Hill Country Beer Club

Members Choice
August 19, 2017

Jody's House
14:00:00

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Unibroue (Sapporo)	A Tour Le Monde (Megadeth)	2017	84
Avalanche Brewing Company	Hardrock Gose	2017	82
The Lost Abbey	Veritas 019	2017	83
Ouray Brewery	Gunnison River IPA	2017	88
Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery	Darwinian IPA	2017	88
Stone Brewing Company	STONE TANGERINE EXPRESS	2017	88
Anderson Valley Brewing Company	Bourbon Barrel Stout	2017	88
Russian River Brewing Company	Pliny the Elder	2017	94
Gigantic Brewing Company	Ginormous Imperial IPA	2017	91
Lakewood Brewing Co	Troll Toll	2016	91
Hop Guru	Kuro Kuro Straight Outta Da Barrel	2017	93
The Bruery	Black Tuesday	2016	94

Who Offered: DAVO, FATBOY, KAY JAY, MOJO, PRIMETIME, SANTA, WESTEXANS

Who Drank: BRANDY, DAVO, FATBOY, KAY JAY, MOJO, PAGMAN, PHATMEAT, PRIMETIME, SANTA, WESTEXANS

Summary

84	Unibroue (Sapporo) A Tour Le Monde (Megadeth) Belgian-Style Saison \| 4.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: PRIMETIME

82	Avalanche Brewing Company Hardrock Gose Gose \| 5.2% ABV \| 10 IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

83	The Lost Abbey Veritas 019 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer \| 5.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: MOJO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Veritas 019 is a Blonde American Sour aged on French Oak for over a year before being spiked with Raspberries. Pouring shockingly pink, Veritas 019 begins with sweet aromas of rich berries and notably peppery Brett. Intense, Vibrant Raspberry character leading to a refreshingly sour middle with notes of funk on the finish.

Member Notes:
"Really sour but nice raspberry falvor " - fatboy
"Very sour" - davo

88	Ouray Brewery Gunnison River IPA American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.41% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Member Notes:
"Mellow for an IPA good flavor" - davo

88	Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery Darwinian IPA American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Member Notes:
"Strong on floral notes" - davo

88	Stone Brewing Company STONE TANGERINE EXPRESS American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.7% ABV \| 75 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Imagine the tropical haze of a lazy afternoon- into-evening. Your official duties for the day have been to maybe take a hike to a secluded waterfall, perhaps grill something, definitely chill with plenty of sand between your toes…and crack a phenomenal beer to complete the experience. Check, check, check again and…pfffft…check. WELCOME TO OUR VACATION TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS! This ain’t no just-add-juice approach. This one is for adults. We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine — the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit — we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. This is Stone. We like our IPAs to taste like IPAs. Big, bold and not for kids.

88	Anderson Valley Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout Stout \| 6.9% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

94	Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Elder Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 8% ABV \| 100 IBU Offered By: MOJO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, "lupus Salictarius", meaning wolf among scrubs." Hops at that time grew wild among willows, much like a wolf in the forest. Later the current botanical name, humulus Lupulus, was adopted. Pliny died in 79 AD while observing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He was immortalized by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who continued his uncle’s legacy by documenting much of what he observed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder, the beer, is brewed with 40% more malt and over twice the amount of hops as compared to our already hoppy IPA.

Member Notes:
"Yummy" - davo

91	Gigantic Brewing Company Ginormous Imperial IPA Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 8.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Member Notes:
"Kinda in the sweet side for an IPA" - davo

91	Lakewood Brewing Co Troll Toll Double IPA \| 9.6% ABV \| 116 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
The seventh release in our limited Legendary Series® is inspired by a ridiculously bizarre tale involving a princess who falls in love with a boy, only to be denied by a greedy troll demanding a toll for the boy's soul. Action, romance, sweet karate moves, and some over-the-top production and musical numbers ensue, but to no avail as the princess eventually loses interest. This bitter, twisted tale influenced our hoppiest brew to date, a West Coast-style Double IPA with seven varieties of hops, including Simcoe, Amarillo, and Citra. It should appease even the most offensive trolls. It could very well make you a master of karate, too.

93	Hop Guru Kuro Kuro Straight Outta Da Barrel Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer \| 12.5% ABV \| 45 IBU Offered By: KAY JAY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Kuro Kuro Imperial Stout Aged In a Bourbon Barrel

Member Notes:
"Awesome" - davo

94	The Bruery Black Tuesday American-Style Imperial Stout \| 20.3% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: MOJO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Our infamous Black Tuesday is an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels for over a year. Rich caramel, toasted malt, vanilla, burnt wood and anise are just a few of the many flavors in this rich, decadent imperial stout.