I do feel the need to reiterate the awesomeness that was the Teddy Mack stout...awesome beer.
Last night, after some irish and fun at the club, I stopped off at chumleys. I had noticed on Tuesday that they had a few kegs of Three Floyds (local IN brewery) Dreadnaught DIPA.
I've had this beer before, when it was a featured bomber at Chumley's. It was like $16 for a bomber, but it was spectacular. Shortly after that, this beer made BeerAdvocate's top beer list of all time. So when I realized Chumleys had it on tap, I had to try it.
It was still spectacular. Almost as good as Hopslam, but it misses on the balance a little bit. Good hoppy aroma, no real malts to start, and a smooth, well aged hoppy finish that makes you KNOW that you are drinking something north of 8%ABV. DE-licious.
Also laid down a home brew yesterday. I took my brother's x-mas present, which was a basic Mr. Beer irish stout refill, combined it with some corn sugar as an adjunct, and some actual chocolate malt. Thus begins my foray in hybrid extract and grain brewing.
Ended up using 2.5c of corn sugar, and steeped ~3-4 oz of malt for 20 min in steaming water. Final gravity ended up at 1.121, which was a little depressing, since that only corresponds to a 6% "potential" abv, which would end up at ~4% when finished. However, the adjunct doesn't affect the gravity as much as other fermentables, so it may end up a little better. Regardless, I'm tempted to lay down a backup premium St. Pat's stout refill that I bought, and keg the better of the two.
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