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Three Levels of Funk (Captain Lawrence Smoke from the Oak: Wine Barrel)

After a rough afternoon visiting three different Social Security Administration offices in the metro area, I headed to MRB’s house for a bit. Fortunately for me, the only beer in his fridge were a Heineken, a Stella Artois and a bottle of Captain Lawrence’s Smoke from the Oak: Wine Barrel (batch number 2.) Clearly there was only one course of action.

The porter poured a viscous black with minimal carbonation. The nose was funky as was the first sip. The tang of barrel aging was followed by rich coffee malt character, with just a slight hint of vinous notes in all the right places. The long finish was woody and earthy. Truly a stellar offering from the Captain. I’m definitely stashing a bottle away for a rainy day.

We just need to get something other than yellow beer into his fridge.

2 Comments

  1. mrb wrote:

    To be fair, those brews were left there by someone else. But yes, there was only one course of action.

    Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2:54 pm | Permalink
  2. stinky wrote:

    That someone must be out to get you…

    If you wanna talk about skeletons in the closet, I’ve got a Sam Adams Traditional Ginger Honey Ale that’s about two years out of date hiding in my fridge.

    Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

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