What beer are you drinking now? #3107

Lag's IPA at Hooters.....

 

Founders Backwoods Bastard.



My favorite American made Scotch style ale.

 

No blocks in the fridge, but I have a couple Founders Breakfast Stouts, though. This beer is just sublime. Truly a classic. Once I have this one, I'll no doubt be back for more later.

 

Bell's Two Hearted, lunch with Veronica...

 

Here are the Bockbiers (and some "bocks") I gathered for the Bock thread. Today I'm starting with this one:



Grimm Maypole

This is an American brewed Maibock. It's easy to miss the name of the beer in the label art. This is the only beer in my group that's new to me. It's also the only "local." It's one year old. I doubt there will be many old canned locals in the Bock thread... age is usually reserved for the imports. I think Grimm deserves more credit for their lagers than they get.

This beer is a gorgeous clear (genuine) amber color. I love a good pale Bock.

A word on Bocks and color - Bocks have nothing to do with color. In Germany it's an indication of strength (above 16º Plato). It's stronger than Märzen. In America, we tend to associate it with darker beer more than anything else.

Here's a nice 1879 painting from "impressionist" painter Édouard Manet called "La serveuse de bocks." Note the glasses of beer on the right.



Back to the Grimm beer:

It has a great head. I'm thankfully getting no aromas of old beer. The taste doesn't reveal any problems from age either, but knowing the brewer, I bet it's lost a good deal of hop character. This beer is still great. The taste is bread crust in a big way... and some firm (balancing) hop bitterness. The beer hits a great spot between sweet and dry, but it leans towards dry.

Even at a year old, this is a wonderful American-brewed Maibock. I'm sad to reach the end of the can.

With the name and label of this beer, this scene from The Wicker Man (incredible movie) comes to mind:



But I've got amazing German music in the air for this German beer style:

 

Have a good Friday. Got back home a couple days ago from my mini vacation, my mom flew out on Thursday morning. We are invited down to Jacksonville Florida while she is working down there. Had some hofbrauhaus vegetables, steak, and roast beef leftovers that night. The beef was in the crock pot for 2 days after we left lol.


Last night was Chinese. I got seafood upon, shrimp, and human beef.


I just got my covid booster shot from an antivax nurse at CVS, which was quite the mind fuck.

Now we are at Missing Falls Brewery in Akron. Got plenty of apps coming. I got aabby robe. Spot on bspa. big pear, apricot, apple, banana, bubblegum, clove, peppercorn, with a clean biscuit malts backbone. Light honey. Light- moderate yeast spice and herbal/ woody bitterness. Lingering drying. Mild warmth of 9.1%


Cheers

 

I hope not.

 

I was hoping that was a typo.

 

a recycled pic, because well I forgot to take one and to lazy to get back up. Enjoying this chilly vacation day.

 

I'm using technology! DDH IIPA from Singlecut.
Cheers!

 

Loaded tots, pretzels with beer cheese, and onion rings. Amazing and reasonably priced.


So long and thanks for all the pils. Lemon, pine, wood, herbal, grass, with a clean pils malt backbone. Moderate bitterness. Crisp/ clean/ refreshing finish. No fruitiness. Perfectly clean lager flavors. Lingering resin bitterness. Not watery for 5%. Spot on stuff. 4.1


Cheers

 

Picked up this Lakefront Maibock yesterday on the recommendation of another customer in the store. It is my first Maibock in many years so my review may change as I try the other 6. The color is great. Smells a little stronger than a lager but not overpowering. I am not a fan of bitter and this one is not bitter. Smooth taste with no after taste. It will be interesting to compare to the Capital Brewery Maibock. Wish I could have gotten to Usinger's for Landjager. Instead I have a local Butcher shop "closest thing to Landjager". Soft prezels later.

 

Hey man, no fair bringing T + A to a Goat / Bock party! Haha......

 

Ditto that - hoping it was supposed to be "udon" noodles and "hunan" beef.....but on BA, one can never be too sure of these things.....haha

 

Loaded fries and a big roast beef sandwich. Rose ale with grapes. Very nice fruit beer. Balanced red grapes, biscuit malts, pine, herbal, wood, grass, pepper. Moderate bitterness. Light spice and tannin. Crisp and dry finish with lingering resins. Interesting but done well. 3.9




Cheers

 

Got the day off. Finished my morning chores. Decided to go by one of my local breweries to try their version of Kentucky Common beer. Nice departure from hoppy beers. It's a malty, silky beer, made with a high percentage of corn in the grain bill. Low bitterness. It has some hints of toffee from the dark malt used to accompany the graininess. Very nice brew. I like the fact this brewery isn't afraid to get away from the usual. That's what craft beer is about to me. Let's seem what else I can get into here. Happy Friday all. Cheers!