I tried two new beers on Monday! It's been a really busy week trying to keep on top of all of my schoolwork, but I am currently sitting on a couch at home, doing my laundry and thinking about accomplishing some non-required reading that may help my ultimate goal of getting out of grad school sometime soon. I think now is the appropriate time to take a break and tell you about my new beers. Earlier in the week when I was doing double seminar readings (this week we doubled up from the week we missed class due to snow) was not the time.
Corsendonk Abbey Brown Ale: Please recall the recent joyful introduction to Corsendonk Abbey Ale. As a result of that excellent experience, I was very excited to try this beer by the same brewer-- I mean, come on, it's even just fun to say the name! Corsendonk. Corsendonk. Corsendonk. Um, yeah. Anyway. I did absolutely love this one as much as the other Abbey Ale, but it was still a legit beer. I think the malty flavor was a little too sweet for me, with a little bit of kick. Definitely not a Backdraft Brown Ale of awesomeness (see here, here and here). But still a very nice brown ale.
Corsendonk. Admit it. It's fun to say. Corsendonk.
Grolsch Premium Lager: This really paled in comparison to the preceding beer (Corsendonk!). This pale lager (ha ha get the pun!?) tasted like liquid skunk. We checked the date, it was plenty fresh, just awful. I ordered this at Stuffies because my friend Gurzo said he'd never seen anyone drink it and it comes in a neat bottle. The infamous awesome bartender Jill actually laughed at me when I asked for it. So... yeah. I'm not recommending this one. If I wasn't paying for it, I might be tempted to try it again on the offhand chance that it was a random skunked bottle, but I'm not in any hurry. It was just a really sharp flavor lurking under the air of skunk spray.
It's a shame that skunks are associated with such an awful scent/flavor, since they're so darn cute, especially the babies.
And with that, Paul: 213, Colleen: 215.
PS: Bonus link from my friend Becky: Beer Madness! How would you rate these? Next to nothing would beat Guinness in my book, especially in the first round...
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There is a Grolsch bottle in the collection on top of our cabinets...the area has actually been full for a while, and you can blame a good chunk of it on Paul :-P Alas, my dad drank the Grolsch. I think I took a stout off his hands that afternoon. I definitely got the better end of the deal.
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