Saturday, February 25, 2017

HopCat KC grand opening 2/25/17, one stout and one porter

St. Louis Brewing Co., Scholarly Sticky Toffee Pudding, American Porter, W/molasses, vanilla beans, &  Date Puree.  Sweet porter, okay beer:. Ballast Point Brewing, Cinnamon Raisin Commodore, American Stout W/cinnamon & raisin 6.5% ABV.  Sweet with cinnamon taste, okay beer. 

HopCat KC, grand opening, 2/25/17, two more stouts barrel aged

Deschutes Brewery, 2015 Abyss, Barrel aged imp. Stout, W/black strap molasses, licorice, cherry bark & vanilla, 11.1% ABV, very good barrel aged stout:. Oskar Blues Brewery, BA Ten Fidy, Bourbon barrel aged, Russian Imperial Stout, 12.9%, another nice stout, very good. 

HopCat Grand Opening KC

Firestone Walker Brewing, Velvet Merlin, nitro oatmeal stout, smooth low alcohol:. Left Hand Brewing, Fade to Black, Foreign export stout, 8.5%,very good stout definitely order again. 

HopCat Gand Opening second flight of beers

Prairie Artisan Ales, Tulsa, OK, Bomb, Imp. Stout W/ coffee, chocolate, vanilla beans, & anchor chili's, okay beer but not as good as Calavera from Zipline Brewing:. New Holland Brewing, Night Tripper, Imperial Stout, good beer would order again:. Bell's Brewing, Traverse City Vanilla 355 E Stout, Traverse City Whiskey Co. Barrel aged coffee stout W/vanilla, 8.8%,very good beer, would definitely order again. 

HopCat grand opening

HopCat, Grand opening three new beers, Lagunitas, High Westified Imp. Coffee Stout, Rye Barrel aged;. Perennial Sump, Imp. Stout W/Sump coffee;. Zipline Brewing, Calavera, Barrel Aged Choc Stout W/vanilla, cinnamon, chili pepper & cocoa nibs.  All three good beers.