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So Happens It’s Tuesday from The Bruery

Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels, 14.6% ABV, 2017 Edition.

A dark and delicious display of rich malt toasty oak flavors and vanilla-like notes from extended aging in bourbon barrels.

Brewer’s note on beer label: Our infamous Black Tuesday stout is named in honor of the great stock market crash of 1929. So Happens It’s Tuesday is simply dark and delicious, but in a more affable format, reminding us that there is always a bit of good to be found within the bad. Things happen, life goes on. This beer can be enjoyed in all of those moments and seasons.

The beer is very dark, looks black. Foam is beige color, thin but fine. It smells dark malty, molasses, dark brown sugar, vanilla and bourbon barrels noses. It’s a good imperial stout nose, dark desert like, toasty woods and vanilla noses like a real bourbon whiskey. The beer is sweet, dark and bold sweet, there’s a bit of bitterness at the back but won’t big enough to fully balance the sweetness. The beer is thick, but not very thick, it shows a milky, oat-y texture and viscosity. The alcohol burns are obvious in this beer, shows a strong boozy flavor in the darkness. The beer is full bodied. Again, the texture is velvety and creamy, it’s bold sweet with light bitter background. It’s quite a boozy dark ale, shows a very strong malty flavor which is stronger than a normal imperial stout. I always found The Bruery’s strong ales have this tendency to be more malty flavor. There’s toasty barrels, whiskey, subtle toast coconut, dark chocolate, plum juice, dried plum, orange liquor, vanilla aromas. Although I think I can say it’s still showing some shape of Tiramisu which is chocolate, vanilla and boozy, then this is the booze version of that and stronger enough you don’t remember that’s like Tiramisu anymore. It’s a very warm stout, I mean the alcohol warms your mouth and throat up. The aftertaste shows some pine wood, toasted tobacco leaves aromas, showing hints of American/English hops.

In recent years I have less The Bruery than before. I don’t mean I don’t like them anymore, I love The Bruery. But you need to know their trait of BA strong ales, they are complex and delicious. But when you age them, they stay young, I mean they don’t change that much over time. This 2017 bottle is 7 years old, but I feel it’s as strong and sharp as I bought it. That is a great trait because of consistency. But it also making aging that that fun, because I don’t find that much of variations over time. Maybe those beer are not bottle conditioned? But from the level of carbonation I feel they are bottle conditioned.

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啤酒颜色很深，看起来像黑色。泡沫呈米黄色，稀薄但细腻。闻起来有黑色麦芽、糖蜜、黑红糖、香草和波本桶的味道。这是一种很好的帝国黑啤的味道，像黑暗的沙漠、烤焦的木头和香草的味道，就像真正的波本威士忌。啤酒很甜，深沉而大胆的甜味，后面有一点苦味，但不足以完全平衡甜味。啤酒很浓稠，但不是很浓稠，它呈现出一种乳白色的燕麦质感和粘稠度。酒精的灼烧感在这款啤酒中非常明显，在黑暗中显示出浓郁的酒香。啤酒酒体饱满。同样，口感如天鹅绒般细腻，甜味中带有淡淡的苦味。这是一款相当醇厚的黑啤酒，麦芽味非常浓郁，比一般的帝国黑啤更强。我总觉得布鲁里的烈性啤酒更倾向于麦芽味。有烤木桶、威士忌、微妙的烤椰子、黑巧克力、李子汁、李子干、橙子酒和香草的香气。虽然我觉得我可以说它仍然呈现出提拉米苏的某种形态，即巧克力、香草和酒香，但这是酒香版的提拉米苏，而且足够浓郁，让你不再记得那是提拉米苏。这是一款非常温暖的黑啤酒，我的意思是酒精会让你的口腔和喉咙变得温暖。回味时会闻到一些松木和烤烟叶的香气，还有一丝美式/英式啤酒花的味道。

近年来，我喝布鲁里啤酒的次数比以前少了。我并不是说我不喜欢他们了，我爱 The Bruery。但你需要了解他们的 BA 烈性啤酒的特点，它们复杂而美味。但是，当你把它们陈酿时，它们会保持年轻，我的意思是，它们不会随着时间的推移而发生太大的变化。2017 年的这瓶酒已经有 7 年的历史了，但我觉得它和我买来时一样浓烈、尖锐。这是一个很好的特性，因为它具有一致性。但这也让陈酿变得很有趣，因为我并没有发现随着时间的推移会有那么大的变化。也许这些啤酒没有经过瓶中调制？但从碳酸化程度来看，我觉得它们是经过瓶调的。

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Fonio Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from Russian River Brewing

Bottled on 081324 11:16, Drink Aug 30, 24.

