Friends, family, and well of course beer but not just any beers :D Special days require special beers after all. Today we are trying to stick to all Belgians but as you'll see shit gets fucked and this time will be no different.
The first of many today was Pannepot from De Struise. Next on the docket was Mikkeller Monks Elixir that has been aged for close to 1 year courtesy of carguy from the KW beer forum thanks a lot this was a terrific brew! With dinner we each had a bottle of St Bernardus ABT 12 which hit the spot.
What was supposed to be a battle between St Bernardus Tripel and Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Tripel turned into a shit show when my drunken ass grabbed Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Blanche.... Fuck I hate myself lol. We drank the Blanche because it was already poured, sigh...but we were pleasantly surprised, it was a very good Belgian Wit. Soon after we got the battle we looked forward to between the two Tripel's.
We then pitted Ten Bitter Years from Black Oak against 2XIPA from Southern Tier. In this battle TBY must have left a bitter taste in the mouth of Southern Tier. While ST 2XIPA had a good malt back bone with decent hop balance, Ten Bitter years just cleaned house with an all around better taste and mouth feel. TBY overall was a spectacular balance of great hop aroma and taste as well as a generous amount of malt, GO OCB!
Now that the day is done I'm aware that it wasn't a Belgian day but more or less just a great beer day which is all I could hope for :D
Happy Thanksgiving all,
Cheers!
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