tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631050128865202896.post2246734010771980752..comments2023-10-23T12:00:40.475-05:00Comments on The Wort Hog Beer Blog: Beer... Is there anything it can't do?KC Wort Hoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228288621844279758noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631050128865202896.post-51619898492225437462009-07-24T13:08:24.627-05:002009-07-24T13:08:24.627-05:00The vertical sounds fun. I've been thinking ab...The vertical sounds fun. I've been thinking about doing a horizontal tasting with some friends but haven't gotten around to it (and I don't think blending them would be a great idea, ha).<br /><br />You reminded me - a few weeks back I was in Baltimore and picked up a little bottle of strawberry lambic and some oude bruin and it was fabulous. The dryness of the lambic was balanced really well by the bruin. Good stuff.<br /><br />http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/636/5586<br />(can't remember what the bruin was)KC Wort Hoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228288621844279758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631050128865202896.post-26634662262762180462009-07-23T13:45:21.274-05:002009-07-23T13:45:21.274-05:00Yeah, the Black Velvet wasn't too special, cer...Yeah, the Black Velvet wasn't too special, certainly not for the price. I think all of the elements of it that i appreciated are present in the Boulevard Dry Stout already. <br /><br />Beer blends are awesome. Mixing coffee and chocolate stouts is fun, though not the riskiest or most creative. Bell's Expedition and Bell's Java Stout- wow! I really enjoyed blending a Stone-Mikkeller-Alesmith Triple with the DeProef/Port Signature collaboration but maybe as much for the novelty of having so many brewers in the mix as anything. Next time i may throw in some Collaboration Not Litigation to get two more breweries in the mix.<br /><br />I'd also like to do some vertical blends of a single beer. Have a vertical tasting then blend them. Probably Oerbier- 2005, 2006 reserva, 2007 reserva, 2007, 2008. Of course, the lambic brewers have been doing this forever.<br /><br />So much could be done, i could go on and on. It really opens up a whole new realm of beer possibilities.markbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941261293676565360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631050128865202896.post-28587674276635887272009-07-22T18:00:09.783-05:002009-07-22T18:00:09.783-05:00My mom used to drink Spicy Tom + beer (Weinhard...My mom used to drink Spicy Tom + beer (Weinhard's or MGD) a lot when I was a kid. I like it.<br /><br />That Preacher's Collar sounds horrible. At the very least, they could have picked a good cider.<br /><br />I had a Black Velvet (stout + champagne) at Free State once. Didn't like it, but figured I'd give it a shot. I should have listened to John.KC Wort Hoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228288621844279758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631050128865202896.post-81567408425851832009-07-22T16:36:21.423-05:002009-07-22T16:36:21.423-05:00I don't mind the summer beers I've had, an...I don't mind the summer beers I've had, and generally take some V8 to mix with Miller Lite when going to football tailgates in the fall.<br /><br />The worst mixer I've had was during an Old Chicago St Pat's mini-tour...Guinness on top of Sprite. In a close second is the Flying Saucer's "Preacher's Collar." Maredous 8 and Woodcheck Pear...ack.Chimpotlehttp://chimpotle.comnoreply@blogger.com