Last week in Beer

Last weekend I went to Fremont and I got to try their Barleywine. It was very delicious, not heavy or strong alcohol like most other Barleywine. We then went to Asgard's Tavern I had the Thor's Equinox and my wife had the Sunstone. Both solid Belgium's and better on draft. Thursday got a chance to try Burnside's Lime Kolsh, it was nice and light with a hint of lime. Finally Friday I split Pike's Wood Aged Stout, it was excellent with sweetness of bourbon and bringing out the coffee notes. All in all a good selection this week in August. Cheers!  

National IPA Day!

Hoppy National IPA Day! I am enjoying a Daddy's Little Helper Black IPA from Rogue. It has a delicious roasted malt flavor balanced with Hops! Proust! 

Over the weekend

Over the weekend, I took my cousin out for his 21st. First we hit Two Beers in Georgetown. He tried the Immersion Amber, I had the Presidential Pils. I also had the Evo IPA and tried a sample of there Sodo Brown with mint and cocoa nibs. All their beers were excellent. Then we went to Schooner Exact and both tried the dry stout. It was a nice quality, balanced Stout. Then we swung by Beer Junction and picked up some bottles yo go. We ended the night at Prost were we did a boot of a dunkel weiss. The beer was light with a hint of raisins. Also over the weekend we shared a Manhattan NW sour ale from Cascade. It was a cherry and noyeux ale aged in bourbon barrels and it was amazing! It was a good weekend, with good beer, and good company. Cheers!

MLB ASG

Enjoyed Schooner Exact Hop vine IPA. It was nice and balanced. Slightly hopped and light floral notes. Tasted like a fresh hop IPA. I really enjoyed the beer and the American League won! King Felix pitched a scoreless 4th inning! It was a good night. Prost! 

This week in Beer

I bought myself a 6 pack of the Seattle Beer Week 5th Anniversary Beer from Fremont. It is a pale ale. Balanced and smooth with a subtly hint of citrus. I also had Southern Oregon Brewing Czech pils. It is quite tasty, it is a little more hoppy than a standard German pils. Thirdly I had Elysian's Oddland Series Peppercorn Saison. The bouquet was of peppercorn. The flavor had just a hint of peppercorn. Saison is a style of beer that I am enjoying a lot and Elysian does "unique" beers like no one else. Cheers! 

Beer

It's been a busy couple weeks and haven't had too many beers, but here are a couple I did have and enjoyed. First Snipe Mountain Brewing Session IPA. It is light and hoppy. Second there is Reuben's American Rye Ale. It is a pale made with rye. One of my new favorites. Thirdly Almaeda Huckleberry Hound Golden Ale. This one is light and balanced with a little bit of sweetness. Very good. I have been enjoying a lot from Almaeda lately. Cheers and enjoy this beautiful weather. 

Beer Tasting

Last weekend went out and tried some different breweries in the greater Seattle area. First off stopped at Machine House Brewery in Georgetown. This brewery does everything English Session Style Ale in cask condition and poured out with pump handles. I recommend the Bitter. Second went to Emerald City Brewing. I have to say I was a little disappointed. Their Flagship beer Dottie had an infection in the line that made the beer taste almost like a sour ale which I know they were not trying to do. Thirdly we went to Reuben's Brewing in Ballard which we liked the best. The had several options to try. They had a lot that would benefit from bottling and being aged. I recommend the American Rye Ale and American Brown. Finally we went to NW Peaks home of the grassy beer most of their beers had a grass flavor that didn't quite hit the palette well. There only enjoyable beer was the ginger pale ale. Experienced new beer at two great breweries over the weekend, what more could you ask for. I don't know maybe a 100% great experience. :) Proust!