New Beer Weekend #200

2beerdogs · May 20, 2024

Coronaeus said: ↑

It’s a long weekend for us up here as we get ready to celebrate the life and loves of Queen Victoria on Monday. We had a productive morning here helping my twins with their final exam preparations. They were given a 50 page study package a couple weeks ago. We are about a fifth of the way through. They are in grade 2. I don’t remember grade having any tests in grade 2, let alone finals!

After lunch, we went to see their art show at a local gallery. Every year, their school partners with a local gallery to show student work for a few weeks as a proper, formal art exhibition. Both kids had three pieces in the exhibition, and as you’d imagine, were quite proud to see their work up on the gallery walls (as was I of course!). The gallery director took the time to talk with both, asking them about their pieces and their techniques. It was great!

As fortune would have it, the gallery was right around the corner from my favourite brewery. So, now home, here we go with beer number 1 for the weekend:

Godspeed Kira Kira Zoigl-inspired lager.

Pours a deep murky copper with a moderate creamy head that sticks around for a while.

Malty, bready aromas dominate with some bright herbal and floral notes peaking through here and there. There is a hint of toffee in there too.

Taste follows the nose closely. Bready malt on the tongue with some floral notes and a light caramel finish. There is a crisp quality to this beer that is quite nice.

The body is medium and the beer is highly drinkable.

This is great. It’s a collaboration between Godspeed and Toronto’s other top-tier lagerhaus, True History. Recommended.

Awesome dimple-mug courtesy of the generous @jonphisher .

Cheers!
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So you folks in the Great White North are also facing the onerous menace of high stakes testing for young ones! Tragedy.

2beerdogs · May 20, 2024

snaotheus said: ↑

Our 15th anniversary was two days ago. We dropped the kids off at their grandparents this morning, went out to a few beer spots, and then drove to a cabin we got via AirBnB around the base of Mount Rainier. No view of the mountain, but we haven't had much time to look, because we jumped immediately into marinating steak in a coffee stout, marinating onions (for a steak sandwich) in this Tayberry sour, and making a chocolate raspberry mousse for dessert (to pair with a 3 Fonteinen Hommage.

E9 - Tayberry Farmhouse

375ml corked/caged bottle served in a wineglass. Batch #6, though the handwriting is hard to read. Bought it at Chuck's Hop Shop last night.

Pours clear purple-pink, big frothy head on the pour, pretty good retention, holding on to a couple millimeters thickness in the middle. Smell is jammy, a little yeasty funk and a little bit of mild earthy/spicy. But jammy is definitely predominant.

Taste is much tarter than I expected. Definitely in the tart berry zone (not sure what tayberry tastes like), still pretty jammy. Funk/farmhouse yeastiness is gone in the flavor, or at least almost gone. Maybe a hint of oak. I've never seen a raspberry soda, but this is moving in that direction.

Mouthfeel is super light, clean, dry. Overall, this is really good.
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Happy Anniversary, Ryan!

New Beer Weekend #200

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New Beer Weekend #200

2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader