Daniel Bloom

9.6

Wow!
N:Mushrooms and cherries anyone. Root beer, cedar, glorious !
P: When you taste this, it explodes and fills your entire mouth. Browns, reds, oranges, a multicolored experience. No heaviness here.
Sassafras again ( root beer) cedar, spice, meat,
This is alpine Nebbiolo that’s gone to heaven. At least 50 yr old vines at 450m southern exposure, picked and carried by hand. At least 6 yrs combined big wood and bottle before release.
Thanks@FassSelections
Oh My! — 2 years ago

Philip Patston

9.6

Superb beer. 4.8% alcohol. “Real ale” of course, meaning hand pumped, not carbonated. Very English beer. Not driven by excess hoppiness. — 5 years ago

Ross Fulton

9.1

Please hand me my vitamin — 5 years ago

Dakota Hewlett

9.4

A classic taste, a steady choice. — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.6

Jumping spider eye bubbles mass in a parabola foam while smaller bubble sheens fill the bursting absences, until the whole becomes an espresso foam, and equally oiled. Unction lacings lean Hebraic but ultimately are the dream fonts writ by the hand of G-d. Mene Mene Tekel Parsin they seem to say before fluttering away as constellations on a starling’s back. Fair warning as this is a heavy purse to carry. Six years in and taking stock. Figs, dates, treacle, raisins, carob, caramel, vanilla bean, sweet potato casserole, bacon fat, mincemeat. Rich on the palate with milk chocolate, molasses, Turkish coffee, gingerbread, candied date, and espresso-tobacco finish. Gloriously integrated and complex complexions.



#oldstockale #oldstock #2016 #northcoastbrewing #bièredegarde #agedbeer #bier #beer #birra #biere #cerveza #northcoast — 2 years ago

Mark Howard

9.6

Old school Napa Cabernet showing place and wine maker. Delicious fruit with integrated tannins. Quintessential Rutherford dust, eucalyptus with the wind and floral characters under a calm hand. Big, bold, fruit characteristics, yet a refined finish from a steady hand. Shows the trademark of Chuck all the way through. — 5 years ago

with Elizabeth

TheSkip

9.2

This wine made me think of all the different reasons we buy wine. Especially to buy in some quantity and especially "blind" not ever tasted it.

This hit a lot of the marks for me:
- visceral appeal based on my previous (and maybe current love) for the Elephant Six collective. I suppose that there is wine in homage to this makes me officially old.
- inaugural vintage. I love to get in on the ground floor of things
- recommendation of a trusted friend. @Greg Ballington is a steady hand in his thoughts and writings. His scores mean something. So a solid 9.2 was reason to act! Far better than my ramblings which are more fit for the back of the napkin to be tossed at the end of the eve.
- label. Yes. I do judge by the label. This is totally in my style.

This is a very nice wine! In the glass, there was the tell tale purple rim. Explosively fragrant with a melange of cedar and blackberry. I found the palate not exceptionally complex, but the blackberry and blueberry notes came through nicely.

Sometimes Syrah can finish quite sharply in a bitter sense. This finished quite beautifully and is my major reason for the score.

I am excited to try the big brother shortly. — 8 years ago

Daron Watson

9.3

New Anthem Beer Project : Clapback (Strata Triple Dry Hopped)

hand select Citra in the kettle, whirlpool, and then twice in a very generous double dry hop ~ THEN dry hopped a final time w Strata

honeydew and cantaloupe, then passion fruit and mango, w hints of citrus (grapefruit and maybe orange julius) — 3 years ago

Danielle

9.2

This peanut butter stout is so tasty, with creamy peanut butter and hints of chocolate it’s really like a peanut butter cup beer. Just enough sweetness. — 4 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.2

Hand pulled bitters in London. Room temperature beer rocks!
— 7 years ago