A very smooth take on the traditional French farm house ale. If you are a fan of bold flavors this is not the beer for you. 1 cap for this beer not that the brewmaster did anything wrong its just not what I would choose to drink.
And Sharon our cat made her second appearance in a review!
Brewfest 2011!
The Brewfest is back! Come taste dozens of great, craft beers from of the area's best brewers. Enjoy music, food and one of the most scenic spots on the river.
$30 per day or $40 for the weekend, no tokens. $20 Sunday only.
If you are interested in volunteering, please see the attached form in the column to the right.
Beer from the following brewers will be available, with more expected to confirm shortly:
Last night I was having a cold one talking to my better 2/3rds. She turned to me and asked “Are you ever going to review any regular beer?”. So now I have to think about regular beer. What is regular beer, Budweiser? I will drink Bud in a pinch but I don’t think any one is interested in a review of the King of Beers. But Budweiser is a Pilsner style and that is what she is getting at regular beer equals Pilsner beer.The style is most familiar to us as beer. It is pale yellow clear with a good head just what our mental image of beer should look like.Over the last 200 years Pilsner has become by far the most popular beer style here in America and in Europe. Pilsner is light crisp and what we think of first when think of beer. Pilsner comes from he Czech city of Pilsen and was one of the first bottom fermented beers that is the hallmark of the style. August Busch copied the style and Budweiser became the largest selling beer in world. So off to the local beer pusher to find some Pilsners. I love my job.
I was working on the the sermon and the order of service for our Labor Day service. My work was done and it was time for a cold one (see above). I cracked open a Smutty Nose Shoals Pale Ale a took a sip. I immediately noticed the roasted malt taste, I waited for the hops to kick in I appreciated the smoothness of brew I stopped and looked at the colour (a nice dark red amber). I realized that I was drinking more critically now that I doing these reviews. In the past I would have quaffed my first sip and gone damn that's good then checked the Red Sox score(not good). Now I unconsciously really tasted the beer. This is a good thing I really understood what I liked about this beer. For those who care I would give this 5 caps.
Of course on one hand I can't go wrong but which beer to review next? The Dogfish Head is labeled malt beverage aged on Palo Santo wood. It is aged in unique barrels of an exotic Paraguayan wood. It is something that I have no prior expectation of the taste. The Smutty Nose is a Porter and Porters are hearty beers that are close to a stouts. After the gym tonight I will have to make the tough choice. It is a tough job tasting all these beers but I am the man for the job.
There is nothing better than a cold beer on a hot summer evening at a baseball game. I don't know who first paired baseball and beer but I salute their genius. I went to the New Britain Rockcats game to night. They are the Minnesota Twins Double A team in New Britain Ct. The baseball is good though the 'Cats lost 7-3 to the Reading Phillie's. It is the beer that is major league. The Rockcats have Sam Adams and Long Trail both on tap. Tonight I had Sam's Boston and the Oktoberfest. It was not that many years ago all I would be able to get at a ball game would be Budweiser in a can better than nothing but not Sam Adam's on draft.
