Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
^ Breweries submit different beers for judging, and usually only submit around 3, I think. If one of their beers has already won in the past, they are less likely to submit it going forward. After all, the benefit is the plaque that hangs in the Brewpub, and once you've already got that...
Thanks for posting! I count seven winners from IA, including a couple from a brewery here in town. There's also a winner from a brewery in Cedar Rapids, an hour south, called Lion Bridge, which for my money is making some of the best beer in the state at present, across a wide variety of styles. Not bad for a state not thought to be exactly a hotbed of craft beer activity!
David
Happy with what I have to be happy with.
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^ Indeed! Like I've always said, if I want to taste pumpkin pie, I'll buy a pumpkin pie; I won't buy a beer.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
This was a real surprise. Inexpensive and in pint cans. Has a clean, crisp and dry taste for a Marzen.
Had some Great Basin Oktoberfest on tap. Probably the only way it's sold. Good stuff. Saw a Firestone Walker Oktoberfest, but have not tried that one yet. Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest is good, as it is every year. Have no interest whatsoever in pumpkin spice flavored beer. Beer flavorings are really getting out of hand these days. Getting harder to find beer flavored beer.
Got the Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest, which is aged in Oak barrels. Stay tuned, I haven’t had any yet.
So I just tasted the Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest. Excellent and a lite oak flavor which is synergistic to the flavor.
Trillium Crates 14.3% Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout with chocolate and vanilla. A sipper.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Tremor California Light Lager - noticed this won a gold medal and knew where it was sold. Tasty organic west coast lager.
In my continuing search for good Oktoberfest beers, I got some:
Ayinger Oktoberfest - pricey 4 pack of 11 oz bottles, but expect this German beer to be good. Will let you know after I have one.
Sitting in Small City Tap House with a flight lined up consisting of
Fair State/Hubbard's Cave Tibanna NEIPA
JAFB Wooster Fog Delay IPA
3 Floyds Barbarian Haze NEIPA
CLAG Hazy Beers Are The Devil IPA
Perennial/Churchkey Take 10 Imperial Double Pastry Stout
which will wash down some Vietnamese Pad Thai.
Good times.
My fallback Oktoberfest - from a German brewery in New Ulm, MN. Very tasty, very well balanced
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Tried a few drafts today. My wife was along, so I didn't have to kill a pint of each:
Left Hand Oktoberfest (Colorado)
Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest (California)
Revision Sucka Fish Triple IPA (11.5% alc, 120 IBU) (Nevada)
The Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen is a truly fine beer. From now on, I will judge all Oktoberfest beers by comparison to it. Malty-sweet with just enough Hallertau hop bite/afterflavor to make you want another one. Ingenious. One does not even consider flavored beer when pure Reinheitsgebot beer tastes this good.
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In a proper English pub in Durham, the Shakespeare, having a Timmy Taylor's Landlord
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
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