What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3060

KBS Espresso...

Notable blast of roasted espresso coffee and a bit of molasses sweetness...

Good stuff...

 

Cheers!

 

The Firestone turned out well. Helluva blend.


Now for something completely different.

 

Nice; a pFriem in Illinois or are you in Oregon now? I've had it in Pittsburgh, but only by bringing them back in my suitcase.

 

MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE!

*if you didn't know,
The band Devo's name comes from the concept of "de-evolution", the idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind has begun to regress.

 

X-post from NBW
Finally was able to get some Oxbow beers shipped to me and I decided to go with Sasuga first.


I now see why Oxbow has their reputation. This beer is gorgeous. In the sunlight it almost seems to glow from within.
Sasuga is all about the Brett with the rice and stainless steel allowing the yeast flavors to shine. It is tart, but not sour, with almost ripe fruits, wet hay and stable straw. I'm looking forward to more than a few this summer.

 

Soon to be Mass Beer Week, so enjoying this bite from Newburyport.
Do good
Be well

 

Enjoying this lazy Sunday. Starting with this one. Cheers all!

 

Grabbed a couple 4 packs of this crazy fruited sour at Vitamin Sea yesterday. Not really a sour guy but I do like scorpion bowls (not sure if they are a New England thing?) so opted to get 2 and so happy I did. It’s like a cross of a scorpion bike with a ne ipa. And in a good way!

 

Dancing Gnome's "River Otter" (4.4% English Porter) Overall Rating = 3.84%



Another cool but sunny day in Western PA, and once again, I'm back from a long hike in the woods. Continuing the theme from yesterday, I'm having another of the beers my son in law brought me from the brewery. Here are my impressions:

From a 16oz canned on 2021-02-25
A - Dark opaque brown with a 2-finger light brown head and very good lace.
S - Mocha espresso. Caramel covered nuts.
T - Charred bread, black coffee with a short dash of Hershey syrup. Roasted bitterness in the dry finish. Not much residual sweetness.
M - Light body and medium carbonation.
O - Plenty of flavor although more bitter and dryer than my favorite for this style, which is Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter. This is certainly impressive at just 4.4% and I'd gladly have it again.

And to go along with this beer, a Porter song seems apropos:

 

Hotel beer and a snack - Sam Adams’ Boston Lager:




Not much selection here in COVID 19 world...no restaurant or bar; otherwise, a perfectly fine lager. Cheers from Bethesda, MD!

 

The weather is warming up, so it's time to drink down my stout supply.



Lunch is sausage, cherry tomatoes, spinach, and cannellini beans

 

Hard to beat for the price. I actually preferred Hamm's Light in a side-by-side.

 

“Lemon Haze IPA” from Leinenkugel.



Looks great in the glass, but...



It smells like a Minute Made lemonade made “whoopie” with a Summer Shandy. Worse, tastes like the typical Leinenkugel “fruit loops” wheat beer base, with hardly a hop bite to speak of. Got eleven more....

 

Interesting. I'll have to try Hamm's Light some time.

It still surprises me every time I have one and I'm like, "Damn, this is pretty good!"

I keep expecting I'll taste it and be like, "What was I thinking?"

 

I’ll have another while it rests...hopefully I don’t drink too much before it’s time to make pasta out of it. Cheers BA’s!!

 

First time trying Definative. Decent but pricey