Hill Country Beer Club

Member's Choice
June 19, 2015

Boardwalk on Bulverde
18:00:00

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Firestone Walker Brewing Company	Velvet Mocha Merlin	2014	86
barrio	blanco white ipa	2016	87
Green Flash Brewing Company	Cedar Plank	2015	88
Real Ale Brewing Company	Full Moon Rye IPA	2015	88
Green Flash Brewing Company	Soul	2015	88
Four Peaks Brewing Company	Hop Knot	2015	90
21st Amendment Brewery	Back in Black	2015	89
Epic Brewing Company	Imperial Red Ale	2014	89
westexans	Stout 2015	2015	90
Lagunitas Brewing Company	Equinox	2015	90
Lagunitas Brewing Company	Lagunitas Sucks	2015	91
Dogfish Head Brewery	American Beauty Greatful Dead	2015	89
Somerville Brewing Company	Slumbrew Snow Angel	2014	89
North Coast Brewing Company	Old Stock Ale	2012	90

Who Offered: BRANDY, CHEETO, DAVO, FATBOY, KAY JAY, LARA, NOSS, PRIMETIME, SANTA, WESTEXANS

Who Drank: BRANDY, CHEETO, DAVO, FATBOY, KAY JAY, LARA, MAVERICK, PRIMETIME, WESTEXANS

Summary

86	Firestone Walker Brewing Company Velvet Mocha Merlin Oatmeal Stout \| 5.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: KAY JAY

Club/Brewer Notes:
coffee Our beloved Velvet Merlin aged with cocoa nibs and Intelligentsia Espresso Beans. All of the smooth textures and roasty dark chocolate goodness of our seasonal Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout with the added infusion of Intelligentsia Coffee House aromas and cocoa dusted chocolate truffle flavors. This brew makes debut in our 2014 Winter Bundle pack - the only way to find this elusive collabroation.

87	barrio blanco white ipa American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6% ABV \| 60 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

88	Green Flash Brewing Company Cedar Plank Pale ale \| 6% ABV \| 44 IBU Offered By: LARA

88	Real Ale Brewing Company Full Moon Rye IPA American IPA \| 6.2% ABV \| 50 IBU Offered By: CHEETO

Club/Brewer Notes:
Full moons in the Hill Country are legendary. People literally write songs about them. And Downtown Blanco illuminated by a full moon? Unforgettable. Inspired by that striking view, Full Moon is a new take on our original flagship beer. Malted rye and barley are complemented by generous helpings of Simcoe and Citra hops, resulting in a bold, full-bodied American IPA.

88	Green Flash Brewing Company Soul American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: DAVO

90	Four Peaks Brewing Company Hop Knot American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.7% ABV \| 47 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
American malt and American hops crafted with a bold, pioneering American spirit. Hop Knot gets its name from weaving five different hops introduced at seven separate intervals during the brewing process, including our cavernous hop-back – which gets so stuffed with whole leaf hops, we feel genuine guilt for its excess. Hop Knot is the color of a golden ale, but carries the bitterness of a fine pale ale and the hop aroma of an IPA

89	21st Amendment Brewery Back in Black Black IPA \| 6.8% ABV \| 65 IBU Offered By: PRIMETIME

Club/Brewer Notes:
Inspired by Paul Revere’s midnight ride, we rebelled against the British style IPA, embraced the more aggressive American version and then recast it in bold, brave, defiant black. Our Black IPA is a Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of the expected. Back in Black is a year-round beer available in six pack cans and on draft. Brewed like an American IPA but with the addition of rich, dark malts, this beer has all the flavor and hop character you expect with a smooth, mellow finish.

89	Epic Brewing Company Imperial Red Ale American Strong Ale \| 7.1% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Club/Brewer Notes:
This beer is very popular! Extremely complex and strong at 7.1% ABV. This beer is well balanced between the caramel-malt driven profile and the dry, supporting hops. Look for hints of dark bread and a slight fig or raisin taste all backed by a strong resin, but not overwhelming hop presence.

90	westexans Stout 2015 Sweet Stout \| 7.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

90	Lagunitas Brewing Company Equinox American-Style Strong Pale Ale \| 8% ABV \| 50 IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
A creamy, pale oat ale hopped up with a huge charge of Equinox and Simcoe hops for a piney, eucalyptusy, cedary, sprucey, foresty blast.

91	Lagunitas Brewing Company Lagunitas Sucks American Strong Ale \| 8% ABV \| 63 IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
This sad holiday season we didn't have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feared BrownShugga' Ale. You see we had a couple of really good years (thank you very much) and so heading into this season while we are awaiting the January delivery of a new brewhouse we are jammin' along brewing 80 barrels of IPA and PILS and such every 3 hours. A couple of months back we realized that since we can only brew a mere 60 barrels of Shugga' every 5 hours, that we were seriously screwed. For every case of Shugga' brewed, we'd short 3 cases of our favorite daily beers. It's a drag. This year, we brewed something that we think is also cool and brews more like our daily brews. The new brewhouse will help insure this kind of failure never happens again. It's a mess that we can not brew our BrownShugga' this year and we suck for not doing it. There is nothing cool about screwing this up this badly and we know it. Maybe we can sue our own sorry selves. There is no joy in our hearts this holiday and the best we can hope for is a quick and merciful end. F*@& us. This totally blows. Whatever. We freaking munch moldy donkey butt and we just want it to be all over...� So this substitute beer is a "Cereal Medley" of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 7.85% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.

89	Dogfish Head Brewery American Beauty Greatful Dead IPA \| 9% ABV \| 55 IBU Offered By: BRANDY

Club/Brewer Notes:
There was something different about a Grateful Dead show. Whether you saw one or 100, you felt it, but you knew it wouldn't last forever. If only you could have bottled it.... American Beauty, an Imperial Pale Ale inspired by the Grateful Dead, captures the spirits of the band's 30 years of touring and recording. Dogfish Head and the Dead both built their followings by connecting directly with beer lovers and music lovers, so we asked those loyal fans to help drive the recipe. For more than 1,500 ingredient suggestions, organic granola was tops. It was the main course in millions of parking lot meals and is a sweet and toasty complement to the barley and all-American hops. **NOTE THE GRANOLA USED IN THE AMERICAN BEAUTY RECIPE DOES CONTAIN ALMONDS.

89	Somerville Brewing Company Slumbrew Snow Angel Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 9% ABV \| 82 IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
Haw many hops are enough for an IPA? We think it's not just quantity, but the blend of varieties as we strive for hoppy delusions in this extremely limited release IPA for the lover of all things humulus lupulus. This beer is light golden in color from pilsner and caramel malts, with a cloudy haze from the addition of wheat. It's an unfiltered compilation of Nugget, Columbus, Zythos, Simcoe and a new experimental hop from the Pacific-Northwest referenced only by HBC-342.

90	North Coast Brewing Company Old Stock Ale Old Ale \| 11.7% ABV \| 34 IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
As a continuation of North Coast Brewing Co.'s commitment to quality, our Old Stock Ale is crafted in the tradition of our critically acclaimed Pranqster Belgian Style Golden Ale and Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. It's brewed with classic floor-malted Maris Otter Pale Malt and Fuggles Hops imported from England, so it's a beer to be served proudly. Like a fine wine, North Coast's Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow with age. North Coast Brewing Co. Old Stock Ale is a vintage dated ale. We produce a small quantity each year and it remains available from release date until our stock is depleted.