Hill Country Beer Club

Members Choice/a la Davo
December 18, 2020

Davo's House
17:00:00

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Russian River Brewing	Mind Circus	2020	89
Fuller's Brewery	Vintage Ale	2017	90
Karbach Brewing Company	Brandy	2017	89
Karbach Brewing Company	Nigel	2017	89
Brain Dead	Memory Hole	2017	89
Deschutes Brewery	The Abyss	2017	89
Firestone Walker Brewing Company	Stickee Monkey	2017	94
Goose Island Beer Company	Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrel	2017	94
The Bruery	Saule	2017	93

Who Offered: DAVO, RONRICO

Who Drank: DAVO, FATBOY, PHATMEAT, RONRICO, SANTA, WESTEXANS

Summary

89	Russian River Brewing Mind Circus Hazy IPA \| 7% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: RONRICO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Notes: Mind Circus IPA has a mild bitterness and a thick, luscious mouthfeel. This style of IPA is what is being called in the beer world a “Hazy IPA” Dominantly herbaceous and grassy, with moderate tropical notes as well as some bright citrus. This unique hazy IPA gains its flavor of grapes and grass from the Nelson hops, and its tropical notes of pineapple and mango from the Strata hops. It is unfiltered leaving a “haze” and some yeast for more texture. Oats were also used to add to the softer mouthfeel and hazy appearance.

90	Fuller's Brewery Vintage Ale Stong Ale \| 8.5% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
This year’s Vintage Ale is the 21st edition of our limited edition brew and, like any great 21st, we’ve celebrated in style. The 2017 recipe has been created by our new Head Brewer, Georgina Young, and, in the spirit of all things new, uses a malt and hop combination never seen before in a Fuller’s beer. The Denali hop has a big, inviting aroma that imparts pineapple, citrus and pine notes – perfect for bringing a tropical touch to the Vintage Ale series. It’s been used here both late in the boil and for dry hopping, dovetailing with classic British hop varieties Target and Goldings. We’ve also used a new malting barley this year – a British variety called Laureate. New varieties don’t come along very often, so we thought it fitting to use one this year alongside our new American hop. As with every Vintage Ale, it’s a special beer inside and out, perfect as a gift or to add to your collection.

89	Karbach Brewing Company Brandy German-Style Doppelbock \| 10% ABV \| 17 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Aromas of toasted and caramel malt are met with notes of plum, tobacco and oak. Full bodied and rich, Brandy tantalizes the palate and is silky smooth on the finish.

89	Karbach Brewing Company Nigel British-Style Barley Wine Ale \| 10.5% ABV \| 45 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Aromas of dark fruit and nuntty malt come to life as an an off white begins to billow. Rich toffe malt flavor and soft oak expressions lead to a smooth finish that will sory your cheeks and loosen your tongue

89	Brain Dead Memory Hole American-Style Barley Wine Ale \| 11% ABV \| 85 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Generous toffee and estery fruit sweetness on the nose. The first taste is a sublime mix of earthy oak and sharp citrusy bitterness, wrapped together in a slightly warm alcohol burn. The oak is a lingering friend: refusing to leave after the party but helps you clean up so it's okay by you. A true American take on the English strong ale

89	Deschutes Brewery The Abyss American-Style Imperial Stout \| 11.4% ABV \| 80 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
A deep, dark Imperial Stout, The Abyss has almost immeasurable depth and complexity. Hints of molasses, licorice and other alluring flavors make it something not just to quaff, but contemplate.

94	Firestone Walker Brewing Company Stickee Monkey Belgian-Style Quadrupel \| 12.5% ABV \| 30 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
This beer spent over a year in whiskey barrels from Woodford Reserve, Elijah Craig and Four Roses distilleries. It’s worth noting the barrels used are not just three separate bourbons, but from three different distilleries. The Woodford Reserve barrels impart a smooth, rounded wood character. The Elijah Craig barrels bring more of a spicy, rustic note, while the Four Roses barrels contribute pure oak notes.

94	Goose Island Beer Company Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrel American-Style Imperial Stout \| 14.8% ABV \| 60 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Over 20 years ago, Brewmaster Greg Hall met the legendary Beam Family 6th Generation Master Distiller, Booker Noe, at a Beer, Bourbon and Cigar pairing dinner. What began as a conversation about a special 1,000th batch for Goose Island’s Clybourn Brewpub would later become a new benchmark for craft beer. T hanks to Booker’s gift of four barrels, bourbon barrel-aged beer was born, and the rest is dark, delicious history. That original collaboration has now come full circle with the 2017 release of Bourbon County Reserve Brand Stout. Aged in 11-year-old Knob Creek® Bourbon barrels, the Small Batch Bourbon created by Booker himself in 1992, this beer is simultaneously a celebration of Knob Creek’s 25th Anniversary and a toast to the chance encounter that brought Bourbon County Brand Stout to the world. Cheers!

93	The Bruery Saule Old Ale \| 16.1% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Saule is French for “willow”, a traditional nine-year anniversary gift. Our ninth anniversary ale, Saule, follows in the footsteps of our anniversary releases before it, which are loosely based on an English-style old ale, fermented with our house yeast strain, aged in bourbon barrels and blended using the solera method. This means that a portion of each anniversary ale is saved in oak barrels and blended in with the next year’s production, providing more complexity and depth of character as the years go by. The result is layered in robust and complex flavors of toffee, caramel, dark fruit, vanilla and oak