Brewdog Abstrakt 04

Abstrakt 04
BrewDog Ltd
Scotland
15.00% ABV
Style: American Double / Imperial Stout

C: Too dark to tell
H: Black...
N: Chile Peppers, hints of Chocolate/Coffee/Whiskey

The Ferm: Thanks to Chris Black for sharing this rare beer with me at a local meet-up. I don't think I have met someone that loves Brewdog as much as this man, and according to him this was his favorite BrewDog Beer Yet! He called this a Hunahpu Clone?!?!

WHAT?!?! Hunahpu Clone!?!?

Hunahpu it is not....sadly. But I can see where the comparisons come into play. Unlike Hunahpu the Chile Pepper takes the forefront of the nose and taste. Tons of spice which is then followed by coffee and darrrkkk chocolate. Out of the Abstrakt Beers that I have had this is my favorite as well. As for my favorite BrewDog Beer, nope that goes to Sink the Bizmark! This is a damn good beer though.

As always BrewDog does a fantastic job of hiding the alcohol... 15%! in this bad boy and you would never guess it. Good Job Guys!

Score: 4.569

Brewdog Sink The Bismarck

Sink The Bismarck!
Brewdog Ltd.
Fraserburgh, United Kingdom (Scotland)
41% ABV (REALLY!!!!)

C. Clear
H. Prefect shade of Amber
N. Take two hop cones and shove them up your nose. Yep thats what it smells like.

KirkDiggler;
A: Note: I recommend you smell the cap. You can get the same experience by sticking your head into a bag of hops or shoving two hop cones up your nose. The beer itself reeks of hops and warms to boozy overtones.
A: Pours a caramel brown, no head, no lacing.
F: Hop Assault w/ soy and umami. I believe if distillers were using hops, this would be it. I think this might be what drinking hop oil is like? Smokey and Oak finish.
M: Slick and warms all the way down.
O: It’s the hoppiest beer I’ve ever had in my life, it’s the strongest beer I’ve ever had, and literally the best beer I’ve ever had the privilege of trying. It’s more than a beer, it’s an experience that needs to be had.
Score: 4.750



The Ferm; Hats off to KirkDiggler again for allowing me to be part of this tasting. Upon first smell the beer is straight hops, not what I would have expected to get off a nose of a 41% ABV beer. Taking a small sip as I have to watch myself now chasing the Penguin with Sink, I allowed the flavor to warm my mouth. This is a real Quad-IPA! This is a Hop Heads Heaven! Could this be? Did I find the pinnacle of all beers? Well I stop myself there, it is AMAZING though. The alcohol burn of this beer is calmed by the bitterness of the hops. I have never given a beer a 5.0 ever before, because I believe that once you find what you think is the best something else will surprise you. Well this time I don't think anything will surprise me the way this beer did today.
Score: 5.0 (Yep thats right a 5 out of 5)

Overall: 4.875

Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Tactical Nuclear Penguin
Brewdog Ltd
Fraserburgh, United Kingdom (Scotland)
32% ABV (HECK YAH!)

C: Clear
H: Rum in color - perfect caramel in color
N: Fruity, Boozy, Alcohol Burn, Toffee Hints

KirkDiggler;
A: Fruity and boozy, warm, alcohol burn, warms to toffee
A: Pours dark carmel / Rum colored. No head, no lacing.
F: Umami and soy, toffee and caramel, smoky, no hop presence.
M: Slick and alcohol burn. You don’t feel it in your mouth, you feel it in your gut.
O: I’m very amazed that beer could ever be like this. I wont compare apples and oranges, but in the realm of high gravity beers, I will agree that TNP has less flavor profile than a Utopias. I still believe that this is a beer. It’s not a scotch or a spirit, but I will drink it as such and would treat it with as much reverence. Long live the Penguin!!
Score: 4.250



The Ferm; Ohh yahhh TNP, ohh how I have waited for the day that I got the honor to try this beer. 1st of all THANK YOU to KirkDiggler for hooking it up with this amazing beer! The legs on this thing are amazing, they line the glass like a fine spirit. HOLY CRAP talk about alcohol burn, yep I feel that go all the way down..to the tummy. This is straight malt, and taste more like a spirit than a beer. The only thing that I have ever had that compares to this is Sam Adam's Utopias. I would take this over Utopia's any day. This was a treat.
Score: 4.255

Overall: 4.2525 (keep in mind that we do not talk about our scores while discussing the beer)

News Day YAY!

Alright Kiddies its news day.

A lot has been going on in the Micro-Beer world this past and there really is too much to cover full stories. So I decided I Ill just post a quick blob about a topic and post a link. If you want to read then go for it!

Alright.....lets start with a picture of a baby drinking a Rolling Rock.



Why did I just do that...I dunno, I hope you enjoyed!

Ok so REAL NEWS from this past week.

TnP Not Strong Enough?!?!; yep the crazy guys from BrewDog didn't think that the Tactical Nuclear Penguin was strong enough, because a German brewer beat their ABV. So this week they released their Quad-IPA; Sink the Bismarck which comes in at 41% ABV. Yep I think I have some Sour Apple Pucker that is lower in ABV....pretty crazy

Bang it here for the story (thanks Beer News!); Sink the Bismarck

Stone Lovers got to watch Greg fall in love this week; not really sure if this constitutes news or not, but who cares..it was a good watch.

Check the Love Story out here; Stone Across the Pond Pt3

Oskar Blues relases another Monster in a CAN!; Yep just when you thought TenFidy wasnt big enough the boys over at Oskar just released plans for GUBNA Imperial IPA! It should be anywhere you can grab the line (which should be South Florida)

Read More Here (thanks BeerAdvocate); GUBNA Imperial IPA

Ehh that should be enough to hold over you crazy beer lovers for at least a week. Well news wise at least. Enjoy your day!

Beerrrssss!,
Ferm. Out!