Hill Country Beer Club

Brewing at Faust
June 01, 2013

Faust Brewing Company
10:00:00

It's time to hang out at the Faust again for some parking lot drinking and brewing. Bring your chair, your beer belly, some beer, and a couple of helping hands and let's help brew up a Tripel!

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Worthington's	White Shield	2013	82
Adelbert's Brewery	Black Rhino	2013	86
Faust Brewing Company	Peanut Butter Chocolate	2013	85
Southern Tier Brewing Company	2X Stout	2013	89
Karbach Brewing Company	Roshambo	2013	88
Boulevard Brewing Company	Nommo	2013	88
Ballast Point Brewing Company	Dorado Double IPA	2013	89
Vliegende Paard Brouwers	Prearis Quadrupel	2013	89
Firestone Walker Brewing Company	Sucaba	2013	94

Who Offered: FATBOY, MOJO, NOSS, SANTA

Who Drank: FATBOY, JUSTIN BARTON, MOJO, NOSS, SANTA

Summary

82	Worthington's White Shield English-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 5.6% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Member Notes:
"Foggy bright orange in color with a pinkish white head. William 84. Soft mf, pale in flavor. Simple, well balanced and almost fruity. " - noss

86	Adelbert's Brewery Black Rhino Belgian-style Black Ale \| 6.2% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
Named in honor of the rare Black Rhino Del would hunt during photo safaris in Kenya. Black Rhino is a dark earthy ale with a hint of Saaz hop spice. A smooth and easy drinking ale that goes well with salty appetizers, musky cheeses, and wild game dishes.

Member Notes:
"William: 87; very dark brown, almost murky. Aroma is sweet and roasted, spiced and almost like a dunkelweisen, but with a heavier, sweeter Belgian edge. A little numb on the palate, but still roasted. Somewhat porter-like but with a belgian edge. Eh." - noss

85	Faust Brewing Company Peanut Butter Chocolate Sweet Stout \| 7% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: NOSS

Member Notes:
"Wow... this is an ugly beer. Murky, mossy, medium brown color. Aroma of fresh peanuts and peanut shells. W 88. Sweet, like sticking your nose in a peanut butter jar. Flavor is slick, meaty, and very oily. Chocolate is present but not overwhelming, compliments the peanuts well. Lots of goo... probably peanut oil and chocolate... at the bottom of the glass. Interesting, but very good. Dense, oily, impressive. Just not sessionable." - noss

89	Southern Tier Brewing Company 2X Stout Sweet Stout \| 7.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
Milk stout, also called ‘cream' or ‘sweet' stout, is a stout containing lactose, a sugar derived from milk. Because lactose is unfermentable by beer yeast, it adds sweetness and body to the finished beer. Milk stouts have been claimed to be nutritious, and were marketed as such in the early 1900s with claims that would make the FDA wince. One ad read, “Ideal for nursing mothers, for the healthy, for the invalid, and for the worker.” Surely! Of course, we couldn't stop at a traditional milk stout. Ours is a double, an addition to our 2X line, and at 7.5% abv is every bit as delicious as it sounds. To your health!

Member Notes:
"88 w" - noss

88	Karbach Brewing Company Roshambo Belgian IPA \| 7.5% ABV \| 65 IBU Offered By: MOJO

Member Notes:
"Good. Mellow" - justin barton
"Slightly hazy, bright orange in color. Off white head. Aroma is sweet and a little bready. Soft and very nice. Just as soft in the mouth, but with an almost soapy yeasty flavor that overwhelms the hops. Not too yeasty, though, just enough to soften it and throw off the hop forward flavor. Finishes bitter, earthy, and weighs down the gut a little. W: 89" - noss

88	Boulevard Brewing Company Nommo Dubbel \| 8.1% ABV \| 25 IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
The Nommo are ancestral spirits worshipped by the Dogon tribe of the West African nation of Mali. The name is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." No, really. Nommo, usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures, were created by the sky god Amma, who caused them to multiply by splitting them into doubled sets of twins. Seeing a trend here? Maybe it's farfetched, but we think the story of the Nommo makes this whole enterprise a little more fun and interesting. Our Nommo has a brilliant deep amber color and a sweet caramel malt profile. This beer showcases the coriander, cinnamon, and star anise used in the kettle, complementing them with clove and banana notes contributed by the Belgian yeast. The rich complexity of Nommo's flavor makes it a worthy partner to a variety of meats and game, as well as aged or aromatic cheeses.

Member Notes:
"W: 88" - noss

89	Ballast Point Brewing Company Dorado Double IPA Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 9.6% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
On a quest to make delicious beers, our brewers have continually sought creative new ways to accentuate the delightfully aromatic and flavorful qualities of hops. Hopheads rejoice! Dorado Double IPA takes hops to a new level. Mash Hopping, First Wort Hopping, Kettle Hopping, and Dry Hopping create an award winning beer that embodies San Diego's reputation for making world class IPAs. Our bottle Robust Series gives all beer lovers an opportunity to try our most rare beers, previously available only on draft at select tap houses. Enjoy! Get the Point!

Member Notes:
"Clear, bright orange color. Bubbly off white head. Fresh, spicy, almost minty hop aroma with a touch of bread. The flavor is sweet, but the herbal bops spice it up to make it really attractive palate. Almost candy like with a slight hay finish, this is a classy double. Nice mouth feel, great body. William gives this a 90." - noss
"Good. First beer! Woot!" - justin barton

89	Vliegende Paard Brouwers Prearis Quadrupel Quadrupel \| 10% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
The Beer is brewed at de Proefbrouwerij Lochristi with an original receipt of De Vliegende Paard Brouwers, Oedelem. (Beer was the best craft beer Belgium 2011 a competition organised by Brouwland).

Member Notes:
"W: 88" - noss

94	Firestone Walker Brewing Company Sucaba American-Style Barley Wine Ale \| 13% ABV \| 42 IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
Big boozy bourbon and American oak aromas combined with soft chocolate malty undertones. Complex malt flavors framed in oak, with hints of dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, coconut and just a touch of dark cherry. This is definitely a sipping beer, best served in a brandy snifter. This ale pairs well with dark chocolate and sturdy cheeses. Note: Sucaba is the beer formerly known as Abacus until the Winter 2012 release.

Member Notes:
"Light bodied in appearance, dark brown in color with a soda-like carbonation. I could smell this all day long. Sweet, woody, alcoholic, slightly bourbonish. When I die I want this on my death bed. Amazing in the mouth. The day I die I want this in my hand. Perfect balance of light bodiedness, maltiness, alcohol and hops all well blended. Smooth, and with a touch of dark, candy like sweetness. This is godly. The perfect balance of all worlds. Just the right amount of everything, with enough hair on its chest to be beefy but not so much that you get hair in your teeth. I wish I could drink this every day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner... I'm in love. W: 94" - noss