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Sante Adairius Chavez, Simpleton, Longest night: ambrosial central California heaters.

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Base Chavez: toasty char forward porter that is the cleanest finish on a robust porter this side of Everett. highly sessionable akin to Edmund Fitzgerald, that hard water profile gives a great crisp compliment to the roasted malts, awesome mouthfeel.

Longest Night: nose of zombie dust with that huge citra bouquet, taste of hoppy birthday with a huge mineral resinous presence and a nova II thin body. Nose is all tangelo, tangerine, pineapple, classic citra fist, taste swings closer to the realm of Hoppy Birthday, clean and resinous albeit lacking the exciting fruit profile present in the olfactory.

Simpleton: amped up version of the foregoing, yet strangely higher in drinkability and with a completely different hop bill. The turbid look is alluring with a radiant yellow core. Very enjoyable, lacking a bit of creaminess in the mouthfeel that I usually jones for in the realm of these “dirty” IPAs, but that’s the alkaline profile of the water, not a misstep in the brewing IMO.

Good things in the pipes from these guys.

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2014 Tickers be like-

2014 Tickers be like-

“I’m old school, I remember when BCBCS used to come in a 22oz bottle! LOL!”

“Beer releases never used to be this crazy back in 2013.”

“My buddy landed a whole 4 pack of Heady, you can pretty much land anything after you lock down that whale.

“What is beer karma?”

“What do you mean Black Note was released as a 750ml?”

“First Fremont beer I tried was Kentucky Dark Star, before that no one had heard of them.”

“I have never seen Sculpin in a bomber, are you sure?”

“I never got to try King Henry, but I am sure BCBBW tastes almost identical.”

Feel free to post your favorite 2014 ticker quotes in the comments.

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@darkhorsebrewco Dark Horse Sarsparilla 666, bourbon barrel aged Sarsaparilla. Delicious flaming Dr. Pepper meets boozy vanilla root beer.

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I was expecting a lactose sweet cloying sugar bomb but they floored me. Sticky and vanilla but slick light mouthfeel with Dr. pepper and Barq’s underpinnings just letting that boozy caramel dance on the oak.

Seek this out, they nailed it with this one. Not many offerings I can liken it to, perhaps Event horizon but more substantial and aged longer on that bourbon holding cell.