Knives and Drinks!

bigsurbob said:
IPA YUCK!! Forgot beer on the town run today. Had some of these in the back of the fridge. If they're cold AF, they're drinkable... Chronovore Chronovore
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I recently had a similar experience. This time I've of year, I'm mostly drinking darker beers, strong ales, or barley wines. We were having a "meat and potatoes" dinner and I was excited to have a lighter beer with it. I hadn't noticed that what I thought were two regular German beers in the back of the fridge were one regular German beer and some insane American IPA. My wife instantly called dibs on the non-IPA...

Instead of complimenting my food or at least just washing it down, the face-punch of the hops ran roughshod over the food. The cloying bitterness from a sip would poison the next bite of food too. That kind of beer has such a narrow window of pairings for me, maybe a plate of strong cheese and fruit? I almost never want to drink one on its own. Almost every time I do, I get all I came for within the first few sips.
 
Chronovore said:
I recently had a similar experience. This time I've of year, I'm mostly drinking darker beers, strong ales, or barley wines. We were having a "meat and potatoes" dinner and I was excited to have a lighter beer with it. I hadn't noticed that what I thought were two regular German beers in the back of the fridge were one regular German beer and some insane American IPA. My wife instantly called dibs on the non-IPA...

Instead of complimenting my food or at least just washing it down, the face-punch of the hops ran roughshod over the food. The cloying bitterness from a sip would poison the next bite of food too. That kind of beer has such a narrow window of pairings for me, maybe a plate of strong cheese and fruit? I almost never want to drink one on its own. Almost every time I do, I get all I came for within the first few sips.
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If you can find JW Lees Harvest Ale, lagavullin cask, that smoky barley wine goes great with a meat and potatoes kind of meal (or even without the meat and potatoes). An alternative, if you can find something like Averna or Punt e mes in your liquor shop, is 2 oz of your favorite stout stirred with 1 oz of Averna plus 1/2 oz rye, over a big ice cube. Happy holidays!
 
barleywino said:
If you can find JW Lees Harvest Ale, lagavullin cask, that smoky barley wine goes great with a meat and potatoes kind of meal (or even without the meat and potatoes). An alternative, if you can find something like Averna or Punt e mes in your liquor shop, is 2 oz of your favorite stout stirred with 1 oz of Averna plus 1/2 oz rye, over a big ice cube. Happy holidays!
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I used to belong to a club at a local pub that ran an international beer tour. We had traditional cask beers on rotation, all kinds of good stuff. The JW Lees Harvest Ale for a given year was always a big hit.

I had been cellaring some when the pandemic hit and I was glad for it. :)
 
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