Just Say NO! (to strong German style lagers)

Samuel Adams Double Bock pours a dark, reddish caramel color with a thick sticky head that leaves spots of lace in the glass.

Steve pinpoints the smell as having a tone of sour milk, which I agree with. I also detect sweetness, caramel, and a strong alcohol presence.

It's thick, syrupy, and sticky. 'Ugh' is the first word from Steven's mouth. The taste is like drinking brown sugar. Super sweet, and thickly malty. Alcohol hits the tongue head on. Strong notes of caramel, and some toasted bread are also noticeable.

I could have liked this beer if it weren't for the overwhelming alcoholic presence. it kicks you in the teeth from the get-go. i finished the first 3/4 of my glass before it got too warm to handle. Steve enjoyed and finished his, however, noting that it's harsh at first, but that he got used to it after a while. This is probably due to the alcohol content (approaching 10%)

Scores:

Steve
Appearance- 3
Smell- 1

Taste- 2 at first, by the end, 4

Overall- 4

Drink again? Yes, this was actually a pretty good beer after you get past the first three sips.

Craig
Appearance- 4
Smell- 2
Taste- 2
Overall- 2
Drink again? Never again.

Black Bears, Dogs, and Nacho Eating Muthafuckas

I like bears. That's why to a little lady, I'm Baloo.

The Navajo called the Black Bear 'Sash' which sounds an awful lot like 'hash', which I like a lot, too.

For your enjoyment, here is a picture of a little lady looking at a black bear. Irony? not really. Onomatopoeia? Not at all. Symbolism? Maybe. But I'm not sure what kind of symbolism, though. Maybe the baby is looking deep into her own soul. Maybe the black bear represents everything she wants to be. Maybe the zoo is a metaphysical symbol for our own wants and desires. Maybe the baby is a symbol for a bear. Think about it.

The image you see on the left is a that of a dog. A dog wearing a wig. Why is this dog wearing a wig? Maybe you should ask him. I have no control over what my dog does at after he's off the clock.

But really, this is Jefro's Cannabis Crusade wig. He wore it last year, and will wear it again this year. You wouldn't believe what a crusader Jef really is. He marched all the way to the capitol last year. What a good boy he is.





And this here is a nacho eating muthafucka. I don't know what else to say about it, really, besides:


The taste of satisfaction.

My favorite three year old beer

My bottle of Third Coast Old Ale is a little over three years (bottled 10-26-06) old. I figured now is as good a time as any to try it out. The baby is sleeping and the lady is out of the house.

It pours dark brown with a thin tan head that lingers reluctantly, eventually winding down to a thin collar. huge chunks of sediment float throughout.

Aroma is rich with caramel and dark fruit like raisin and cherry.

My tastebuds are assaulted by a range of tastes, from a distinct sourness to rich and sweet with caramel and syrup to warm bready notes. Bitter cocoa powder, brown sugar, plum, and raisin tastes are prevalent.

The alcohol isn't hot, but noticeaeble. The hops are slight and piney in character, but still hanging on after all this time.

This is a special beer not only because it is over three years old, but also because it is from Bell's Brewery (www.bellsbeer.com) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bell's beer isn't distributed to Texas, which means I had to acquire it by extraordinary means. I'm glad I did, though. I've been looking at this beer in the back of the fridge for weeks, wondering when I was going to get a quiet moment to crack it and enjoy. Lucky for me, the baby is napping and the lady is at the gym. And me and my beer are happy.


Appearance- 4
Aroma- 4
Taste- 5
Overall- 4
Drink again? Yes! Though I would like to try a fresh batch, I don't think it gets better than this. It's one of the better barleywines I've tried.

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So, here is my 'beer cellar', just because I wanted to show off my Sam Adams Triple Bock and Celebration.




The Triple Bock is 13 years old, though it's only been in my possession for a few months. It's a beer that was made to age, and some say 10-15 year vintages aren't bad, I'm anticipating tasting this beer because I have read some horrible things about it. I'm willing to give it a chance, though.

The other beer I'm proud of is the Celebration. Remnants of my brother's wedding party, where I thought 'Celebration Ale' would be appropriate. I found a case of this tucked behind some other stuff at a liquor store in Southeast Texas, where Sierra Nevada is lucky to even get any shelf space, much less have some of last year's Celebration lying around.


The Ten FIDY is 09, awaiting 09/10 and 09/10/11 verticals.
The Sam Adams Imperial and Palo Santo Marron are 09
The Founders Imperial is 08


The Cannabis Crusade is coming up in less than a month. This is why I live in Austin, motherfuckers.


Get ready to get stoned your balls off.

Bitter Grapefruits

Last night, Steve and I picked up a growler of Racer 5 IPA, one of my favorite IPAs. Unfortunately, Steve isn't such a big IPA fan. He favors beers like Live Oak Hefeweizen. Needless to say, his poor senses were sent into shock with this beer. The Bear Republic Brewing website (www.bearrepublic.com) lists the IBU at 75+ and the ABV at 7%.

We started the night by pouring ourselves a couple of pints.



Initially favoring it, Steve's first few sips warrant the comment that 'Its pretty good', and later venturing into the realm of 'having a hard time with the bitterness', and eventually just letting me finish his glass.



Racer 5 is a clear amber/orange color with tons of lace left behind.

The smell is strong; juicy, fruity citrus, sharp bitterness. The taste is much of the same, it's like pine needles and grapefruit. Steve describes it as 'syrupy bitterness and unsalted grapefruit'. I have to agree with that. Everything about this beer is strong; the smell, the taste, the bitterness, the alcohol (which we both noted was pretty hefty, but not in taste.) I find it to have an underlying sweetness that is strong enough to stand next to the bitterness, but not compete with it.

Scores:

Craig

Appearance- 4

Aroma- 4

Taste- 5

Overall- 4

Drink again? Yes. It remains on of my favorite IPAs of all time, and I'm glad I finally got to taste it on tap.

Steve

Appearance- 5

Aroma- 5

Taste- 3

Overall- 3

Drink again? No. Although the appearance and aroma were good, the bitterness overpowered the sweetness. Not really my type of beer.

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