The canned beer movement is picking up more steam (probably because of my canned beer tasting event from last year) and here is another entry from 21st Amendment. Looks delicious! So much so that I added it to my Top 5 Desired beers. Where is that list, you might ask? Click on the About the Search Party tab. Then scroll past my pretty picture.
50 from 50 – Oregon
Fitting that I knocked off my adopted state of California and now my home state of Oregon. Widmer has been a major player in Oregon and for those who only think wheat beer with lemon wedges then you do not know Widmer. How about a cherry oak dopplebock? Citra hops? or their W series like this years model the Pitch Black IPA?
Sean Suggests for January 2010
Another new feature of the Beer Search Party in 2010 is the monthly beer suggestions. I will give you three beers to try. From lighter profile to darker. I will archive them on the “Join the Search Party” page
Here are January’s top picks…
Sean’s Select Selections January 2010
Treblehook Barleywine
I haven’t had a Redhook beer in eons. Mostly because only LongHammer IPA makes it way this far south. But I will be on the look out for this seasonal offering.
Fall/Winter 2009 Limited Release: Treblehook Barley Wine
Treblehook is vigorously hopped and patiently aged with aromatic malt and spicy hop notes. Smooth and complex, this beer is carefully brewed by hand with sublte caramel, toffee and chocolate notes
Style: Barley Wine
ABV: 10.1%
Malts: Pale, Caramel, Special Aromatic, Flaked Barley, Black, Melenodin
Hops: Cascade, Palisades, Chinook, Simcoe
Bitterness Units: 52 IBU
Original Gravity: 22
Brewed Since: 2007
Shelf Life: 365 days
Awards: Gold Medal 2008 Great American Beer Festival, Silver Medal 2009 Great American Beer Festival
Cellaring: Can be cellared for up to 3 years
SF Beer Week…
…is now ONE month away!
Hopefully, I will be able to join in on the festivities. Either way, I will let you know which events you had better attend.
2009 Round-Up
Check out Beer America.TV for their round-up of the year that was 2009.
If you don’t already subscribe to their videos, you really should. They do a good job of keeping it short and sweet and to the point.
50 from 50 – California & Delaware
So, I knocked off two more states! I was at F.O. 2 in Culver City and I had Dogfish Head’s Chicory Stout followed by Sea Serpent from Ballast Point. Two similar beers whose dominant flavors really are strong. I recommend them both.
Also, you can create your own challenge with this pdf…50Beers 50States
..or follow my progress on this sheet.
bsp 50Beers 50States
Review – Avery Dugana
I could not wait and had this Colorado beer before 2010 started. But here is the review….
Review – Captain Lawrence
Here is the first video review of the new year! But! It is not the first beer in the 50 States – 50 Beers in 2010 goal that I have set for myself. This was one of the many fabulous beers I enjoyed over the holidays.
50 from 50 – NEW YORK
1 beer down and 49 to go! The journey is underway. I received this bottle of Local # 2 about the same time as I got my 33 Beers rating book and I decided that each time I review a beer from a new state this year I would include a pdf of the rating and my notes.
This was a really nice beer but it didn’t blow my socks off. I was hoping for more orange and spices in it and to me it was a little thin. The alcohol catches up to you and I had a nice glow by the time the Rose Bowl was into the 4th quarter but it didn’t wow me like Local # 1 did. Now that may be because I had # 1 at the brewery in Brooklyn.