Belgian-Style Blonde Ale at 5.65% ABV.

Brewer’s note on beer label: This Belgian-inspired Blonde Ale is brewed with Fonio, an ancient West African super grain which requires no fertilizers or insecticides, needs very little water, and grows in some of the most inhospitable conditions. ‘Brewing for Impact’ is a global collaboration with our friends at Brooklyn Brewery to explore the unique characteristics of Folio in beer, promote the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture and support smallholder farmers in Africa. Thank you to our friend, Garret Oliver, for inviting us to participate. Cheers, Vinnie & Natalie Cilurzo.

The beer is very pale golden color, mostly transparent. foam is coarse and rich, lacing on glass. The beer smells like champagne, coriander seeds, wet dough, chamomile floral, yeasty, spice and flora noses. The beer tastes light bitter, very dry, not sweet. It’s light body, crispy. The fragrance and aromas are strong. There’s jasmine, citrus flower, apple flower fragrance, banana, fuji apple and Chardonnay grape fruity aromas, coriander seeds, clove and dried citrus peel spices. This Belgian blonde ale is drier than Damination (Belgian golden), more floral, same spices as Jasmine (Saison), and the fruitiness is also strong. I really like this new offering, the Folio is full of flavors as Belgian-style blonde. The green apple and Fuji apple aroma is getting stronger when it warms up, make it even brighter/fruitier. The spice and apple fruity definitely recalls apple cider, but it’s very dry which is not like the farmer’s market apple cider. The aroma also strongly recalls white wine, especially unoaked Chardonnay, the body is low and crisp. Really want to revisit this beer again soon.

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啤酒呈淡淡的金黄色，大部分透明。泡沫粗而丰富，在玻璃杯上呈带状。啤酒闻起来有香槟、芫荽籽、湿面团、洋甘菊花香、酵母、香料和植物的味道。啤酒尝起来有淡淡的苦味，非常干，不甜。酒体轻盈，口感清脆。香气浓郁。有茉莉花、柑橘花、苹果花香、香蕉、富士苹果和霞多丽葡萄果香、芫荽籽、丁香和干柑橘皮香料。这款比利时金色啤酒比 Damination（比利时金色啤酒）更干，花香更浓，香料与 Jasmine（赛松）相同，果味也很强烈。我非常喜欢这款新产品，作为比利时风格的金啤酒，Folio 充满了各种风味。青苹果和富士苹果的香气在升温后变得更加浓郁，使其更加明亮/果香更加浓郁。香料和苹果果香绝对让人想起苹果酒，但它非常干，不像农贸市场的苹果酒。香气还让人联想到白葡萄酒，尤其是未经橡木桶酿造的霞多丽，酒体低而清脆。真的很想尽快再次品尝这款啤酒。

Triple Socks and Sandels

Triple Socks and Sandals from Humble Sea, Drink at Smoke Eaters

It’s bright orange yellow color, foam is fine and thin. Fully hazy, opaque. It smells like mandarin juice, the fruity smell you may get from kids’ favorite Orange-D. The smells definitely is a simple orange, orange hard candy like. The first sip, it’s balanced bittersweet, but that flavor is very bold. You can tell both the sweetness and bitterness are strong. There’s a bit of minerals giving it a hint of salt. It’s full bodied, thick but not very oily. It shows a strong fruit hard candy aroma, citrus aromas orange, mandarin, limoncello, passion fruit, ripe guava, orange liquor aromas. The tropical fruitiness is quite radical, it can cut through some greasy food I guess (I’m not eating that this meal), the fruitiness is so bright and citrusy. The aftertaste feels a bit like artificial citrus flavor, combined with floral fragrance like lilac or jasmine, citrus peel, pine resin and weedy fragrances. It’s a very nice beer. I appreciate its balance flavor. And when you take sips, you can still get the spirit of “Socks and Sandals”, that fruity, easy and happy, (redwood coast) foggy forest, tropical and weedy. The balance and smooth is a key for extreme style like this TIPA, it’s not a simple “doubling down”, but an intentional amplifying of a style.

