What beer are you drinking now? #986

Evening BA! I started off with a Union Jack (glad to finally get this in cans) and just finished off a Resin. I'd never had Resin before picking up a 6 pack last week in Destin. Now I wish that I'd grabbed more. Excellent!

 

First time trying this one, never seen it before but I have to say its not too bad at all. Its today's choice.

 

Stopped by an awesome local brewery, Levante Brewing, and had a few while getting some growlers for the weekend. The guys there picked fresh hops today. Very nice touch adding some of that love to a pour.

 

So literally all of the single track is closed down because of mud, so I rode rail trails for a good long countryside ride. I was originally planning on just a 40 miler, but I still felt great after that so I kept going and almost got a metric century lol. I was dead after this one.


Beverages:

Always fantastic. Bright grapefruit, pineapple, citrus peel, and piney hops with light caramel/bready malts. Great sticky/crisp finish.


Delicious as usual. Light caramel and toasted bready malt with balanced herbal/spicy hop flavors and bitterness. Very clean and crisp.


Great imperial brown, I might buy another pack actually. Huge robust flavors of maple, molasses, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toast, dark bread, raisin, plum, and light nuttiness; with moderate herbal/spicy English hop and roasty bitterness. Great overall complexity and balance between malt, hops, and yeast fruitiness. Great creamy mouthfeel to top it all off. So delicious.


2014 Double crooked. Still tasting delicious! Grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel, and light-moderate pine; with moderate malts of caramel, brown sugar, and toasted bread. Still has a nice amount of piney/grassy bitterness providing plenty of balance with the malts. Dangerously smooth with zero booze and minimal warming alcohol; still has a nice mouthfeel with moderate creaminess and hop stickiness present. Awesome! I think I might prefer to this to the fresh stuff, a bit too hot right at bottling.


Cheers!

 

Last one of these amazing DIPAs. Went to Trill today to get my fix for the holiday weekend. Got a mixed case of Vicinity and two variants of FPPA.... then a few Island Creek Oysters and a bowl of chowda a R34. Best brewery/restaurant combo visit from one parking spot in New England IMO. Cheers BAers!!

 

Oh, my god. This is sooooo good!

 

...can't wait for the tour de france to begin tomorrow! let's go quintana! cheers BAs! xoxo!!

 

A lot more chardonnay flavors coming off this than the peach, but it's still pretty good.

 

My last Founders Breakfast Stout

 

Easily my favorite of the abduction series. Y'all are in for some treats

 

Up next....


Summer turns me upside down BA! For me, The Cars are summer. Cheers!

 

Oberon and the Salute to America at Greenfield Village, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It gets better than this, but not much.


Sam Jackson. Long Kiss Goodnight. Also doesn't get much better.

 

Cuttin' it close!

 

This was a Two Hearted while we waited in the shadows for the "surprise" part. Moved on to a Jackie O's Mystic Mama now.

 

Weihenstephaner and the USMNT are currently winning. Happiness.

 

Trying it out in my new mug. It tastes even better.

 

Row 34 is a solid place, was there a few months ago while in Boston. They have a great lobster roll.

 

Damn that looks good!!!

 

Lager up!

 

Sixpoint Jammer 2.0. Earthy, salty, and sour all in unison. Delicious.

 

After a fun long day of daughter dragging me on every ride at Six Flags(Darien Lake) Blastoff is ride that propels you at some ungodly speed into the air as you're strapped into your seat, Rolling Thunder is loop that you travel very fastly around , Superman is best coaster I've been on, crazy drops and speeds. Coaster called the Mind Eraser and a bunch more. Times a ticking on this bomber of Enjoy By. So I'll take one for the team.

 

Celebrating pre-4th at Russian River

 

Meh. Enjoy By is better.

 

Moved on to this one from Rev. Cheers all!

 

Double ups!!!!!

 

Tree House Haze, courtesy of a pal.



Thanks pal!

 

Whats white and crawls up your leg?...Uncle Ben's perverted rice

About as "merica as I can get...Firestone Walker Pale 31 and Townes Van Zandt Live at the Old Quarter. Hey, that is about as Houston as I can get as well, damn I wish I could have been in this city in the late 60's early 70's





Got some High West Whiskey Double Rye, Oasis Meta Modern, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, a Karbach Pils growler, and anything else I can get that says 'merica

Edit: Oh and a dog that is terrified of fireworks...

 

A Bent Brewstillery triple header!!! Bent is an under-the-radar brewer in MSP that is getting a great rep in the beer nerd community. First up: Notdic Blonde, an amber blonde ale. A little sweet, a little tang, well executed.



#2, Moar, a "Historical IPA." I was expecting an English IPA - WRONG! More citrus, less malt than an EIPA. This is soooooo sessionable. Really liked this.



#3, Uber Lupin, a Schwarz IPA. Repeat: a Schwarz IPA. Count me in!!! Cocoa at first, then waves of hops. This is magnificent. I heard that Bent was doing some cool stuff that's "outside the box." That's an understatement of legendary proportions. Have a fantastic Friday, BA's.

 

Possibly unfair to try this after two Bad Boys and a Nelson earlier today, but it's seriously holding its own.

 

They had a bunch of cans for sale yesterday I picked up a case. It is a great beer and usually I'm only able to get a 4 pack here and there.

 

I'm not a Texan - never even been there. But I grew up on Townes, so props to you for keeping his spirit alive. Hands down, my favorite singer-songwriter of all time. Cheers!

 

Listermann Nutcase Raspberry Jam



Cheers!