I've come across this beer quite a bit in the last couple of days with all of the Westvleteren 12 hubbub. It seems to pretty highly praised and obviously much more attainable than the aforementioned. How is it?
Excellent!
Stone Brewing 12.12.12
Very limited run of this stuff..............
Had several good brews yesterday at a couple spots in San Diego:
Stone's Vertical Epic 9/9/09 and 10/10/10 (was excited to be able to try these out as I only have bottles of the '11 and '12)
Port Brewing Sharkbite Red
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Avery Brewing White Rascal
mmmm indeed! We're fortunate to have a lot of great breweries in SD (Ballast Point being one), I try to visit a few every time I'm down there. Would it be bad to tell my wife I want to move back down there just for the beer?Nice vertical tasting. And Sculpin...mmmm.
It won't displace Anchor or Founders in my porter lineup but it really is a solid drinkable beer. Malty vanilla taste, smooth and slightly sweet. Nice change. I'd give it maybe a B-.