Best Beer on Earth by every measure. Done & done. Deal with it as you see fit. 5 Bottles/5
Making, tasting, reflections and repartee on Beer, Wine, Hard Cider, Kombucha and Spirits. Includes asides on fermenting foods, coffee, and tea. Look for Craft beer buzz on teh tweets: @one4ethanol
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Echter Weiss at Chicago Brauhaus
Echter Weiss is another beer that is extraordinary by every measure, and so I'm not going to be the fool who explains it on some beer blog. You just need to not skip it where you see it available on tap.
5 Bottles/5
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Julius Echter Weissbier
On tap? Extraordinary by every measure. What am I going to add to that conversation? 5 bottle/5. Done.
Langunitas Hop Toopid
As advertized, hopped way up with extracts to 102 IBUs at 8% ABV, the way McDonalds makes French fries in a lab, both in aroma and taste, thick, golden hues, and thick mouth feel... makes a good beer for watching the Rose Bowl (Stanford is tearing the Cheese heads a new one so far.. and all I can think is how much I'd love to see the Cheese Heads pull it out.)Interestingly, the fine print on Lagunitas' Hop Stoopid label quotes part of Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne, a song with references to the notorious drug designer, Stanley Owsley, if no Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, comparing the part about "test tubes and scales" to life in the hop lab, pulling extracts out to ramp up the flavas.
To extend the metaphors of this Hop Science project, I'd say Hop Stupid puts "gas in the car and I think the people down the hall know who you are".
4.5 bottles/5
Vander Mill Hard Apple Cider
A pleasant, if nearly vinegar sour aroma, cloudy color, no froth. Thin mouth feel, with distinct apple flavor. Very nice cider, (good for mixing with sweeter ales for sour notes).
Grieskirchiner Weisse
Light gold, cloudy in color, a frothy creme head, a slight, narrow banana aroma followed by a very light, yet hot (higher ABV) mouth feel. It's light clove flavors balance well with thinly creamy malt.Grieskirchiner is an Austrian Weisse imported from Wien, and you'll find the website here. http://www.harmer.at/index.php?cccpage=grieskirchner_intro
4 Bottles/5
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