilla scented number. (My wife thinks this tastes of cough syrup, but it is just whiskey centric) big, charred whiskey entry with dark caramel and Christmas pudding, that turns to burnt fructose. Awesome depth and breadth! .
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#beer #bier #birra #biere #cerveza #cerveja #stout #barrelagedbeer #barrelagedstout #oakaged #oakagedstout #imperialstout #oskarblues #oskarbluesbrewing #tenfidy #stovepipetenfidy #oskarbluestenfidy #bourbonbarrelaged #cobeer #coloradobeer — 17 days ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.3

Lean aromatic spot of light, clean, almost frosted lemon, lime juice, lime pith, and gooseberry aromas. Chalky. With zippy, bright lemon zest, nectarine, dried starfruit, green-white underripe blackberries, black currant leaf, and grapefruit pith. Amazing Sancerre with buoyancy and ethereal grace.
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#Sancerre #chavignol #domainedelaporte #sauvignonblanc #blanc #loire #loirewine #loirevalley #loireblanc #frenchwhitewine #wine #whitewine #sb — 17 days ago

David Kline

9.5

French bubbling onion broth, with fungal asymmetry the partnering haberdasher’s cheese motif, and pictographs and hieroglyphic bubble letters the font-lacing. Caramel-orange and yeast with hibiscus and dried lotus slices. There is a peppermint coolness to the backnote and a clean, bok choy sweetness. Tastes of caramel and verdelho-Madeira, and lemon, orange and grapefruit interplay mutating into a cilantro and Vidalia, that ultimately return to the yeast, with marigold petals swimming in a malt and hop extravaganza. #mikkeller #nelsonsauvin #dryhopped #deproefbrouwerij #beer #bier #birra #biere #cerveza — a month ago

with Courtney

David Kline

8.8

Nice pale-yolk opacity with egg-white fuzz. Even lacing of desert dunes. Grapefruit-pineapple nose leans tropical, but shows sweet lemon pith on the back. Orange blossom and sweet basil flower. Active mineral component to the sip, lemon oils and grapefruit on the slug, and a resinous and bitter hempseed on the gulp; though sweet citrus sails through. There are competing elements here, that defy cohesion; flashes of brilliance, and tumult. Feels like a damn party alright. .
#sixpoint #sixpointbrewing #sixpointpartyhat #partyhat #beer #bier #biere #birra #cerveza #hazy #ipa #hazyipa #indiapaleale #hops #galaxy #citra #mosaic #brooklynbeer #nybeer #ale — a month ago