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呈亮橙黄色，泡沫细腻。完全朦胧，不透明。闻起来有柑橘汁的味道，就像孩子们最喜欢的 Orange-D 中的果味。闻起来绝对是简单的橙子味，像橙子硬糖。第一口，它是平衡的苦甜味，但这种味道非常大胆。甜味和苦味都很强烈。还有一点矿物质的味道，给人一丝咸味。酒体饱满，浓稠但不油腻。酒体散发出浓郁的水果硬糖香气、柑橘香气、橙子香气、柑橘香气、柠檬香气、百香果香气、成熟番石榴香气、橙子酒香气。热带水果的香气相当浓郁，我想它可以切开一些油腻的食物（这顿饭我没吃），果香非常明亮，柑橘味十足。回味起来有点像人工柑橘味，再加上丁香或茉莉等花香、柑橘皮、松脂和杂草香。这是一款非常不错的啤酒。我很欣赏它的平衡味道。当你抿一口时，你仍然能感受到 “袜子和凉鞋 ”的精神，那是一种果香、轻松和快乐，（红木海岸）雾林、热带和杂草的味道。平衡和顺滑是 TIPA 这种极端风格的关键，它不是简单的 “加倍”，而是有意放大一种风格。

Quadruple Socks and Sandals

Quadruple Socks & Sandals from Humble Sea, Drink at Smoke Eaters

It’s yellow orange, more yellow than the triple version. It’s fully opaque, like an orange juice with pulp. Foam is very thin. The smell is citrusy, more citrus peel, grapefruit peel, lemon peel, a hint of weeds smell. The beer tastes still balanced, lean on the sweet side more (than triple). It’s oily, thick, like a sticky pulpy orange juice’s texture. It’s full bodied, tastes less boozy than the triple version. I love the opportunity to compare the triple and quad versions side by side. The beer shows a mellow orange juice aroma, more like when orange juice warms up and becomes sticky. The beer shows thick orange juice, ripe mango, dried pineapple, orange liqueur aromas, I think because it’s more condensed so the flavor actually is simpler than the triple version, because it bond my sensory hard I’d overwhelmed. The aftertaste releases the missing layers from the beer, strong tree resin, tree leaves, weeds herbal, leafy green teas, various of citrus peels aromas layered, and released in the aftertastes. It’s a very good specialty beer, designed for hardcore drinkers. I think it’s super valuable Humble Sea team release this lineups of Socks & Sandals from 1x-4x, what else you can ask? 5x? That kills the yeast I guess. I really love the more tropical fruity aromas in this quad, and it’s dramatically less heavy than some other rare quad IPA I had. It’s a jammy beer, crystallized what you can have from juices, and then you get jam. You won’t rate jam by how sweet they are, right? You rate them by the flavor and aromas. Humble sea is a good player here, it fused east coast’s fruity and jam my, but preserve the weedy, resin-y redwood coast’s psychedelic aromas in west coast IPAs. The triple and quad definitely closer relationship with a hazy IPA in their bloodline, but their west coast gene traits are also clear. It’s fun, casual, and seriously good.

