The doors to Max's Taphouse opened at 11:04 am; approximately 50 folks get through the door at the opening crush, led by Ed James and someone else sharing a toast from a huge Duvel goblet. First beer: Fantome Chokolat, an 8% saison supposedly brewed/laced with chocolate. Hazy/cloudy amber, tart nose, .................... there's chocolate in here? A complete contrast to the over-the-top chocolate stouts........ Well, that's Fantome (Ghost) for you; not bad as a saison but I'd never find chocolate in here unless you told me....... should I be disturbed that a TV interview with Gary Coleman ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin!") is playing on the far-off big-screen TV?
Next up: De Regenboog Catherine the Great, 10%, "Imperial Stout"......... This cloudy brown stuff is supposed to be a stout?!? Maybe an imperial brown........ flavorwise, more akin to a woody brown raw cider, dry with earthy tones, for which "roast" is an alien term.........
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