Blatz Market & Liquor

So I haven’t written a blog in a while. I haven’t written a blog about beer in even LONGER.. but on Saturday night while chatting with a friend a bet was made. I’ll spare you the details but it has something to do with 2 blogs, a week and a case of wine. I think he is relying on the fact that everyone at the party was cross eyed when we made the bet, and I think hes hoping I forget about it.. I’ll show him!

I walked into the cave to decide what I wanted to blog about and I came across the Dark Horse Brewing stuff and I thought “they make some great beer.. but aren’t very well known, lets do that” then I was about to grab their “Crooked Tree IPA” and made a quick change to their “Cream Stout Too” becuase… why not!

As I started pouring this it reminded me of the Goose Island Burbon County or the Oskar Blues 10-Fiddy, jet black and pours like motor oil. This slightly concerned me since I wasn’t planning on getting hammered on one beer. The chocolate brown head filled the glass but soon settled to a nice thin layer over the top.

I took a big drink and like the rest of their beer was glad I picked this one. Theres big flavors of roasted malt and LOTS of dark chocolate but its relatively quick for as thick as it pours and its not overly sweet. Also theres not a really bitter finish that you can get with some of the really big stouts.

Overall a very balanced beer and another solid entry form the folks at Dark Horse!

3.5/5 Blatzies

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After a series of budget meetings resulting from the economic turmoil that has gripped much of the banking sector, the decision got passed down that the Blatz Market & Liquor site located at www.blatzliquor.com should be redirected here to the Blatz Cave Beer Blog site.

Don’t worry, we’ll be making some updates here in the near future (as time allows) to integrate some new things into the site to keep you coming back.

In the meantime, look forward to Joe’s posts on the new things available in the store, and the other promotions that we have going on.

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This Wed. will be our monthly wine class, this month featuring South American wines. It will be from 6:30 to 8ish and they have all been a blast so far! The cost is $20 and you get 6 glasses of wine and certified sommelier Nate Norfolk will be doing the presentation. The wines list is as follows:

La Playa Carmenere
Santa Florentina Torrontes
DeCero Malbec
Errazuriz Estate Sauvignon Blanc
Don Rodolfo Tannat
Errazuriz Estate Cabernaet Sauvignon

Please sign up here: Wine Class

Thank you,

Joe

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