On the Eve of St. Patrick's Day

I will not try any new beers tomorrow, as it will be St. Patrick's day. My beer of choice tomorrow will certainly be Guinness, as it is one of the few beers one should even consider drinking on St. Patrick's day. My only fervent objection is that it will probably cost $6 a pint?!! Nonetheless, have fun everyone!

I tried a few new beers these past few days. Colleen has been quite benevolent in letting me catch up to her. I'm waiting for her to pull out 10 beers from thin air to add to her list. I'm sure she will soon, being that she will be visiting DC in the next few weeks. This means we will be having a meeting at the Brickskeller, which should be a blast.

Xingu Beer: This beer was a gift from my family friends Deana and Frank. I think they will be happy that by the end of this post, as I've tied Colleen. Hopefully, I will soon lift the shame I have brought on my family. I thought this beer looked like a porter, but went down like Newcastle. I like black lagers for the most part, and I was glad to try a different one. Many thanks for their contribution, I will enjoy the remaining five of them!

Morland Tanners Jack: At times, I think we live in an overly complex world. Certainly, many of the craft beers I try are very complex. Like in writing, sometimes a masterpiece is much simpler than you'd imagine. I wouldn't go as far to say this beer was a masterpiece, but I hope it would give a mindset of what I mean when I say this beer was delightfully simple. I thought it tasted how a beer should taste, and it passed the test all beer must pass - it went well with a slice of pizza.

Weyerbacher Insanity: I got this as part of a custom six pack for my birthday. Many thanks to my brother for providing a few new beers to add to the list. I thought this beer was way, way to strong. I've had beer aged in oak barrel before, but the problem here is that this beer is a barleywine. I do not like the barleywine style, it just leaves a really weird after taste to me.

Lagunitas IPA: I had this beer with my cousin Bredan at a bar up the street. I thought it was a very good IPA, that had an interesting hop characteristic. It tastes like an IPA should, just with a pleasant twist, almost a variety of flavors. After reading the description online, I come to realize it is because the beer is brewed with 43 different hops! They certainly left quite an interesting hop characteristic.


The Scorecard:
Paul: 206
Colleen: 206

Cheers,
Paul