Closed

Untill further notice, the beer blog is closed. i'll be starting another blog for something else, but in the mean time, sorry.

Anchor steam

So as i was walking around party source getting some beers for the night, i noticed my old home town of san franciscos staple beer. Anchor steam". Figured what the hell, $2 couldn't get me much more now a days besides a pack of gum and almost a gallon of gas; What could go wrong? a bit actually.... got home and popped the top, not much in the way of smell, left me a bit worried. Tried my first taste, and oh wow. Not my kind of beer! dark, skunky, not enough carbonation. Drank the rest of the bottle (mostly 'cuz i'm cheap and wanted a buzz). I Did however notice it got a bit better toward the bottom after my taste buds grew accustomed to the taste, but it wasn't enough to really make me YEARNING for more of this beer.

But it has however been a staple and brewed since 1896. So for the people that like this beer, you probably will not like this blog :)

All in all, not bad, i'd try it on tap just to get the pureness of it, but i doubt i'll be in san francisco anytime soon!

Anchor steam Brewing company

www.anchorbrewing.com/

@ the party source

www.thepartysource.com

Boulder beer Sweaty Betty

So i went out "nerding" today and grabbed some new toys for my laptop. External HDD case, wireless mouse and a USB hub, so i figured the best way to celebrate is to get some good brews and blog about them? Correct you are!

So Kevin and myself went down to party source to get some alcohol, me being me of course i head to the cooled beer section. Notice a beer that i haven't had in quite sometime! Boulder beers (same company to bring all things great, Mojo, Hazed and infused, Mojo Risin' etc) Sweaty betty! last time i had this beer was quite ago, ontap and at old chicago on the greatness that is their beer tour. So i pick up this beer for $2, open it and that familiar smell comes about which all boulder beers give off (hard to describe, you'd have to try one) so my first sip, greatness in a bottle, yet it is on the heavy side/end of the night type of brew so i might not be finishing too many more. Quite creamy and smooth (like guiness with a tad more carbonation, yet not DARK). It is a wheat beer, has a slight/barely noticable banana type after taste, with a little skunkyness but not enough to kill your taste buds.

If you see this beer i highly reccomend you pick one up to try it out. No one yet has to say "thats not good" or "nasty!". Always gets a seal of approval and a nod of "not bad, not bad at all"

Boulder beer brewing company

www.boulder beer.com

@ the party source

www.thepartysource.com

Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat

So for my dear friends 25th birthday last night, we went out to one of our usual spots over in mason ohio called "tabbys". Very chill bar, sand vollyball pit outside, a large patio, single pool table and a digi jukebox that has a fairly decent selection of music! so i was having my normal killians and miller lite (cheap and not horrible) i see this beer tap that looks like a big blue canoe that has a orange coming out of it... shocked and surprised by this act of insanity! (from a marketing perspective it caught my attention! so props to them!).
Out came this $4.50 pint that tasted quite sweet (almost too sweet for me really) but not bad, seemed to mellow itself out after a few sips (probably because i still had miller lite and killians on my pallette) and during those sips when it stated being less sweet i started enjoying this light now-not-so-sweet-but-nice-summer ale. after that i started noticing this strange hint of anise... now as weird as this sounds in beer, it went REALLY well together. and it did not hit you when you were drinking it was their trick, caught up to your tastebuds 5-10 seconds after each sip. kind of like a nice treat and pallette cleanser after each sip.

Leinenkugel's

http://www.leinie.com/

@ Tabbys

http://www.tabbysamericangrill.com/

Boddingtons Pub Ale

I Had the pleasure of trying this delicious brew. It's going to be hard to describe in words how this beer was, frothy?... no... thick? no... light?... no..

In order for you to understand my dumbfoundedness on this loveliness. Iwas sitting there (no way! right?) at o'neals tavern with a few friends playing some billards. Ran out of my usual so i went to the bartender to try something new. Saw this strange beer tap which said "pub ale". Figured what the hell. Now this is the strange part, when she poured this into a glass, it looked like an amber guiness... it had the same spout, the same beer tap at a 90* angle. made the same microscopic bubbily spin that guiness does. only this was a very light and slightly amberish ale.

so i sit down to this glass while it is still trying to get all the tiny tiny tiny bubbles to the top to create this perfect head (picture as shown). as soon as i tried this, it became heavy for a quick second, then a moment later, it was very light, not too sweet, not too bitter. almost a perfect "end of the night" type of beer that can clear your pallete and get you ready for work the next day. not too much in the way of carbination (again, picture a light guiness), just an extrodinaly smooth, very light, not crisp, perfect for relaxing and enjoying the end of the night.

Recomendation. Do not start with this beer and do not go in the middle with this beer, it does give a slightly heavy feeling on your stomach after about 1/2 a pint.

Boddingtons (no website???!! wiki will do)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boddingtons

@ o'neils tavern (no website either?! i'm goin to classy joints!)

http://www.zipscene.com/venues/view/559