What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3105

Tonight's Blind Battle Beer Tasting Lineup: (All 3 out of 3 pairs correctly identified blind)

1) Guinness Harp Lager (4.5%): An Irish lager from Guinness with smooth and malty flavors of bread, cereal and potato. Slightly rubbery.
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2) Peter’s Brand Classic Lager (5.0%): A German Lager with flavors of honey, earthy bread spice, and faint lemonflower hops. Authentically German.

3) Hop Valley Brewing Bubble Stash (6.2%): A west-coast IPA from Oregon made with Mosaic hops that has a strong dank orange, melon, and pineapple flavor. Dank and floral.
versus
4) Fulton’s 300 IPA (7.0%): An IPA Minnesota made with Mosaic hops that has strong, dank tropical melon, pineapple, and green flower. I describe it as a dinosaur melon flavor. Extremely similar, but bigger, more bitter, and sweeter.

5) Great Lakes’ Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (6.0%): A standard porter from Ohio that was named after the sinking of the Edmund Fizgerald ship in Lake Erie in 1975. Flavors are balanced of chocolate, cream, and roast.
versus
6) Bells’ Kalamazoo Stout (6.0%): A stout from Michigan brewed since 1987 that has fantastic dark chocolate, malt, and roast flavors, while being dry.

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Winners:

2) Peter's Brand Classic Lager: This one has a fantastic smooth honey and lemonflower flavor and tastes authentically German. More complex than Harp Lager, which often tastes rubbery to me.

3) Hop Valley Bubble Stash IPA: Hard to call a winner between these two, but this one was excellent. Strong, authentic, dank Mosaic flavors and impressive in flavor and feel for the lower ABV.

5) Edmund Fitzgerald Porter: This has become one of my favorite porters. Strong milk chocolate has just enough roast to balance.

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Have you tried either of the lagers and did you enjoy them?
Have you tried either of the two Mosaic IPAs: Bubble Stash or 300 IPA?
Do you prefer the Edmund Fitzgerald or the Kalamazoo Stout? I have a feeling it might depend whether you're from Ohio or Michigan.

 

Take it easy and heal up. Big series with the Padres to watch the next few days.

 

Hope you recover soon!
ps-Looks like you need a beer! Cheers!

 

Last Julius from @mickyge Cheers!

 

Speedy recovery!

 

That sounds painful. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

 

Dosvidanya rye BA Russian stout by Destihl

4.41/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

16 oz can poured into a pint glass



Pencil thick fizzy brown layer quickly recedes to a ring over a dark cola liquid

Aroma is rye bourbon whiskey

Taste is rye, sipping bourbon , roast malts , hint of chocolate

Mouthfeel is rich , good sudsing, rye taste without the burn

Good beer

 

IPAFEST Beer arrived. All in good shape and 'cowboy' cold.







I got plenty to keep me from being tempted.

 

A lager brewed by Alewerks in Williamsburg, Virginia.

 

Is that what people drink at Michigan vs Ohio State football games?
ps-referring to the last two

 

Love it. Especially the brussels sprouts!

 

Can I come over?

 

Hey BA’s

Yummy

 

A beautiful afternoon to enjoy a beer! I don’t buy DFH very often but this one caught my eye and it’s a pretty good hazy. Cheers!

 

Another delicious Past & Present: ESB from Other Half. Really enjoying it!



Stay Safe, Those Were The Days, and Sláinte!

 

That does not look like fun! Here is to a speedy recovery.

 

Happy Birthday to her!
Cheers