What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3069

Good afternoon! This Belgian pale ale with cascade and centennial hops from Perennial is an excellent way to end the workday. Cheers!

 

No pic, as it's been seen from me many times, but cruising with a couple of my go to Ransack The Universe from Collective Arts until movie time, which will be a little later than normal tonight. One big beer to pull out before Sobibor, which is the movie on tap tonight. Cheers.

 

Ok, back after a nap - I slept horribly last night - time for some juice.

 

Tonight's Beer Tasting Lineup is a Blind Irish Taste Testing & Battle Beers! (2/3 of the pairs correctly identified)

1) Guinness Harp Lager (4.5%): An Irish lager with bready and yeast lager with white bread and yeast flavors. Minimal hops.
versus
2) Dos Equis Lager (4.2%): A Mexican lager with light lemon hops atop a mild pale, crackery malt profile. Dry, clean, and drinkable.

3) Sierra Nevada's Dankful IPA (7.4%): A west-coast IPA from California with strong lemon, lime, and green dish soap flavors. Herbal and bitter.
versus
4) Stone Delicious IPA (7.7%): A west-coast IPA from California that has strong grapefruit, orange, and nectarine flavors with a strong pine bitterness.
(Misidentified these two in the blind taste test)

5) Guinness Draught (4.2%): The original Irish nitro dry stout with the traditional soft and creamy nitro body of a Guinness. Dry cocoa and roasted grains. Soft and clean.
versus
6) Left Hand Brewing Nitro Milk Stout (6.0%): Another nitro stout that pours with minimal head with a rich milk chocolate and cream flavor. Minimal roast. Chocolatey and creamy.

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Winners:

1) Guinness Harp Lager (4.5%): Hard not to win before St. Patrick's day, but this one drinks full and bready. Dos Equis was good too, but drinks more in tune with the summertime.

4) Stone Delicious IPA (7.7%): A "delicious" IPA with strong grapefruit, orange, and nectarine flavors. Intensely herbal and bitter. When bigger and bitter is better, then this was the better beer.

5) Guinness Draught (4.2%): This traditional Irish stout is hard to beat. Maybe less flavor than Left Hand, but also affords less alcohol, a lighter and cleaner body, and a much prettier pour.

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Do you agree with Harp Lager and Guinness Draught being among the winners? Or maybe there's bias with St. Patrick's Day tomorrow.

Have you had Sierra Nevada's Dankful or Stone's Delicious IPA, and do you have a preference?

 

An IPA brewed by Triple Crossing. Bought 2 four packs. Just one can left.

 

I'll join in on the Tuesday Stout Parade.
A good one from Sloop

 

Someone say Seger?

 

Getting caught up on cleaning, half the house today other half tomorrow. I really know how to enjoy a week off. Miller Lite with lime and a Herradura before I pour a nice beer

 

Ooooh I bet thats good.

 

Ahhhh.....yes, it is!

 

This stuff is always stellar.

 

Horns up, ya heathens

 

My favorite tequila!! So clean, crisp and minerally.

 

Beyond Good and Evil

 

Well, not as good as the first two tonight.

 

I remember the day when Earth Crisis was the biggest draw in hardcore, right after the Firestorm 7" release. Insane shows!