Well it says March so we'll need to meet up and break in some chairs for them.

 

Yup. That's the spot. The wings place shut down Dec 31. Not sure when it will open, but according to their website they've begun work.

 

http://www.scottysbrewhouse.com/locations/brownsburg/

Wow.  My first drain pour in quite some time.

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/65997/

 

Now, I am not a pepper guy to begin with, but most of the beers with peppers that I have had, while intense, were drinkable.  The peppers did not dominate.

 

This was different.  All peppers.  From the nose on.  Could not even distinguish what the base beer was.

 

Sorry, but if I wanted this I could do it cheaper.  I could grow some hot peppers, steep  them in some water, and drink that.  Fail.

I looked at Crime and Punishment on the shelf...looked them up on BA...and passed.  Apparently Crime is aptly named.

Conversely, the Vertical Epic 2011 was peppered but the balance was all there and we thought it was a really good beer.  So I got a 2012, and it disappointed.

MTA:  I'm on my second beer from the beer fairy tonight...it's been a good night.

Be diligent. Check in regularly. You have not quite been training adequately from what I have seen, and so we need to keep an eye on your progress. An overuse injury would be a major setback today.

Well that was fun.  I added 28 uniques on untappd.  Probably sampled 10 or 15 others.  There were some notable breweries but what I enjoyed most was the small start up breweries from the area.  Some do not even bottle yet.  Some good stuff.

MTA: Oh and untappd has caught on.  Lots of people checking in beers there.

 

"The aroma has an amazing smell of dirty socks and grandpas asshole."

 

Stone should put that quote on their web site. Might as well lean into it.

The two beer helpers I have at my local warned me off it and suggested Charred instead. Which the fellas and I did not get too open last time so its still sitting in the fridge being patient.

Epic quote.

Sad to hear that a place like Stone that puts out such great stuff would come up with such a dud.  Thanks for the warning.

I picked up a four pack of Brewery Ommegang's Abbey Ale over the weekend.  I remembered it because at a beer tasting several years ago they had representatives from the brewery come down to run the tasting.  The Abbey Ale really is an outstanding beer (Belgian-style Dubbel with 8.5% ABV).  If I had an unlimited budget for adult beverages I'd have it a lot more often.

Yes, Stone puts out some really good stuff but they also have a tendency to be edgy and aggressive on the unconventional additives.  On Crime and Punishment it appears they just went off that edge.

 

If it had been about any other brewery except Stone, I would never have bothered to look it up before I bought it.  But I'm aware of their tendencies so I checked it out and got tipped off before taking it off the shelf.

I don't think Stone goes farther to the edge with ingredients than most other notable craft breweries.  I think that to some degree craft breweries need to experiment since there are only so many styles and they need to distinguish themselves.  Thinking back at Stone's special release / collaboration stuff and I do not remember anything overly extreme.  I generally like them.

I have had a decent amount of beers with peppers before and in none of them did the peppers mask the other flavors in the beer.  Most I could barely smell them if at all.  The effect of the peppers was mostly aftertaste and residual heat.  This one was different.  Peppers from start to finish.  So while if I see the words Stone and peppers on the bottle from now on I will pass, but it won't keep me from trying any of their other stuff.