WEEK 207---2022 Most Memorable Beer & Mead List --by CT ( KL) Part 2/2

 

The final part of my list for last year is mainly about stouts, mead & a barley wine or two--thanks to sharing sessions here in KL--though limited in number of sessions but it was good enough beer & mead quality wise.

刚过去的2022从个人啤酒角度来说是不错的一年，在没有任何国外啤酒旅行，和几位特定本地啤迷瓶子分享会也为数不多情况下还是有分享到一些高水平佳酿，这次最有印象酒单以黑啤，蜜酒，农场风格啤酒以及天然发酵酸啤为主，缺乏啤酒花类型作品除了个人口味选择因素影响之外也因为去年从美国直送啤酒花作品数量有限喝太少所致。

先来看看去年喝到的最有印象黑啤和蜜酒都有哪些：-

here are some memorable ones from 2022:-

Side Project

Thanks to the group guys--was able to taste some nice Side Project stouts last year including both 2021 & 2022 version of Beer Barrel Time(BBT), For Phil( a tribute brew for Perennial brewer --where Side Project initially started)--also Flambe, Coconut Vibes & Achromatic Vibes from Shared( very much a sub brand of Side Porject)--obviously they are all stouts but there are differences in taste profile and nuances.

去年有幸在本地通过分享会喝到这家顶级黑啤高手酿坊几款作品，包括备受啤迷关注的BBT(Beer Barrel Time) 2021和2022版本，致敬起始酿坊Perennial 酿酒师的For Phil，以及旗下副品牌Shared 的Flambe, Coconut Vibes和Arhomatic Vibes，虽都是黑啤但各有不同风味层次表现，比如同是BBT的不同年份作品就有明显区别，虽然一起品味的啤迷朋友都比较倾向21年版本，但两者高低差异很小，都是会让人自动慢酢细品的大黑啤作品

in short:-

For Phil is more  cinnamon forward (in a balance way) while also showing the dark chocolate-coconut & barrel influences.

巧克力椰子和木桶承托的主要风味是肉桂。

BBT 21 is very dark chocolate & bourbon barrel centric while BBT 22 has this smokey burned barrel flavours--both are thick with chocolate-coffee-dark fruits-vanilla notes.

21年更多是黑巧克力和波本酒桶风味--22年则有烟熏和木桶焦味--两者都充满巧克力咖啡黑色果实香草。

Flambe is more of a chcolate banana stout--Coconut Vibes was straight up caramelized Gula Melaka & coconut--Achromatic Vibes is vanilla forward & dark chocolate coconut.

Flambe是香蕉巧克力-Coconut Vibes是焦糖椰香-Achromatic Vibes香草黑巧克力。

Weldwerks

Had a few different variants of Weldwerks last year--known for it's really in your face thick and bold body--the 2 which really stood out was Medianoche Cookies & Cream and Medianoche Reserve.--the former just as the beer name suggested it's a thick liquid form of  cream cookies--while the latter was a bomb of a liquid chocolate coconut cake.

以酒体厚重粘稠口感浓郁甜点黑啤(pastry stouts)盛名在外的高手酿坊，这次喝到为数不多的几款作品中以Medianoche Cookies & Cream和Medianoche Reserve 最让人留下印象。两者都是酿坊一贯作风的厚重浓郁，前者顾名思义就是想把酒酿成像是奶油饼干那样的甜点黑啤，后者则是充满椰香巧克力风味的液体蛋糕，虽然风味表现各异但同样是让人想要慢慢喝，等待回温观察风味呈现是不是变得更有佳的黑啤。

Horus Aged Ales

Honestly been finding it a little dissapointiing so far as in i have yet to taste a really mind blowing one from this brewery--had a few different variants last year and the only one which hits the right notes personally was Bonnelli's Distraction--full of carzmelized Gula Melaka - coconut- hazelnuts with coffee though it could have been better with a thicker body.

身为这家甜点黑啤酿坊为数有限的美国以外会员，每个年度能买到喝到的作品可以有十多款，不过有点遗憾的是，虽然酿坊一直被不少啤迷追捧，但个人来说至今仍没有喝到一款让味蕾惊艳的作品，以去年喝到几款作品来说，Bonnelli's Distraction 是唯一让人留下印象的，类似马六甲椰糖的风味加上烤椰香榛子还有咖啡风味，是很不错的作品，要挑剔的话可能是酒体还稍微有点不是那么浓郁厚重。

Schramm's

There is no doubt whatsoever the level of tasty mead this mead maker can produce--Bramble was definitely one of the very best i have had from them by far--made with 4 different berries---it was jammy-full of fruity honey goodness-never cloying or overly sweet or monotonous--everything is just perfectly in harmony.

去年喝到一些不同酿坊蜜酒作品中，这家顶级酿坊的Bramble 是毫无疑问的上乘之作，使用四种不同莓果（黑莓，红梅，覆盆子和波森莓），一开瓶入杯就已是满满果香，入口是液态蜂蜜果酱般香甜浓郁的讨喜但完全没有让人觉得腻口感觉，相反的是让人自动放慢步伐想慢喝细品。

Superstition

Last year was a first for KL where some of us here celebrated with Arizona and participating cities in other parts of the world for Berry White Day 2022--but before that one of the memorable one i had much earlier last year was a collab brew with Moksa--was kinda expecting Ninth Mandala to have big stouts barrel influence but it was not like that but rather skewed towards a sweet & tart White Series-ish brew.  Another which obviously caught the attention was the Cherry White--a new addition to the White Series last year--a well balance one with notes of cherries white chocolate and honey--a worthy addition to the existing 4.

也是来自美国的顶级蜜酒酿坊，去年少有的喝到好几款不同作品，除了已经喝过好几次的招牌作品WHITE SERIES(  白巧克力莓果系列)，年中喝到一款和美国黑啤高手酿坊Moksa合作的Ninth Mandala就让人留下印象，虽然喝起来不是预想中那种把蜜酒放入黑啤旧桶浸泡後吸收黑啤风味的作品而是更接近个人比较熟悉的白色系列风味，但无可否认还是一款喝起来让人开心的佳酿。而说到白色系列，去年新增的樱桃版本Cherry White是另一款让人记忆犹新的好喝蜜酒，没有过甜或让樱桃抢占风味问题，樱桃蜂蜜白巧克力融洽的结合成一款原有四款莓果之外值得蜜酒迷关注的新增款。

ending note:-

Had the double oaked variant of the famous Anchorage barley wine-- A deal with the Devil--sweet-caramel-bourbon barrel heavy--not the most impressive barley wine i have had.

One of the more not so perfect moments of last year was having to miss out some mead--the likes of second city- standard--and of course Pips--due to timing issue9 was recovering from op and needed to go on prohibition for weeks)

小结

去年喝到值得一提的还有阿拉斯加酿坊Anchorage的盛名作品 A Deal with The Devil (double oaked)，是酿坊众多同名作品中其一，以大麦酒风味呈现来说只是中上，肯定不是个人喝过最有印象的大麦酒。

另外也有因为一些情况所以没能喝到的好酒，比如错过了比如second city- standard美国蜜酒作坊作品--其中以顶级作坊Pips的几款错过作品最让人扼腕。