Märican Biere Bought and Drunk...

That's interesting, should be able to see grass in that photo. I had another with dinner at a restaurant and it was clear, beer must be camera shy.

 

Anyone try Figueroa Mountain 101 Kölsch yet?

 

Looks like it won a gold in some competition or other as a Blonde Ale. Other than that, I know nothing about this beer.

 

Does Jack's require pour into an imperial pint?

 

Another new one for me, do I have proper glassware? I'll keep it brief.

Not fortunate enough to taste Helles at the source but find this rendition delicious. Such a "pure" style of beer; clean and crisp with just a touch of bitterness and sweetness. Superb!

 

Below is my photo of Sunny Ridge (I think, not 100% sure) and I thought I remembered someone saying they use wheat in their recipe. I can't find anything to back that up, it's also quite possible they've improved/changed their recipe since last year. I've found with Jack's Abby they are continuously improving their more subtle offerings as their brewing skill matures.

 

I still detect a light haziness there. (Yea, I'm kinda obsessive about such things....)

 

I found my post of this photo from February 2014, commentary on the photo is quoted below. @herrburgess you actually "liked" this post, you must have agreed with my comment.

"For those of you interested in Jack's Abby. This is a picture of their first German Pils, Sunny Ridge, that I spoke about in my post above. Has a slight haze to it which I found interesting. Not quite crystal clear like the Pivo Pils was."

This may have been where I remembered it from. I'll have to grab some more Sunny Ridge and compare it to my "review" of it the first time I tried it. I felt it was decent, but not good enough to crack my favorite pilsners.

 

FWIW, Sunny Ridge is not in my top 5 of favorite German style Pilsner beers but I still enjoyed drinking it nonetheless.

Cheers to Jack's Abby for making a tasty German style Pilsner beer!!

 

Still looking for this in my area. WTF Victory? Hollow promises?

 

I am not able to watch it at work, but here is a video from the Jacks Abby website on Sunny Ridge: http://jacksabbybrewing.com/blog/2015/05/jack-talks-sunny-ridge-pilsner/

 

To a novice like me, that video and my own beer (not the photo, though) seem clear.

 

The JA video beer still seems slightly hazy to me, but it also seems more pale in color than either of the beers shown on this thread -- all about the photography, I suppose.

 

Stuff kinda has a greenish hue in the video, no?

 

Hah! Ahh... no, not to me. Had your prescription checked lately?

Honestly, in the final scene it looks like Bud.

 

I see in the video that Sunny Ridge was carbonated via spunding. That should get somebody on this forum real excited!

Cheers!

 

Always excited to see brewers doing what -- in my experience -- is truly necessary to capture those traditional German characteristics.

 

Any folks that frequent the German forum live in TX? This doesn't really sound all that appealing, but I'd be interested to hear how it turned out.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/jester-king-live-oak-brewing-co-foudreweizen.294696/

 

Live Oak is supposed to make some great German-Style beers. Jester King, on the other hand...