50 from 50 – Nevada
Canned beer on the list from Reno’s Buckbean…
Defense against Dark Beer – Smoke Jumper
From time to time, I have a guest review of dark beers. Here is the summation of Left Hand’s Smokejumper.
“Dark, good head, nice lacing for a dark beer. Smoke hits you on first taste, top and back of palate, but it quickly changes to a molasses-y smoothness, before finishing with a light bitter, also akin to molasses. Sweetness grows as you drink.
I think for the second half of the beer, i’m going to barbecue some salmon in meyer lemon/molasses(just a little)/lemon basil marinade and see how that flies.”
50 from 50 – Florida
Only my third beer from Florida ever! One from Cigar City and two from the Belgian Saint Somewhere.
Review – Monk’s Blood
Review – Pere Jacques
Review -Hopf Weisser Bock
Review – Midnight Sessions
Review – Troegs Nugget Nectar
Even though whenever I see the name “Nugget” I think of Denver and how badly I want Portland to beat them, I had to try this beer that is # 19 on the Beer Advocate ALL-TIME TOP BEERS list.
50 from 50 – Idaho
Idaho has some great craft brew. Unfortunately, not a lot of great craft brew distribution. Grand Teton has a larger territory and I picked up a DIPA that may have been past it’s prime. If I had drunk it a couple of weeks earlier, the review would probably be better.
