What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3607

Duet.

 

Cheers!

 

Just had a torrential downpour for like two minutes. Enough to pass the mosquitoes off. Still grilling. Hamms. Cheers!

 

Grill is fired up. Prairie Tiny Esses Sour Ale

 

Tonight's Labor Day Blind Märzen Lineup:

1) 3 Sheeps Oktoberfest (5.5%): A Märzen from Wisconsin for flavors of smooth bread, caramel mixed with earthy and toasty malts. Somewhat floral. Complex and dynamic.
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2) Great Lakes Oktoberfest (6.5%): A Märzen from Ohio with flavors of bread, honey, light toast. Robust, but balanced and rounded.
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3) Summit Oktoberfest (6.5%): A Märzen from Minnesota with flavors of bread malts, some caramel, and lots of booze. Heavy and astringent.
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4) Sam Adams (5.3%): A Märzen from Boston with flavors of rich bread malt, red and cherry spice, amber malts with a cinnamon roll spice on the finish. (mismatched #1 and #1 blind)

5) Elm Creek Sustained Illusion (6.5% canned 6/29/22): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Citra & Enigma for flavors of lemon/lime citrus with some astringent citrus cleaner notes. Dry and clean.
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6) BlackStack Shine On (6.9% no canning date): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Citra, Simcoe Cryo, Cascade and Phantasm for flavors of tropical and sweet pineapple flavors.
(correctly matched blind)
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Märzen Ranking:

1) 3 Sheeps Oktoberfest: What a winner amongst the four. This one has a citrus and bread spice flavor that sort of rocks the palate. Earthy, citrusy, yet a Märzen. Sort of reminds me of Sierra Nevada. R.I.P.
2) Sam Adams Oktoberfest: Consistently do it the same every year, and are rightly among the best. The red fruit and cherry spice gives it such a unique and pleasant fall twist here. The more the weather cools, the better this one drinks.
3) Great Lakes Oktoberfest: Traditionally one of my favorites. Very balanced and rounded, but hasn't quite done it for me this year ...yet, but I've got a pack so more are coming.
4) Summit Oktoberfest: For creating such great beers, this one seems to drop the ball. Cloying, sweet malts. Boozy without a whole lot of flavor.

IPA Winner:

6) BlackStack Shine On: This one mixes the Citra with Phantasm well. Combines for a sweet and tropical pineapple flavor. Yet, a light and clean body. Nothing extraordinary, but nails all of the fundamentals of what a NEIPA should be.

 

Moving on to some Casey fruit-splosion! Cheers. #SiL #SaYzOnLyFe

 

Working through a J, Wakefield 7th anniversary stout
Maple, Bourbon barrel aged.
Sweet, thick and an effort to enjoy
Cheers all

 

Hey, BA! Was very fortunate to take a trip to Dogfish Head today with my old man. Had one of their R&D beers - a Black IPA called Rumors of My Demise. Tasty stuff I’ll always grab this style



Enjoying some more DFH now after some time at the beach. The Perfect Pairing. Cheers!

 

A little Stone Temple Pilots on AxsTV and a 2021 Thompson Island - Once Around the Sun Anniversary Barrel Aged Imperial Stout!





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About to start grilling in the rain. But thought to have a Jack’s Abby Pre Pro pilsner. They say it is a pre prohibition American style pilsner. Pretty good.

 

No "Q" today. We do need this rain.
The name on this one says it all.
Really liked this one. It is a tad sweet. But earthy as hell with Simcoe.

 

Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz Bavarian Style Weissebier. Meat's about to go on

 

Got a lot going on here. Shrimp, flounder, monkfish (aka poor man's lobster), chicken drums, taters, shrooms and onions. And a Hamms. Cheers!

 

Second Fiddle DIPA ..



Doesn't look like much but it was delicious. Chicken Vindaloo and Eggplant Masala. Nice spiciness.

 

What is that structure in the background?

 

This funky treehouse they have built. Pretty cool looking!

 

Next up is Regal Lager from Tin Barn as I’m about to fire up the grill. Cheers!

 

Interesting - it looks like an old war relic or something. It is pretty cool looking, that's why I had to ask. Cheers!

Some stats and data.

The treehouse was conceived and created by the Oakland, CA based artist Sean Orlando and the Five Ton Crane Arts Group in 2007 (more on the artists). The interactive large-scale project debuted at the Burning Man event in Black Rock City, NV in late August of that year. The Tree is 40' tall, 40' wide, weighs 8 tons, and was crafted in part from recycled and reclaimed materials.


According to lead artist Sean Orlando, "the Steampunk Treehouse was made to explore the relationship between our rapidly changing natural world and the persistent human drive to connect with it and one another. It is our second nature."


We at Dogfish stumbled across the Treehouse online and began a dialogue with the artists. When we learned they were looking for a permanent home for their sculpture we knew it was meant to be! Two off-centered crews coming together.


Orlando and the 5-Ton crew arrived at the Milton brewery in June of 2010 for the installation. We had a great time getting to know them and watch their magic happen! On June 25th, we smashed a bottle of Life & Limb against the door and officially made Dogfish the new home of The Steampunk Treehouse.


The Steampunk Treehouse can be viewed and enjoyed by all the folks visiting the brewery. Access to the interior of the Tree House is limited to our Dogfish co-workers as we use the space to share ideas in a creative environment; in essence it is our off-centered safety tree.


Wanna know more?


Dimensions:


• Total height 40' tall
• Trunk height 20'
• Trunk diameter 2' (5' total trunk dia. with outer skin)
• Total spread of branches 40' diameter
• Main structural support branches diameter 15'
• Treehouse component off of the ground 20'
• House dimensions: 15' hexagonal / 12' tall