RandumInk: …seem focused on balance, and where I’m always expecting acid, I tend to find softness & restraint. They make really nice stuff top to bottom, and I wish I had more regular access to them.
RandumInk is drinking a Ruby by Fair Isle Brewing at The Germans
Bottle
Gorgeous color & unabashedly boysenberry-forward in all the right ways. Fair Isle is awesome and has established themselves (in my opinion), as one of the current best farmhouse producers in the States; from my experience — even with some misses — they…
RandumInk is drinking an Anniversary Blend (2024) by Perennial Artisan Ales at The Germans
Bottle
Pour 2/2 - sealed from last night, and I like it even more today: old school English Barleywine feel a la vintage Harvest Ale, but with a more notable barrel influence — liquid dates, prune, caramel, Werther’s originals, chocolate, Bourbon chews; sweet…
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RandumInk: …but exactly how it should be; sticky toffee, very low carb, elegant even for what seems like a blend that could go wrong; Perennial doing FW Anniversary blend in their own style and it works.
RandumInk is drinking a Maynard's Extra Special Bitter by Amory's Tomb Brewing Co. at Amory's Tomb Brewing Co.
RandumInk is drinking a Saison I: Classic by Amory's Tomb Brewing Co. at Amory's Tomb Brewing Co.
Draft
LC; rare no photo — too busy chatting with Allen. This beer is awesome.
Purchased at Amory's Tomb Brewing Co.
Thanks, Drew S. — dryer, spirit-forward. Barrel-derived vanilla, chocolate, marzipan (great call, Drew). “A Calumet 15yr Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 11 months and 12 days. Made in Collaboration with Coastal Mass Brewing.”
Purchased at Barreled Souls Brewing