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Treehouse Abstraction Vanilla & Abstraction Coffee Imperial Porters

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Treehouse Brewing, Abstraction Vanilla & Abstraction Coffee

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Treehouse Abstraction Coffee
Beer #: 1,146
Tasting: December 20, 2018
Style: Imperial Porter
ABV: 8.8%

Has a bit of an acrid flavor quality that cuts through flavors like a knife. Most likely the coffee bitterness and the alcohol ethers working in conjunction. A bit distracting as it mutes everything else down a few pegs. On the plus side, it has cocoa and nutty undertones but conversely I would like some more of a creamy mouthfeel with more mocha quality but it just wasn’t there. Still nice but only 90 points from me.

Treehouse Abstraction Vanilla
Beer #: 1,147
Tasting: December 28, 2018
Style: Imperial Porter
ABV: 8.8%

This is the clear winner when comparing these two imperial porters. Much smoother with just enough vanilla to make it push it to decadent. Not sure why this one presents more creamy than the coffee version, but it does. Like its counterpart, some nutty and cocoa flavors. I’ll push Treehouse Abstraction Vanilla a couple ticks ahead of its coffee counterpart. 92 points.

Thanks Mark for picking these up…glad you made it.

 

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Hazelnut Spread Porter by Brew Bus Brewing Not another one with nuts!

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Hazelnut Spread Porter by Brew Bus (brewed by Brew Hub)

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Tasting: January 28, 2017
Style: Hazelnut Porter
Beer #: 1,033
ABV: 6.5%

Hazelnut Spread Porter by Brew Bus (brewed by Brew Hub)

This beer is from a bus for hire company and it is brewed by a brewery for hire company.

Here’s a little about Brew Bus from their website:

The Brew Bus fermented in 2011 when our Founder Anthony Derby was a student at The University of Colorado. When he tried to visit 3 breweries in one day he quickly realized the need for a transportation service. Flash forward just 4 years and we have 1 tour location and offer visits to over 100 different breweries and other destinations in Florida. We have introduced thousands of tourists and locals to our area’s breweries and we’re just getting started.

This beer is brewed by Brew Hub from Lakeland, Florida. Contract brewing isn’t a new concept. Nomadic brewers like Evil Twin, Grimm and Mikkeller regularly use capacity availability from breweries like Westbrook and Two Roads to create their beer. Brew Hub is a brewery and distribution for hire company and notable breweries use them to amplify availability. I noted in a previous entry that Toppling Goliath uses this same Florida facility to produce Pseudo Sue – 93 points. Brew Hub helped Toppling Goliath amplify their production by seven-fold. Thinking of starting your own brewery, using a company like Brew Hub might be a logical first step.

Once again brewed with cacao nibs, hazelnut and vanilla. Pours a transparent cola brown color. Overall, I’d describe it as having a watery body and muted flavors. Does have a wisp of nutty flavor but not really discernible as being hazelnut. Again, some minor roasted flavor. Balanced, not offensive but not exceptional either. A very “meh” 84 points. Sorry to end my hazelnut run on a low point.

Read more about Brew Bus and Brew Hub:

Brewery For Hire!

Find Out About Brew Bus Tours!

Next up a whole series of beer using brazil nuts. Actually, that’s not true. Until next time, cheers.

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Last Snow Porter by Funky Buddha Brewery

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Last Snow American Porter by Funky Buddha, Oakland Park, Florida

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Tasting: January 31, 2016
Style: American Porter
Beer # 890
ABV: 6.5%

Last Snow

I have a trade proposal in my inbox. I’ve traded with this particular trader many times. He wants to trade me futures on two bottles of Last Snow by Funky Buddha (to be released in February) in exchange for eight cans, in some combination, of Heady Topper or Sip of Sunshine. Dollar for dollar and rare for rare – it’s a fair deal. I do have a bottle of Last Snow in my fridge from last year and I’d better try it before agreeing to parting with some very tradable IPA. I can’t put my finger on when I acquired this bottle and I fear that time may have taken a toll on some of the reported coconut and coffee flavor and I’ll keep that in mind.

Here we are a week removed from an epic twenty-four inch blizzard and the warm weather has taken its toll on our snow cover. The forecast is for a warm first week of February. So, who knows? Maybe the blizzard was our first and last snow of this el Nino influenced winter.

As I pour this porter, the aroma of coconut is astounding. My son seated about eight feet away asked why he smelled coconut. While the coconut in the flavor isn’t as pronounced as the aroma, it certainly makes its presence known shining above a mellow roasted, vanilla and coffee bean flavor. Last Snow does come up a little thin in the mouthfeel. It does tire itself out a bit, so I’d recommend a bottle share.

I’m happy to have two more bottles coming. I’ll peg Last Snow at 93 points.

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Project Pam Black IPA by Founders Brewing

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Project Pam Black IPA aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrels

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Tasting: December 15, 2015
Style: Black IPA
ABV: 10.5%
Beer #: 871

Project Pam

Project Pam is the fourteenth and latest installment in Founders Brewing’s Backstage Series. This is the same series that brought us the likes of the legendary Canadian Breakfast Stout and Curmudgeon’s Better Half. Project Pam has an interesting label. The brewery offers this explanation for the label and the name of this beer:

From Founders Brewing: As for the origins of Project PAM’s name, it will forever remain a bit of a mystery – but, we will share that it’s a nod to the cellar coding system used by Jason Heystek, the head of our barrel-aging program and star of the dark and brooding label that adorns its bottle.

Even though my Star Wars prediction of Luke Skywalker really being Kylo Ren wasn’t correct, I’ll keep tossing my theories out there until I get one or two right. This time, my theory is that since it the name Project Pam deals with barrels and aging, PAM may stand for three stages of the aging process, premature, aging, mature. We may never know.

On to Project Pam the Black IPA. My first impression after a few sips is, in one word “odd”. Odd in that the maple bourbon barrel influences dominate the subtle flavored of this dark colored ale. The classification of Project Pam as a Black IPA seems off, seems more like an old style or Scottish ale. I really don’t get much in the way of hop influence. This black ale reminds an awful lot of Backwoods Bastard, maybe just a slightly sweeter version. As I work my way through this bomber-sized bottle, I’ll note that on the plus side the 10.8% alcohol by volume is beautifully concealed. 89 points.

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