tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615167450635521323.post1869374998220283416..comments2023-10-26T09:57:43.061-05:00Comments on Nebraska Beer: Avery Brewing Returns to Nebraska!Nick S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10220435844948260684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615167450635521323.post-72961476160171424272016-03-23T09:39:50.352-05:002016-03-23T09:39:50.352-05:00Thanks for the comment, Dave. Looks like I need to...Thanks for the comment, Dave. Looks like I need to buy this beer. I saw it at Hy-Vee yesterday.Nick S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10489871589581388249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615167450635521323.post-15707882757313113772016-03-23T07:31:13.573-05:002016-03-23T07:31:13.573-05:00I remember my first beer too.I remember my first beer too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615167450635521323.post-86741895579431774142016-03-19T19:50:07.065-05:002016-03-19T19:50:07.065-05:00"Avery is especially excited to sending along..."Avery is especially excited to sending along some of their biggest and rarest beers to the Cornhusker State. Uncle Jacob's Stout (17.1% ABV) which is aged in Bourbon barrels, exemplifies the brewery's prowess over brewing massive beers while using fresh spirits barrels as a flavor component unto themselves." <br /><br />Oh there is a God in Heaven! Uncle Jacob's is one of the top 5 beers on the planet! I'd never heard of it, but purchased a single 12oz bottle from the brewery in February. I had it just two nights ago, it is actually "clean" in the mouth, with a nasal cavity presence that begins 10 seconds AFTER swallowing; just one facet of a stunning beer. Oh, what the heck, here is my review, below.<br /><br />-- Dave K --<br /><br /><br /><br />KNEE-JERK REACTIONS<br />-------------------------------<br />It's BIG<br />It's burny<br />Humongous mouthfeel...my mouth is shaping itself to mitigate the overload of sensation<br />Not stouty, but WHAT? 17% is what, so far.<br /><br /><br />OVERVIEW:<br />----------------<br />The date-bar flavor is tremendously predominant, NOT dry, NOT bitter, carbonation is on the mellow end, the bigness is off scale, the bourbon/whiskey is more baked-in-naturally than any I've had, ever. I've described some BBS as beautiful date-bars with booze...Uncle Jacobs is the best, it is darker, fudgier, has that AWESOME smell of the little date-bar crumbs, cinnamon, and sugar out the wazoo, yet it is FAR, FAR from rich, it is just YUUUUUGE! Sort of a clean finish in the mouth actually, with the YUUUUUUGE being in the nasal cavities.<br /><br />Goes on the wall of Greatest Beers Ever for sure. I'm not even done with the thing yet, it goes on the wall.<br /><br /><br />CHRONOLOGICAL THOUGHTS<br />-----------------------------------------<br />Avery Uncle Jacobs Bourbon Barrel Stout (BBS) eats Bourbon County Stout (BCS) for breakfast. This is bloody YUUUUUUGE, and that's not a Donald Trump phrase, that is from Dave! I need to compare Uncle J's to other beers, it is just to big to describe quickly otherwise. Starting with BCS, there is less immediate flavor, more flavor later, a HUGE feeling, and a DARKER date/fig flavor. I'm just sitting here after sip #2 pondering what I did today, but for sure it wasn't as amazing as the not-your-mothers date-bar experience that I am getting now. Starting with Outer Darkness, the beer is as "big", much smoother, sweeter, and a totally different flavor, but the hugeness is equivalent.<br /><br />GAWD this is big!<br /><br />Little raisins from the Thanksgiving raisin pie...are there cloves in that? Because it would seem that cloves are in Uncle Jacob's. Also, the imagined sensation of cinnamon, NOT in the ingredients list, is KILLER!<br /><br />The alcohol is HOT but not cloying, and the heat, with the massiveness of baklava-level sweetness is totally welcome like scalding coffee in an igloo...well the alcohol heat is nice and not painful.<br /><br />Do the internets agree with Dave? Because I think Uncle Jacobs is a 99.9 percentile beer. Off. Scale! There, I said it.<br /><br />97 and 100 on the big two websites...I'm not too disappointed. A perfectly wonderful review:<br />vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv<br />Sampled at esbls. Really good. So rich. Bourbon , vanilla. Earth and roast. Big stuff. Hot. Jst so much to like.<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br /><br /><br /><br />(hit 4096 character limit)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com