Drinking in Colonial Williamsburg

As Colleen will probably post soon, she traveled to Minnesota. Therefore, she probably has another post (or more) already written in her head. I'll let her regale you with her travels on her own time.

Not to be outdone, I went to Williamsburg, VA this weekend to visit the girlfriend. While there she was kind enough to let me watch college football at The Green leafe. I watched football, while tasting a few new pints of beer, and she quietly sat with her beer and studied. She's a keeper. The place had a nice tap and bottle list of beers I hadn't tried before. I hope to get there again to try some more.

The new one's on the list are as follows:
Williamsburg AleWorks Red Marker Ale: This beer was smooth, but otherwise forgettable. I probably would enjoy Killian's Irish Red more.

Harpoon Winter Warmer: This tasted terrible: egg nog meets beer. There was also a cinnamon taste. It was quite surprising, because Harpoon usually makes a quality beer. Then again, the Holiday season makes people do strange things to beer...

Black Sheep Monty Python's Holy Grail: I have a confession to make. I bought this beer because of the name. It was a slightly hoppy beer.

Bear Republic El Oso Lager: I probably enjoyed this beer the most out of the group. It went down smooth, which was very much appreciated after the egg nog beer.

A few weeks ago, with the aforementioned girlfriend, we went to a place called Fireflies. It's pretty much a swank coffee shop atmosphere, except they server beer. During my travels there, I have documented (Colleen, note the word choice - I'm not bitter, really) 2 beers.

Olde Richmond Batch No. 4: This came in a 22 oz bottle. It was a nice, dark brown ale. It went down smooth, and went especially well with a pizza. Then again, what beer doesn't. Long story short, I'd certainly love to cross paths with this beer again.

Fireflies Amber Ale: This seems to be their proprietary beer. I am generally a big fan of amber ales. I think they are a nice mix between a strong malty beer, but with a slight hop taste. It's pretty much smooth with anything. This was already listed in my beer count, as I've had it before I just haven't reviewed it yet (expect more of these to come).

The gap has been temporarily closed...
Colleen: 154
Paul: 147