McDermottDrink
Downers Grove, IL, United States 🇺🇸 MemberOptions
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McDermottDrink
added a new venue
Blume & Ferris Public House
located in Downers Grove, United States
2 months ago
McDermottDrink
added a new brewery:
Blume & Ferris Public House
located in United States
2 months ago
Purple pour, purple foam. Nice berry nose without much tartness. But there's definitely tartness in the taste. Berry flavored and almost to Sour Patch Kid strength. Maybe a little over-sour for my taste. Still, close to expected for a kettle sour, and a taste of marionberry that's not always a part of any fruit beer.
McDermottDrink
updated a beer:
NWÄR - Tsokolate Stout
brewed by Whiner Beer Company
2 months ago
I get some nuttiness in the nose, which doesn’t always happen with nut-infused beers. Then perhaps some prune danish. The taste over a lovely cinnamon roll impression, with a little nuttiness on the side, plus vanilla. And then cinnamon comes punching in.
The nose has a light fruity blend to it. Not quite the same as the occasional cherry nose in some imperial stouts. The taste has a definite cognac taste, and more cherries plus sugar. There’s also some orange in the finish and a suggestion of the oaken cask.
Another beer that took a rest in Heaven Hill barrels. This variant was aged for7 years in two different Bottled-in-Bond barrels.
Meaning, I guess, that it had more alcohol-soaked oak to sit in, and more time to lose mass to the “Angel’s Share.” There is noticeable oak in the nose, and a helping of vanilla. A touch of cherry again and coconut cream. I found whiskey in competition with the barrel notes, a smooth whiskey note, and a syrupy thickness that kept the extra alcohol from getting “hot.” There was discernible malt roastiness and even some hop that doesn’t turn up in most imperial stouts.
At 17.8% abv, it's one of the strongest of the Bourbon County line.
It’s always fun to come to a new vintage of the beer I first had at the brewpub, when the server asked if I would like to try their 1,000th batch. My impression was a deep bourbon smell, with chocolate and some molasses. Some cherry comes in as well, and some coffee, surrounded by a syrupy thickness. A “liquid dessert.”