Beer.

[feuervogel]

Yesterday was the 2nd annual NC Cask Beer Fest at the Wooden Nickel. Last year, they had a half dozen casks, and I was interested in maybe one of them, and I didn't like it. This year, they had a dozen, and I tried 5 or 6 of them.

Roth Brewing's cinnamon porter with caramel apple was awesome, though I didn't catch much apple flavor. I love cinnamon, so this was great for me.

Liberty Steakhouse+Brewery made this pepper porter (stout?) that was all HELLO I AM PEPPER.

Foothills had a chocolate mint porter that was herbal mint, not ice cream mint. It was OK.

Lonerider's Weissenbock was brilliant. It was thick and yeasty and had appley notes and tasted like Christmas. But they're not bottling it, I'm sad.

Haw River had a sour stout that was perfectly astringent and gorgeous.

I sipped Ben's bourbon barrel aged Big Operator (too much bourbon).

We've got such a great brewing scene here, I love it.

Comments

[a-nightengale.livejournal.com]

We really do have to put together that Mountains to the Coast NC brewery tour...

[feuervogel]

That would be fun. I wonder how long it would need to take. 3 days? 4? A week?

[kirin]

Actually it was Mystery's bourbon-aged Caswell which I got at the end that was SUPER bourbon-y, though I suppose the Big Operator was probably too much bourbon for you as well.

[feuervogel]

I know. I only mentioned the ones that were specifically there for the cask festival.