What beer are you drinking now? #1165

Finished my morning run, cleared off the cars, and shoveled and salted every piece of asphalt on my property. Time to warm up before I head back out in an hour or two to take my daughter sledding for the first time.





I may be one of the few, but I'm so excited about this weather.

Cheers!

 

Happy Tuesday BA!

 

Morning, beer peeps.....happy last Tuesday of 2015!

Mom always said to eat your oatmeal.....I am getting old, so drinking it is ok too, right?

 

Pardon the brief announcement.....

TOMORROW is the time, and this is the place, to RAISE YOUR ANCHOR!

We will be toasting Anchor Brewing and craft beer pioneer Fritz Maytag, and their contributions to our beer world!

So, grab any Anchor brew, and get ready for Wednesday!!





Many thanks to @LeperJim for his awesome artwork and being "onboard" with this!! (sorry)



Some Anchor historic tidbits.....

Anchor Brewing Co – Historic Milestones


1896 - Founded as Anchor Brewing – in San Francisco

1965 – Fritz Maytag buys controlling stake in brewery

1971 – Anchor Steam beer first bottled

1972 – Anchor Porter first released

1974 – Anchor Porter first bottled

1975 – Anchor Liberty Ale first released / bottled

1975 – Anchor Our Special Ale – holiday ale – first released / bottled

1975 – Anchor Old Foghorn barleywine released

1976 – Anchor Old Foghorn bottled

1984 – Anchor Summer Wheat released

1993 – Anchor Distilling began

2010 – Fritz Maytag sells business and retires

2015 – Anchor releases Argonaut Collection – series of three special beers



http://sanfranpsycho.com/2015/08/21/a-conversation-with-fritz-maytag-the-man-himself/

 

Good morning BAs! It's cool and drizzling again here in NW PA, typical weather in Scotland. I thought it apropos to have this for breakfast:

And ... Imgur is not available. Of course not. Anyway, it's Stoudt's bottle conditioned Scotch Style Ale. Very decent. I'll post a photo and disclaimer later when Imgur is available.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/394/1492/?ba=Ozzylizard

 

Good morning BA, still enjoying holiday time off from work over here.

Just got a fresh 6 pack the other day, exactly a month old. Incredible as usual. Big bright hop flavors of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, and pine; with some light caramel/bready malt balance. Good sized pine/citrus rind bitterness; with a nice moderately dry finish with a nice sticky and smooth mouthfeel; with very slight creaminess. Always love this stuff.


My go-to fall seasonal brown, picked up a random single the other day. Robust and complex flavors of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, nutty, and light cocoa/chocolate malts; balanced by herbal/spicy/light citrusy hop character and bitterness. Always a spot on delicious American Brown ale.


Last of the 6 pack finally, may get some more as singles since a newer batch is available. Still tasting awesome. Flavors of huge peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, and pine; balanced by honey, light caramel, and toasted bready malts. Good sized pine/citrus rind bitter finish; with a smooth and sticky/resinous mouthfeel with a touch of malt slickness as well. Nice moderate dryness from bitterness. I always love Citra.


Oct 2014 bottling. Absolutely incredible as expected. Huge flavors of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, char, toasted oak, and smoke/vanilla notes. Aggressive piney hop, roast/char malt, and spicy oak bitter finish; with a great creamy/silky full bodied finish with moderate roast malt/hop chalkiness/stickiness as well. I certainly prefer this with even more age(same with the base beer); but any Yeti variant is a top tier classic Russian Imperial Stout to-style regardless(at least to me).


Cheers!

 

Starting where I left off last night and wishing I went to bed earlier.

As the man said, looks like I drank myself sober again.


Happy 4th day of Christmas, fellow BAs!

 

Morning BA!

Starting off the day with Burn 'Em Brewing's Wrath of Pele thanks to @egrace84. Some really nice coconut coming through...



Pairing with breakfast of muffin style frittatas and a biscuit.

 

Go Big this A.M.

 

Imgur's back, and I'm still drinking this so it's a legitimate WBAYDN post:

 

Elephant Rock IPA



Pikes Peak
Monument, CO

 

Snowed last night, I'll be switching to stouts after shoveling.

 

Good morning everyone! One day until my wife and I head to Oregon with planned stops at Hair of the Dog and De Garde. Can't wait

 

A little coffee this morning!