California Lagers (2022)

Did a blind Taste test with north park birdie to bogey, highland park timbo and highland park high 8 west coast pils. High 8 was first with birdie coming in second then timbo. Really surprised because all beers had a ton of flavor and I love timbo but timbo seemed like a hop bomb compared to the others. I love hops but the other 2 were so much easier to drink with a lot of flavor.

 

Agree.
The hoppy lagers or IPL’s are such a balancing act. The hoppiest isn’t necessarily the best. And hops fade over time further complicating things.

 

Mother of God...Enegren and Moonlight have collaborated. From Enegren's Instagram:

April 23rd, 2022 is the 506th Anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot and just so happens to be the same day as Frühlingsfest where we will be releasing this year's American Reinheitsgebot American Dark Lager

This year we teamed up with @moonlightbrewing of Santa Rosa to brew a Czech Style dark lager using only 4 all American ingredients including Zuper Saazer hops from @hopheadfarms and grain from @admiralmaltings. Though this is not a German style beer it is an ode to Bavarian brewers like Josef Groll who brought his lager Brewing expertise to Bohemia to make some of the best lagers in the world. It will be released at Frühlingsfest on April 23rd with special American Reinheitsgebot Tubinger steins. A limited amount of steins will be available for shipping online.

 

ALL ABOARD!

 

I picked up my first can of Alvarado Street Citraveza yesterday and opened it tonight.

That is one hell of a beer. Great stuff.

 

If I am down among the Redwoods this Summer..I want to visit Eel River. Been buying their stuff since 2002

 

I always liked them. They had some great beers and some bad ones..mostly great.

 

Hell Yeah brother

 

Enjoying a Wondrous Purple Smoke Tree Westcoast Pilsner hopped with Citra and Nelson, goodness gracious this thing is AMAZING. Love what these guys are doing. Cheers Foos

 

Popped into Fieldwork in Berkeley yesterday, and I thought their "Stone Castle" pilsner was outstanding. I always try one west coast IPA to start, but I'm mostly interested in their lagers these days.

 

Wondrous dropped several more lagers today as well.

if you come across Moonlight’s “Black to Reality” snag it quickly.

 

SLICE in Lincoln finally putting out another Lager. Release on Friday 4/22.



A classic German Helles crafted with 100% Weyermann Barke Pilsner malt, Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops, and yeast cultured from a famous Bavarian monastery.

First time in 16oz Cans. This was crowler only back in Mid 2020.

 

4 packs and steins now available to buy online: https://store.enegrenbrewing.com/

 

Thanks! Ordered

 

Got that as well

 

Just ordered a mix case of Enegren with 2 4pk of the Moonlight collab. While the pricing is far more affordable than other breweries that ship direct, shipping was double that of other mix cases (green cheek, moonlight, NP, etc) so it came out about the same total price.