2013 Easter Lotto

[earle]

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[SaazGorilla]

Thanks for the kind review, Paul. I'm glad you liked the beer. You notice far more than I about my very own beer!

[emnpaul]

Just enjoying my way through Earle's Bock.

Interesting aroma. A complex mixture of yeast, alcohol, herbs and dark malty goodness. Enticing, but at the same a warning that this is a mans beer, not a boys.

Solid malt profile mixed with alcohol on the tongue which recedes slowly to leave a warm malt finish like the crusty end of a fresh baked Vienna loaf from your local Vietnamese bakery. God bless those Vietnamese bakers. A subtle touch of herbal hops in the aftertaste too, which I quite like.

A very enjoyable winter warmer which leaves little doubt as to why the Germans call Winter "bock beer season".

[earle]

Just enjoying a bock now myself. Glad you like it.

[Geoff]

I could do with a good bock...

[emnpaul]

I've just finished Tipsy's RIS.

Truth be told I was a little bit afraid of this one. I don't brew a lot of 6% plus beers these days as I find it a bit hard to get out of bed the next morning after a couple of tallies, so I was a bit hesitant to crack this one. Anyway, you only live once so why not eh?

If Earle's bock was a man's beer then this one was a man's man's beer. It starts out with a huge chewy malt mouth feel followed closely by a roasty whack that leaves little doubt that you're drinking an Imperial Stout, not some girly brown porter. Some fruity yeast esters in there I think as well as vanilla, licorice undertone that set it off nicely. Well made and very mellow for such a big beer. 9/10 for this one Tips, very well done.

[Tipsy]

Glad you liked it Paul, I'm just drinking a 9lt keg of it at the moment straight out of a cool cupboard.
It has a little more carb than the bottles which I think I prefer.
edit; the keg that is

[Guru]

Glad you liked it Paul, I'm just drinking a 9lt keg of it at the moment straight out of a cool cupboard.
It has a little more carb than the bottles which I think I prefer.
edit; the keg that is

Sounds like a cupboard drinker to me