What beer are you drinking now? #3434

Getting ready for a parallel tasting of two of New England's finest beers. In a shocking development, neither of these beers are NEIPAs (I don't care what you say about Heady, it is as much of a NEIPA as I'm a Martian). These are two of my favorite beers of all time, and for which I have in the past traveled to Vermont (often overnight), in moments of pure psychopathy.

Let me preface this tasting with the following statement:
I typically do not believe in side-by-side comparisons of beers. Each beer is unique, and different by design, so any comparison that concludes that X is better than Z is essentially an expression of how they differ, and does not necessarily reflect a superiority in quality or flavor.

Having said that, Heady shits all over Sip of Sunshine. It just does.

Heady Topper has everything that Sip of Sunshine has to offer, plus a lot of added complexity. That dankness, that cattiness, the bitterness that lingers for longer than an asparagus-fueled fart, the mouthfeel that coats your entire mouth, including the two molars you had filled by that sketchy Bulgarian dentist in his basement circa 1999. It just has it all, and a lot more.

When I drink Heady I cannot help but focus my full attention on the beer. I cannot be multitasking while drinking Heady. Sip of Sunshine, while delightful, does not trigger a similar focus, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes I want a full-flavored beer while I'm doing something else, like watching a game, or reading, or operating a forklift. Like I said, each beer has a place and time.

In all seriousness they are both excellent beers. I'd drink either of them any day of the week. But I'd drink Heady more.

 

Shucks! By Noble Beast Brewing. Its an oyster stout collab with Bookhouse brewing

 

Wow I know Im no earlybird here but 2 posts at 11:15?
Oh well, off to a busy day at the restaurant. Hopefully see you all before the day ends....
Cheers!
Have a good day.

 

Happy hump day, BA's

My best friend's b-day today, we went for an earlier hike at a nice (and very muddy) local metropark - invited him over for beers later this afternoon and perhaps some lake fishing....

In the meantime.....this works!

 

Nice glass

 

My usual a.m./NA shit-post here.
Got in a nice, easy 10K, 2nd run of this week of recovery.
Still not feeling any injuries, aches, or pains. SO that's.... welcome. Another 8 weeks+ before the 50K in May. I have work to do...

I'll be back, I hope, with some real juice - later on. A ton of grading to do today, but I won't teach again until late April (yippee!) so I'll be haunting these here pages more often .

Cheers!

 

Man, really slow day today at the virtual bar, eh?

Only 7 posts by noon? WTF, slackers!

After the Stroh's Classic, now having a German classic pils with some leftover pizza for lunch....

 

Virmalised IPA from Põhjala (Estonia).
Cheers

 

Short 7 hour work day today so I can be home for the AC Tech to do the twice a year service. Two Hearted while I ponder lunch....

 

Drinking Bell's Black Hearted

 

Beer with lunch, hmm, think I'll make it a Bud.

 

Post PT beer at the pub, from my share bag, Oxbow’s “Bobasa” a smoked Farmhouse:



Excellent! Funky with just a smidge of smoke. I’m not a fan of smoke, but this beer aged 46 months in wine barrels and was bottled December 2017, so the smokey is quite mellow. Cheers and have a great day y’all!

 

If it had been possible to visit you at your birthday I would have brought a Duvel gift-pack with a new glass
Very nice pour however!
Cheers!

 

Next up, “King Titus” Porter by Maine Brewing Co., on tap:



An amazing Porter…lovely roast chocolate malt and some bitter hops. Delicious!

 

A beautiful day for some DDH sauce goodness from Kettlehead:





A look at Jefferson (left) from Mt. Moriah last week.

I'll be hopefully summitting tomorrow to wrap up the single-season W48.

 

Little tuna sandwich with kimchee and chips....and an Equilibrium.

 

Love seeing how far and wide the MBC distro has gotten. Always assume it's due to trades when I see posts outside of NE. Funny, it's hard to find fresh dates on bottles here or I'd drink it more often.