Wow, has it really been almost two months since I last posted a review, let alone a post on my blog????!!!!! Things have definitely been crazy here, not that I'm making excuses. But I can gladly say that soccer has returned to my life!!!! Not only is it World Cup time, but last week I actually broke out the old boots and helped with a youth soccer camp. Damn I'm out of shape. Today was the first day I got out of bed without the aches and pains I'd had all last week. But mad did it feel good to get out there again and kick the ball around and run. I miss this sport so much. Why can't Rolla have an adult league??? Yes, there's a league here, but they play on a basketball court at The Center... Not gonna happen.
Speaking of soccer, how about the tie yesterday??? Yes, we got a fluke goal, but we got a goal and tied England. We have yet to lose to them in the World Cup. Yes we are a big 1-0-1 against them blokes!! I can honestly say that I had picked England to win our group with us coming in second. Now it's all up in the air. I really think that Friday's game against Slovenia is going to make or break us, who would've thunk that????
Well I regress, now that I've already had a couple sips of my Yeti, I'm already starting to feel the "Imperial"ness of it. It pours dark as molasses with a very dark, bubbly head. The head finally calms down, but leaves its tracks on the side of my glass.
Everything about it screams IMPERIAL. I can smell the chocolate and roastiness of a stout. I can also smell the alcohol of it. Not complaining there. Upon first sip I can tell this is oak aged. Oak just seems to give a smoothness to everything it touches. Being a wine drinker as well, I love a Norton (Missouri represent!!) aged in oak. I am also detecting the hops. Very smooth. I can smell, the alcohol, but don't detect the alcohol warmth that I have in imperial stouts before. This is definitely a plus.
The after taste is smooth. I have a thin coating on my mouth, but I don't get the bitterness you would expect from a beer that boasts 75 IBUs. This is a very well balanced brew. Overall, I'd rate this a 49/50. I will definitely pick up another one of these again sometime.
Now I hope to have a couple more posts up this month and next. July is our families annual trip to Colorado. As usual we will be hitting up Fort Collins for there wonderful breweries, but this year we are also hitting Colorado Springs and Oskar Blues in Lyons. I plan to keep everyone up to date as we travel and sip the brews.
Till next time, U-S-A!!!!
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