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uberg33k
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Vanilla Gorilla is a hugely underrated beer. I don't like much from Red Brick, but that one is the best they make, IMO.

Are we talking about the same beer here?  That thing is a hot mess.  Last time it was on tap at a bar I was at, servers were daring customers to drink it for a dollar just to get rid of it.

Red Brick is an odd place.  Most of the stuff they put into distribution is sort of meh, but slowly getting better now that management and the head brewer have changed.  Some of the best stuff they have is in their serving room, but you'll never see it leave the building.  It's like they can make really awesome beer, but choose not to.




Posted 34 days ago.

testingapril
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Atlanta, GA
595 Posts


I haven't had it in a while, but when I have had it it was full bodied, roasty, with a solid but pleasant vanilla note. I don't like smoke in my beer and I didn't really get any in it. Maybe they upped the smoke malt to make it come out a bit more and the servers at the bar didn't like it?

Maybe it was an off keg?

Like I said, I'm not a big Red Brick fan, but I liked that one when I had it.





Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
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What they had on tap was smokey and syrupy sweet.  Like drinking pancake syrup mixed with liquid smoke.  It was pretty vile.  I'm surprised they put it into distribution.  Maybe it's been fixed since I've had it, but that one taster was enough to swear me off of it forever.

Now that I think about it, pancake syrup and liquid smoke sounds like the perfect Olan drink.




Posted 34 days ago.

testingapril
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Atlanta, GA
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It is a sweet beer. I tried aging some and it got pretty terrible because there was nothing left to balance just plain sweetness. And the body began to suffer as well.

It's never been smoky when I've had it, and I hate smoke beer so I feel like I would have noticed it. I think the first time I had it was the first batch they made of it when it was in the brickmason series.

It does sound like an Olanbier doesn't it.





Posted 34 days ago.

brulosopher
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Fresno, CA
167 Posts


Pancake syrup and liquid smoke sounds like an American diner breakfast... that I would never want to drink.




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
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Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Pancake syrup and smoke sounds nasty.

Smoke in that one batch, but not in others? Sounds like contamination.




Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
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You'd think that, but it's marketed as a smoked vanilla imperial porter.



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
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Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Well, in that case.... I dunno.

Anyway, shaddap. My wife was cool and picked me up some beer, trying to get me things I'd never tried. That is the point of this thread.

That, and something about juiciness.




Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
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Oh, she's definitely awesome for getting you fresh Scuplin.



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
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Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


I'll say... I was WAY more impressed with the Sculpin last night than I was at Brewfest. I figure my Brewfest experience was due to one of three things.

1) Palate fatigue/slight intoxication
2) I tried a different beer and got confused (see: slight intoxication)
3) The beer at Brewfest was old crap they were just getting rid of

This had a ton of aroma - not quite "week old in the keg" level, mind you, but still lots of it. And there was so much fruity hop flavor... I wouldn't call it "bitter hopwater"... though, in the past, I probably would have.

I will admit that kegging is beginning to ruin me for commercial IPAs. That first couple of weeks' worth of aroma is just stupid.




Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
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Have a Pineapple Sculpin if you can find it.



Posted 34 days ago.

brulosopher
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Fresno, CA
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I've had it, wasn't terribly impressed, same with Grapefruit. Like Dan, I'm not much of a fruit-in-the-beer fan.




Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
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I agree grapefruit just comes across as muddled and not all that interesting, except maybe as a radler. I thought the pineapple was well done and complements the hops well.  Pineapple is really tough to work with in beer and mead.



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
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Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Just tried the Beer Camp Tropical IPA... guys, this one is pretty darned tasty, too. more of a variety of tropical fruit type aromas to it. Plenty of fruity hops up front, not as bitter as Sculpin.

Really nice beer, IMO.




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
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Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Yep, this is really, really tasty. Not quite as "juicy" as Sculpin, but with more variety in the fruitiness. And man, so much of it.

I wish I had a sixer of it.




Posted 34 days ago.

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