I have a standing meeting with some friends on Monday nights at Stuff Yer Face. They have great food, an excellent beer menu, and it's not too far away from any of us. I've tried quite a few new beers there. This week, they had a new one on tap: Victory's Yakima Twilight.
So disappointing.
I mean, Victory Storm King is a beer that both Paul and I feel quite strongly about. BECAUSE IT'S DELICIOUS. I've tried several Victory brews since he recommended that one back when we were in college, but have only been let down since. Yakima Twilight? I was amused by the name and I still had high hopes for the brewer. However, those high hopes were met with high hops... why are all of their beers so hoppy? Why? It kind of had an almost pleasant malty flavor when I first sipped it, but you swallow it and it's just so hoppy... ughhh.
I think I'm fairly open minded about trying new things. However, here's what I wrote about Yakima Twilight in my beer list: "More like yuckima hoplight. Seriously, I'm going to stop drinking Victory beers soon. Except Storm King." I've tried quite a few beers by them that were way hoppier than expected: Weizen Bock ("a bit hoppy for me"), Golden Monkey ("kind of hoppy"), Hop Devil-- ok, that one I expected (it's an American IPA). I guess I'm just not crazy about hops. And I'm just not crazy about any of Victory's beers except Storm King. It's a shame.
But it does bring the score to 154-142.
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Perhaps I need to prioritize catching up, because 12 is getting embarassing...
ReplyDeleteI thought about posting something about how I came back from 16 down a week ago to 12 ahead... but that makes me sound like a lush. (11 of them were transcribed from another journal, then it was my birthday and Thanksgiving, and everyone knew I was trying to get ahead, so I never had the same beer twice.)
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