Monday, February 22, 2010

Hopefully I am not left standing here asking "RYE, RYE, RYE?"


I loved this beer during the Bluepoint luncheon when served @ cask strength. I understand this to be a release with 60% Cask and 30% Blend.


bottles
#3015/12148
#3016/12148
#3017/12148

I have had conversations which lead me to believe that the Bourbon Barrel Quad (BBQ) had good and bad batches. Some are over-cherried (sadly after pouring half a dozen glasses for guests at a party of the holidays I found one abandoned due to their being better beers available at the time), others are heavy with Bourbon (the way most of us were expecting it after the early 2009 release and what caused me to begin my relationship with GREAT beer ). So apparently the batches are a hit and miss. A little birdy mentioned a possible issue with yeast at some point with the cherries and I am going to sit on that as my explanation. It's a great recipe, but like anything, it's about the process. On the high side, I'm sure it's like winning a little lottery when you get that nice bottle of BBQ on a calm night with friends! So far I'm 0 for 2 out of 9, I guess I will have to keep scrathing those tickets.

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