What beer are you drinking now? #514

After yet another day of having NO SNOW to shovel, guess I'll go for a run after finishing my Yard's Rye.

 

New Belgium Snapshot!

 

After spending some time with the gf in FL this weekend, then leaving earlier yesterday AM to make it into work on time for a night shift, I am currently pushing almost 30 straight hours awake. So I figured now would be a good time to enjoy a couple treats I brought back from FL.
IPA Side by Side:

Results to follow

 

And now on to Maudite while I relax and read some Willa Cather.

 

Look at that old camera. I remember those kind of flashbulbs!

 

Results of my side by side show Fat Heads Head Hunter to be my beer of choice between the two. Heres my take on the two when compared side by side:


COMPARISON RANKINGS:
A: both appear very similar, golden copper in color with off white colored head. Jai Alai with a slightly larger head and a bit better retention. HH with a greater clarity, and some hop sedimentation suspended in the glass. Both leave a good amount of cobweb lacing, with JA having a bit more. Overall advantage on "A" goes to HH by a nose secondary to the great clarity.
WINNER: Head Hunter

S: In the Jai Alai, bubblegum and sweet malts are the prominent aromas. HH has more piney, resinous, and floral notes. Overall, just a more well balanced and complex offering.
WINNER: Head Hunter

T: Like the nose, Jai Alai is definitely sweeter, but Head Hunters is such a well balanced IPA that hits nearly every component that should be present in the style
WINNER: Head Hunter

M/D: Essentially a push
WINNER: TIE

O: Overall, from top to bottom its pretty clear to me that I prefer Head Hunters. Both great beers though, if you have them available go out and but them; then do a side by side yourself. It's well worth your time.
WINNER: Head Hunter

ratings:
Jai Alai
Canned 2/11/14
4 /4.25 /4.25/ 4 / 4.25

Head Hunters :
bottled 2/17/14
4 / 4.5 / 4.5 / 4 / 4.5


Jams:

rob. melting faces and basses at moe.down 12 aka rob.down. It starts around 6:08, shit is hitting the fan by around 8:39

 

Drinking before noon...like honey badger, I just don't give a f##k

 

Yum from a can!

 

Hah - I remember when flashbulbs were BULBS, not cubes. Now sucking down Founders Imperial Stout - another stout doesn't make it to the cellar.

 

Thanks @PA-Michigander
Don McLean- American Pie (with Lyrics):

 

Not the best cream stout I've ever had, but I'd say it's upper echelon. Might make my way onto Cocoa Loco from Arcadia after this one -- still undecided.

Cheers for beers!

Great song choice.

RIP Sly

 

I have a Kokanee. I really like this beer and I am glad I have more than one. I want to thank the generous BA who sent this to me to fuel my never ending quest for a good AAL. He's modest but I am not. This beer won a medal in 1996 and I think it's one of the cleanest AAL's I have ever had. Thanks again and Cheers!

 

VCSS oh why did I wait so long to have you, you're so good?

 

$2.69 for this? Eh. Should read "Stout brewed with molasses and lactose. Oh! And chocolate... I think?"

Not bad but I wouldn't buy it again at that price. Maybe the Too Cream Stout ruined me!

 

6 day old Zombie Dust

 

Panther cub and the new KBS glass. Life is good!

 

Thanx RocketCityVol!

 

Happy St Patties Day 2

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