Hill Country Beer Club

Member's Choice
November 16, 2018

Steph's House
17:00:00

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Casey Brewing	The Low End	2018	81
Independence Brewing Company	Austin Amber Ale	2018	84
Wiseacre Brewing Company	Gotta Get Up to Get Down	2018	87
Independence Brewing Company	Native Texan	2018	83
Josephsbrau Brewing Co	Black Toad	2018	85
Vail Brewing Co	Deck Daze Passionfruit Tea Infused Wheat	2018	83
Alaskan Brewing Company	Icy Bay IPA	2018	87
Funky Buhda	Maple Bacon Coffee Porter		87
Bell's Brewery	Two Hearted Ale	2018	90
Bearderd Iris Brewing Company	Ever Clever	2018	90
Honky Tonk	Mango milkshake	2018	88
New Belgium Brewing Company	Oakspire	2018	91
New Belgium	Oakspire Brbn Ale	2018	91
Vigilance Brewing	Scorpion Bourbon Milk Stout		90
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company	Life & Limb	2011	91
Rabbit Hole Brewing	Midnight Snark	2018	91
Clown Shoes Beer	Crasher in the Rye	2018	91
Hoppin Frog Brewery	T.O.R.I.S. The Tyrant	2018	94
The Bruery	Saule	2017	94

Who Offered: DAVO, FATBOY, LARA, MADMIKE, NOSS, PRIMETIME, SANTA, WESTEXANS

Who Drank: DAVO, FATBOY, LARA, MADMIKE, NOSS, PRIMETIME, SANTA, STEPH, WESTEXANS

Summary

81	Casey Brewing The Low End Saison \| 4.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Club/Brewer Notes:
The Low End is our newest farmhouse ale! Made with the same cultures we use for Saison and East Bank, The Low End is a 4.5% ABV hoppy farmhouse ale. We use a huge amount of Colorado Cascade hops for both first wort and whirlpool additions. The result is a very tart citrusy beer. We’re excited to add it to our line!

Member Notes:
"Lemony Sour" - Davo

84	Independence Brewing Company Austin Amber Ale American Amber/Red Ale \| 4.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: PRIMETIME

87	Wiseacre Brewing Company Gotta Get Up to Get Down Sweet Stout \| 5% ABV \| 15 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Magical natural process beans from the Konga region of Ethiopia lead the way in this beautiful coffee stout. This rare variety of coffee leads to aromas of sweet roastiness and flavors of blueberry pie. Lactose, or milk sugar, is added along with oats for a silky medium body and a lush finish. Red Bull and vodka done the long way for old men; not teenagers.

Member Notes:
"Great mouth feel and smell" - MadMike

83	Independence Brewing Company Native Texan Pilsner \| 5.2% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: PRIMETIME

85	Josephsbrau Brewing Co Black Toad English-Style Brown Ale \| 5.3% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
We begin with a custom mixture of dark and roasted barley malts, then we add the choicest hops. The resulting ale has a dark chestnut color and a deep nutty flavor. Brewed specially for Trader Joe’s.

83	Vail Brewing Co Deck Daze Passionfruit Tea Infused Wheat Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager \| 5.6% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: FATBOY

87	Alaskan Brewing Company Icy Bay IPA American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.2% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: PRIMETIME

87	Funky Buhda Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Coffee Porter \| 6.4% ABV \| 35 IBU Offered By: MADMIKE

Club/Brewer Notes:
Sticky Maple Syrup aroma, coffee, and cream creep forth from the glass. Definitely a desert sipping delight.

Member Notes:
"Breakfast syup" - MadMike
"Pure sugar " - Davo

90	Bell's Brewery Two Hearted Ale American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 7% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Member Notes:
"Piney grapefruit " - Davo

90	Bearderd Iris Brewing Company Ever Clever Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 8.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Like that one friend who’s always quick with a comeback and easy with a joke. Our wittiest DIPA showcases the repartee of simcoe, mosaic, motueka & centennial hops.

Member Notes:
"Citrus hops" - Davo

88	Honky Tonk Mango milkshake American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 8.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Mango milkshake ipa with lactose and vanilla beans. Boatloads of tropical hops, fruit smoothie mouthfeel. Brewed with Citra and el dorado hops

Member Notes:
"Dreamcycle" - Davo

91	New Belgium Brewing Company Oakspire Ale \| 9% ABV \| 20 IBU Offered By: DAVO

Club/Brewer Notes:
A limited-edition collaboration between New Belgium and Knob Creek, Oakspire is a unique bourbon barrel ale aged with bourbon-steeped oak spirals and char from inside the barrel. Smooth notes of toffee, vanilla and caramel wrap up with a pleasantly warm finish. Oakspire: Where innovation meets tradition.

Member Notes:
"Yum" - Davo

91	New Belgium Oakspire Brbn Ale Bourbon Barrel Rye Ale \| 9% ABV \| 20 IBU Offered By: LARA

Club/Brewer Notes:
Collaboration with Knob Creek.

Member Notes:
"Omg" - Davo

90	Vigilance Brewing Scorpion Bourbon Milk Stout Sweet Stout \| 9.5% ABV \| 64 IBU Offered By: MADMIKE

Member Notes:
"Soul food" - Davo

91	Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Life & Limb Old Ale \| 10.2% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: NOSS

Club/Brewer Notes:
LIFE - this living ale is naturally carbonated to enhance complexity, refinement, and to encourage aging. LIMB - for the birch and maple trees, who’s syrup gives this unique ale its flavor and symbolizes the collaboration between Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head. We are proud to share our Life and Limb with it’s thousands of other branches who collectively comprise the craft brewing family tree. Sip slowly with friends and loved ones; savor long - because one could do better than be a swigger of birches.

Member Notes:
"Classic" - Davo

91	Rabbit Hole Brewing Midnight Snark Stout - Foreign / Extra \| 10.6% ABV \| 43 IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
Export Stout - Barrel Aged (Witherspoon Bourbon)

Member Notes:
"Nice" - Davo

91	Clown Shoes Beer Crasher in the Rye Imperial Stout \| 11.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
Imperial oatmeal milk stout aged in rye and bourbon barrels.

Member Notes:
"Rich and smooth " - Davo

94	Hoppin Frog Brewery T.O.R.I.S. The Tyrant Imperial Stout \| 13.8% ABV \| 65 IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Club/Brewer Notes:
Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout Triple Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout This super-tasty Triple Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout is rich, dark and flavorful - the way we like it - this beer is intense! Reaching a whole new level of taste, a wonderful complexity and depth is imparted from aging in select Bourbon barrels. Rich flavors and aromas of oak, vanilla & whiskey abound, to perfectly compliment the intense character of T.O.R.I.S.

Member Notes:
"A liquid mealWho needs dinner" - Davo

94	The Bruery Saule English Style 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.

Member Notes:
"Smooth well blended" - Davo