Pictures of beer

I recently visited my warehouse at an Undisclosed Location and emptied out about a pallet of empty beer bottles, recording their images in what I can only describe as 'not-very-good product photography.' A learning experience, and nostalgic for memories of  beers gone by.

I'll post them here along with anything interesting I remember about the beers of the stories surrounding them. Kind of a German-style photo project (they did a lot of cataloging), but with words. And this way your mind's eye can journey with me on my beer escapades while your skull's eye looks at pictures, making these brews easier to spot and acquire (or avoid) in the wild.

Mikkeller: Black, Black Hole, White Wine Black Hole, Scotch Black Hole, Barrel Aged Chipotle Porter

Mikkeller is a Danish gypsy brewer (that means all his beers are brewed at different breweries where he visits like an artist residence). He has a twin brother who brews under the moniker 'Evil Twin'. Black is an alcohol bomb; expensive and maybe not worth it; my recollection here is accordingly dim. Black Hole is pretty great; the white wine version probably was as well, but the Scotch version was outstanding. Apparently it's poorly reviewed because most rubes don't understand how great whisky is. Let their folly be your conquest, friends. Barrel Aged Chipotle Porter is also outstandingly good (and also aged in whisky barrels—go figure). This bottle came from Beer Mongers in Portland, OR in 2011, and I think I've had it again (in a large bottle) and it wasn't as good. So caveat imbibor.