Brooklyn Brewery Monster Barleywine needs to be rediscovered in a year

Gotta love any NYC street art that promotes Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Nation.

After another monster of a night, which included making Chile Con Queso at 5am (obviously I'm surrounded by Texans), I'm ready to spend my last hour in NYC with a beast of an ale, Brooklyn Brewery's Monster Ale Barleywine. I've been saving this fella all weekend under Warren's desk so it won't be drunk by some hooligan (i.e. Walker at 5am) and now it's mine, all of it! To be fair, I bought Warren and his roommates one of the best beers in the world to try at the same time, a Rochefort 10.

Love these two cities...And a monster sized picture for a monster ale.

*I love me some barleywine and this fits the bill so far. It's well carbonated and a sweet mix of caramel and chocolate that has a bite to it. However, the sweetness is pretty raw and the alcohol is noticeable. It's a solid barleywine but needs to age. However, I bought this in a 4-pack and there are not many brews of this style that are produced large quantity. TRANSFORMERS rating. 

Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfe-Weisse dump trucks excellence on me the night before Christmas

Santy Claus bought me 2 one of a kind collaborations that I most likely would not be having under normal circumstances, due to price, and the first of which I'm having the night before Christmas.

I don't know what spurred this collaboration but this is what they made: a pale weissbock fermented with schneider yeast, dry hopped with a blend of amarillo and palisade hops. To be honest, I chose this beer to drink first because I was less excited about it. I will also admit, I am a fool.

Pours with a ton of carbonation and a golden pale hue. It smells of a sweet bock (which I'm familiar with after drinking Shiner this week) and the Amarillo hops upon subsequent sniffs.

With each sip, the beer became greater as its complexity slowly revealed itself. There is a strong citrus and lemon zest in the flavor profile. It's medium bodied but drinks breezily and finishes with a distinct bite from the hops. I can taste the alcohol and guessed closely, clocking in at 8.5%. Superb complexity from a weissbock. My brother loved this beer, as did my parents. Here's a wide-shot of the beer with one of my random childhood items:

Momma Davis finally convinced me (sad to say) to trade out my Tonka Truck wallpaper I've had in my room since before 10 (I'm 27 now) for some 'real' walls, tan...paint. I've been holding out since college began because I enjoy the nostalgia factor; coming home to the same room and decor I had in high school and seeing how different a life I lead now. Well, it's time to change that too I suppose. New paint looks good, but I had to memorialize the trucks in the picture above, they're pretty damn awesome.

Anyway, this collaboration has yielded a distinct and sweetly delicious beer. It cost $15 at the Houston HEB, so I'd say it's more of a special occasion beer but TOTALLY worth it. A great gift idea for a beer lover. These two breweries have made a beer worthy of my highest Michael Bay rating, BAD BOYS. The plaque is in the mail.

Brooklyn Brewery Local 1 post 80's coverband Rubix Cube

So Saturday night in NYC was fan-freaking-tastic, we saw the sweet (& ridiculous) 80's coverband RUBIX CUBE at the Canal Club -

Keytar --> Rocked my face off.

Sunday morning greeted me with Patsy's Pizza and a trip to Sidebar for NFL games. With an hour before my flight, I picked up something local: Brooklyn Local 1.

Numero Uno is a Belgian style beer that tastes of light spice and banana. This is damn good and in the vein of Pranqster. I'm quite happy that my Milk Is For Babies has brought me to your golden goodness, I love this style of beer especially from American brewers.

Thank you Brooklyn Brewery and New York city for being good to me. Next time I will be in town more than 36 hours and will enjoy even more of your beer and crazy people. THE ROCK rating.