One of my favorites comes from the Ska Brewing bunch in Durango, CO. Never mind what you will find inside, you could like their Nefarious Ten Pin Imperial Porter just for its packaging. Under its blue wax coated bottle top, its label is guarded by a really pissed off gold crowned skeleton brandishing a bowling pin and ball sceptre. Open it up and pour it into your pint glass and you will find yourself holding a dark, almost midnight black brew topped with a tight, khaki colored head. Nefarious is a rich, bold brew that is loaded with coffee, chocolate and sweet fruit flavors. I am thinking a couple bottles of Nefarious would go perfectly with a big bowl of stew, a thick, chunk of heavy German bread and a roaring fire on a snowy Colorado evening. And, with Nefarious Ten Pin Imperial Porter's powerful 8% ABV, if I drank a couple 22 oz. bombers of this brash brew, I am pretty sure I’d be nefariously off to bed as soon as the dishes were done.
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That Nefarious Ten Pin Imperial Porter is a good choice. Looks like they changed their wax color this year too. Last year it was black I believe. I agree, as it's cooling off here in Colorado, I'm starting to want to pull out my dark brews. I think a few more weeks and I'll be in full dark beer mode. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI am with you, Dave. I am not ready to go totally off hops. We still have some mighty tasty green hopped brews coming out and I won't miss quaffing them, for sure But it's funny how we automatically start to migrate to the darker brews as winter approaches. What are we, brew birds?
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