Adirondack Brewery in Lake George, NY

Let's not mince words-- Adirondack Brewery is a great destination for Beer fans, dead of winter, a very solid selection of world class selections apart from their own brews.  All well balanced, and great counterpoint to the menus of food for about every taste. We had two great beer that inspired this bleery photo shoot-- it seems the Imperial Stouts do come on faster than anticipated. 

New Holland's Dragon's Milk Boubon Barrel Imperial Stout is just an outright iteration of the style, and outstanding winish bourbon at 11% leviathan ABV.  To be sure on second pull, I recall thinking "the Halls have unleased a new circle of hell on Earth with this Bourbon barrel stuff".   

The Petrus Cherry Chocolate Nitro Belgian Quad (8.5%) was a thing to behold, 6 malts, apart from the Cherry and the cocao for that matter, and so our group beheld 3 each, which required a cooling off period before the freeze walk back to our rooms, not feeling the cold much either way. This beer is like a new Yes album, if you will. 

Thick, rich, nitro frothed mouth feel is notable, the exception to 9 of 10 beer out there. The ethanol in these beer was the least interesting element, but these Wine-beers are the trends, and these were both good friends. One wonders if the Cherry juice is fermented with the malt, or added later, like flavoring.

I'd say the New Holland and the Petrus were "Amazing and Delicious", "tasty" and the latest foodie buzzword for extraordinary if enough hadn't been said about them already.  Anyway, they were right. 

Adirondacks Wave IPAs are more than swell-- hazy cold and humid, just they way I love it, featuring various configurations of high Alpha hops-- simcoe, crystal, eureka... the grain bill composed of red wheat and flaked oat. Their beers are indeed "Nice Liquid" as the slogan reads-- their IPAs were fresh with a bite like that North wind coming off the lake, that should not faze you much after one or two with some Stout to follow it up. 

You'll find them here:  https://adkbrewery.com/beer/lgipa/