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它是黄橙色的，比三重版本更黄。它完全不透明，就像带果肉的橙汁。泡沫很稀薄。闻起来有柑橘味，更多的是柑橘皮、柚子皮、柠檬皮，还有一丝杂草味。啤酒口感依然平衡，偏甜（比三倍）。口感油腻、粘稠，就像粘稠的果肉橙汁。酒体饱满，喝起来没有三倍啤酒那么闷。我很高兴能有机会将三倍酒和四倍酒进行比较。这款啤酒散发出醇厚的橙汁香气，更像是橙汁加热后变得粘稠时的味道。这款啤酒呈现出浓郁的橙汁、成熟芒果、菠萝干、橙子利口酒的香气，我想这是因为它更加浓缩，所以味道实际上比三倍版的更简单，因为它结合了我的感官硬质，我会不知所措。回味释放出啤酒中缺失的层次，浓郁的树脂、树叶、杂草草本、绿叶茶、各种柑橘皮的香气层层叠叠，在回味中释放出来。这是一款非常出色的特种啤酒，专为嗜酒如命的人设计。我认为谦卑之海团队推出的袜子和凉鞋系列非常有价值，从 1x 到 4x，你还能要求什么呢？5x? 我猜那会杀死酵母。我真的很喜欢这款四倍啤酒中的热带水果香气，而且它的口味明显没有我喝过的其他一些罕见的四倍 IPA 啤酒那么重。这是一款果酱啤酒，从果汁中结晶出果酱。你不会根据果酱的甜度来评价它们，对吗？而是看味道和香气。谦卑之海是这方面的好手，它融合了东海岸的果味和果酱，又保留了西海岸IPA中杂草丛生、树脂味浓郁的红木海岸迷幻香气。三重和四重的血统与朦胧IPA的关系无疑更密切，但它们的西海岸基因特征也很明显。它有趣、随意，而且非常好喝。

Double Socks & Sandals vs Triple

Socks & Sandals (untappd 3.99) is foggy IPA from Humble Sea Brewing, 6.6% ABV. There’s double Socks & Sandals (untappd 4.11) at 8% ABV, Triple Socks & Sandals (untappd 4.28) at 10% ABV and Quadruple Socks & Sandals (untappd 4.23) at 12% ABV.

Humble Sea’s birthday beers: Socks & Sandals from 1x to 4x. I think comparing those two in the middle back to back is an intriguing idea. (Humble Sea is one of my favorite California brewer, they are from Santa Cruz which is not far from where I live.)

They are same color, if they are in same shape of glass I won’t be able to tell which one is which one by colors. Foam is thin in my pours. They both smells lemon drop, pineapple and whole oranges. I think the triple version smells stronger, a bit more jammy, with a hint of mango in the 3x too.

Side by side tasting comparison at Smoke Eaters

The 2x is soft, high viscosity, creamy and oat-ly. It’s balanced, a little bit sweet, but the bittersweet balance is back in the center each sip. Medium body. In comparison, the 3x is a bit more sticky, sweeter but still balanced, full bodied. A bit bold canned pineapple aroma burst from the triple version. When you drink these two back to back the 3x definitely eclipse the flavor and aromas in the 2x. Although the 3x has more power output, but you get those boozy feeling right away. If you don’t like your bartender over-booze your cocktails the 3x is overpowered. The 2x has the lovely redwood coast breeze, the fogs are bitter, not just take like orange juice (I’m the taste of sweetness). The 2x shows you leafy greens, evergreen resins, mandarin peel oil (less pungent but still quite citrusy). It’s a citrus centered experience, but those sea breeze and forestry experience add The Humble Sea’s signature touch. 3X brings more tropical experience, notably more ripe mangoes, pineapple, mangosteen juice, ripe melons aromas, and it’s a boozy experience. Those ripe tropical fruit aroma do not make your experience of yellow fruit goes too dark though, the citrus power can still brighten the fruity experience pretty well. The combination is a ripe tropical POG experience, maybe not the same combo of POG, but a mango, mangosteen variation. I think the earthy herbal of hops also added up giving the 3x an earthy roots sweetness, I will say a bit of earthy licorice, yam or even ginseng roots herbal? Lighter beers are easier to pair with food, the 2x is already making you feel overwhelmed and not want to eat much. I feel the 3x is at a territory that drinking is your majority of enjoyment tonight. If you are drinking with friends, go with the 1x. And if you are watching a game, go light lager instead. If you are a pro, like DIPA. This 2x is good. If you like bold, fruity, balanced stuff you will love the 3x. 4X is not tested today, but I remember the 3x is a slightly more flavorful than the 4x. If you love the more delicate experience, looking for unicorns, the. You should line up for Pliny the Younger!

I really appreciate Humble Sea’s magic of keeping the vibe consistent across this series of Socks & Sandals. The west coast version of the east coast style has a unique twist. It’s always balanced or slightly bitter, so you won’t fooled by the sugar taste. But the weedy, earthy herbal stuff just reminds you Santa Cruz is on redwood coast, it’s always foggy, and you will surf and enjoy the cold sea. Wear your socks and sandals, be a happy weirdo.

