Love Pizza port. Ended up touring around to a few of them with some of their brewers while visiting SD a few years back. They almost convinced me to move there. Ate way too much pizza too.
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Love Pizza port. Ended up touring around to a few of them with some of their brewers while visiting SD a few years back. They almost convinced me to move there. Ate way too much pizza too.
We go to the OB location quite a bit when we are in town. Park at dog beach and have a short stroll down that way. Hang on the porch with the pooch....
Schwarz German Black Lager
Fieldwork Brewing Company, Berkeley, CA
ABV: 5.2%
Quaffed this pre-dinner after a quick hike/ski in the hood yesterday.
Chocolatey with a nice, mellow and creamy bitterness.
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Dafuq?
Getting back on track:
Puro Gusto Italian Pilsner
Fieldwork Brewing Company, Berkeley, CA
Crisp and clean and ever-so-hella-tasty:
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Tasty dunkel lager from Dru Bru.
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This one's pretty good, not too strong or spendy.
It seems like we're still getting a bunch of lager releases from breweries around here, not certain exactly why but I'm not complaining.Attachment 352928
Personally, I'll take a crisp, moderately hoppy Pilsner over a lager any day...
But back to the lager, this editorial just popped up in my feed:
Are Lagers the gateway to craft beer snobbery?
https://www.winemag.com/2020/12/15/b...-palate-lager/
For me, it is the IPA, that and the fact that most of my beer drinking friends still drink like they are in college, i.e. they like any and all beer, as long as it is reasonably priced.
Interestingly enough, my gateway into bitter beers was through ESBs in London circa 1987. Those forever changed my palate. In regards to beer, that is.
Schwarzbier is my favorite lager.
Finally getting BBC beer down here.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cbc283b87b.jpg
This one is boozy delicioushttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4151c89c3a.jpg
I picked up some Lagunitas Willetized at Trader Joe's yesterday on a whim as I tend to like Lagunitas' stuff. Man is it good. I wish I'd picked up a few more 4 packs. It's very alcoholic but hides isnt overwhelming. It's very well balanced between the flavors. Just a really good big stout and a very nice semi-surprise.
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Not an IPA from Stoup. Not bad.
Merry Christmas! Made our way through the advent calendar of German beers. Not a bad beer in the box and several were really good. Attachment 354755
An old standby. I'd say it tastes something like a hybrid between a malty winter ale and an IPA. Definitely hoppier than most winter seasonals.
Specs:
HOPS: Simcoe, Azacca, Chinook, Centennial
MALT: 2-Row, C40, C60, Black Malt
ABV: 7.3%
IBU: 65
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Woah, nose of a port, sips like an ale!!
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Nice ^^ I’ve been meaning to try one of those. Worth it?
STS Pils
Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa & Windsor, CA
ABV: 5.35%
A nice, crisp, and favorably bitter Keller styled pilsner from the makers of Pliny.
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Bob's Your Uncle ESB
Moonraker Brewing Company, Auburn, CA
ABV: 5/0%
My introduction to drinking and enjoying beer actually took place in 1987 on a summer trip to London. Up to that point in life I had been a wine cooler drinker (I know, the shame, the shame).
I immediately got sucked into London pub culture and the tasty goodness of an ESB.
I honestly have not had an ESB since those days, so this was a bit of a nostalgic taste trip for the mouth. Nice even balance between malty sweetness and hoppy bitterness made this an easy drinker after a day of skiing.
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ESB used to be a style you saw all the time and now it's become a real rarity.
Yup. Same with a few other styles as well. I'm having trouble finding saisons these days. None of the bottle shops I go to seem to have them, even bevmo had none.
Nice barrel aged beers seem to be getting harder to find as well. Bottle shops here used to have a whole aisle or multiple coolers of them, might have just a handful of bottles now.
Currently sipping on this - always buy it when I can find it
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