Bruery Tasting Room! 2 Turtle Doves fellatio'd my tongue

I surprised David on his birthday with a field trip - and by surprise, I mean, I didn't tell him where we were going, but he kinda knew deep down we were going to The Bruery, but then that place is so far out in the middle of nowhere (who knew there was a 605 freeway?) he became confused and probably thought I was taking him to smoke peyote in the desert - so until we arrived it was still technically a surprise. To say the least, he was excited when we finally arrived at The Bruery's brewery in Placentia, CA I think the mescaline would've been a let down compared to what awaited us.

Tap Beauty

Karl K had joined us for the trip, and we settled around a converted barrel/table for 5 tastings and some great reminiscing. I won't spare you with all the details, but all five beers I tried were all new to me and The Workman's Friend (description pictured center above) stood above the rest.

But the best was yet to come. The beer gods were smiling upon David, because The Bruery had a party the day before and left a little in the kegs of TWO beers we could not longer purchase - 2 Turtle Doves and The Bruery 2010 Coton Anniversary beer.

Two Turtle Doves for Three please

This is how good the 2 Turtle Doves was - Karl offered his Mischief to clean our pallettes. He offered to waste Mischief - one of our favorite beers, the beer we would get a keg of it's so freaking amazing - to wash our mouths out for the Doves. How could Mischief become the spittoon? Only with the Doves.

It's that good. Birthday aside, this tasting alone made the trip spectacular.

2 Turtle Doves - The smell is amazing. Tasting wise, at 12% this is a dark and wonderful alcohol drenched syrup. My god, the chocolate and molasses combination is to die for. It's incredible, easily one of my top beers ever. Simply Promethean. When David posts, read his column, he puts it best. Simply awesome. BAD BOYS rating.

The 2010 Coton Anniversary Ale is equally, if not more so, impressive. Up front, the taste is similar to the 2 Turtle Doves, but it's complexity is quickly apparent as vanilla and the dark fruit arise. Its intricacy is impressive and inspiring. Also a phenomenal beer. 

Thank you Bruery for making David's Bday and my Sunday. We each bought a growler to take home, so we will be visiting you again soon to refill!

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