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谦海的生日啤酒：袜子和凉鞋从 1x 到 4x。我认为将这两款啤酒放在中间背靠背进行比较是一个有趣的想法。(谦卑之海是我最喜欢的加州酿酒师之一，他们来自圣克鲁斯，离我住的地方不远）。

它们的颜色相同，如果装在相同形状的玻璃杯中，我就无法从颜色上分辨出哪个是哪个了。我倒出的泡沫很稀薄。它们都有柠檬滴、菠萝和整个橙子的味道。我觉得三倍版的味道更浓郁，果酱味更重一些，3 倍版中还有一丝芒果的味道。

2x 的口感柔和，粘度高，有奶油和燕麦味。口感平衡，有点甜，但每喝一口，苦甜平衡的感觉又回到了中心。酒体适中。相比之下，3x 的口感更粘稠、更甜，但仍保持平衡，酒体饱满。三倍版的菠萝罐头香气迸发得有点大胆。当您背靠背喝这两款酒时，3x 绝对会让 2x 的风味和香气黯然失色。虽然 3x 的输出功率更大，但你马上就能感受到那种醉人的感觉。如果您不喜欢调酒师给您的鸡尾酒加太多酒，那么 3x 的酒味就会过重。2x 有可爱的红木海岸风，雾是苦的，而不是像橙汁一样（我是甜的味道）。2x 则有绿叶、常青树脂、柑橘皮油（辛辣味较淡，但仍有柑橘味）。这是一种以柑橘为中心的体验，但那些海风和森林的体验增添了谦卑之海的特色。3X 带来了更多热带风情，特别是更多成熟芒果、菠萝、山竹汁、成熟甜瓜的香气，让人沉醉其中。不过，这些成熟的热带水果香气并不会让你对黄色水果的体验变得过于暗淡，柑橘的力量仍然可以很好地提亮果味体验。这种组合是一种成熟的热带 POG 体验，也许不是相同的 POG 组合，而是芒果、山竹的变体。我认为啤酒花的泥土草本味也给 3x 带来了泥土根茎的甜味，我想说的是有点泥土甘草、山药甚至人参根茎的草本味？清淡的啤酒更容易与食物搭配，2 倍的啤酒已经让你感觉吃不消，不想吃太多东西了。我觉得 3 倍的酒量已经到了你今晚主要以喝酒为乐的地步。如果您和朋友一起喝酒，那就喝 1 倍的。如果你在看比赛，那就喝淡啤酒。如果您是专业人士，可以选择 DIPA。这款 2x 就不错。如果您喜欢大胆、果味浓郁、口感平衡的啤酒，您会喜欢 3 倍的。4X 今天没有测试，但我记得 3X 比 4X 稍微更有风味。如果你喜欢更细腻的体验，寻找独角兽，那么你就会喜欢4X。你应该排队去买 Pliny the Younger！

我非常欣赏 Humble Sea 的神奇之处，它让整个《袜子和凉鞋》系列的氛围保持一致。西海岸版的东海岸风格有着独特的变化。它总是保持平衡或略带苦味，所以你不会被糖味所迷惑。但杂草、泥土的草本气息只会提醒你圣克鲁斯位于红木海岸，这里总是雾蒙蒙的，你将在这里冲浪，享受冰凉的海水。穿上袜子和凉鞋，做个快乐的怪人吧。

LLM 可以用来品啤酒么？🫠

目前好像不可以，因为没有电子舌头。当然有很多比舌头和鼻子先进的多的传感器，但是难点在于如何模拟相对低科技的舌头鼻子带来的模拟（Analog）缺憾。不过也许通过几个随便懂点酒的人随口说几句，再配合社交网络上的各种评分数据，做出一个可以品酒的模型估计也是可行的。不过，作为个体的我对这个没啥兴趣。

但是，我可以做电子肥料呀。我可以贡献出我的酒评，这样模型们就可以把我的品酒记忆用来培养新的模型啦。以后我们这些注定要去做肥料的人们也算给未来的智能留下了一些“记忆”吧，压缩一下我们的记忆也就有了智能。