99. Full Sail Brewing – Amber Ale Draft
I’ve arrived at my Travel Oregon, Oregon Bounty Cuisinternship, as a Brewmaster intern at Full Sail Brewing in Hood River Oregon. So far, it has been an incredible day. I have been working on the brew deck all day helping the brewers. We’ve been brewing up a few beers today, including the Full Sail Amber. So, when I finally got a chance to rest, relax, and grab a beer to drink – instead of brew – I went for...
98. McMenamins Edgefield – Hammerhead Draft
I arrived in Portland, Oregon for my Travel Oregon Brewmaster Cuisinternship at Full Sail Brewing, and got a recommendation from a friend that lives in the area. She recommended stopping at McMenamin’s Edgefield Brewery. Now, if you’ve never been to the area, and/or search on McMenamins, you won’t be entirely sure what it’s all about. Well, the McMenamins fix up old areas and turn them into tourist spots. ...
97. Goose Island – Matilda Draft
I’m in the Chicago airport before heading to my Cuisinternship and thought I’d grab a beer at the Fox sports bar and grill in terminal 3 at O’Hare (where I had the Molson Canadian). To my surprise, it had been converted to a Goose Island bar/restaurant. So, I thought I’d enjoy one more taste of home before catching my flight west. The menu says Matilda is a Belgian style Pale Ale fermented with wild yeast for a...
96. Lagunitas Brewing – Limited Release Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale (WTF)
Well tomorrow I leave to go on my Cuisinternship, and I only wish I could spend more of today preparing for my trip. Instead, I’m trying to get some last minute work done for my job. I’m having some difficulties, and so, since I’ve found myself saying WTF all day long, I decided to break open a Lagunitas Limited Release named Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale, or WTF. The 22oz bottle says that it is “A Malty, Robust,...
95. Avery Brewing – The Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale
Things are becoming a bit overwhelming at home and at work, and, more than ever, I’m looking forward to my trip to Beervana next week. Usually after a day like I’ve had today, I reach for a nice stiff glass of bourbon, but instead, I decided it was time to crack open one of my bottles of Avery’s Maharaja Imperial IPA. The bottle says, “Maharaja is derived from the Sanskrit mahat, “great” and rajan...
94. Stella Artois – Stella Artois Draft
I’m still stuck in the Memphis Airport, with not a whole lot of beer selection. However, since I’m here, and there’s beer, I thought I’d just knock another macrobrew off the list. After having ABInBev’s Shock Top Belgian White, I went for another “Belgian” beer – Stella Artois. As a side note, if you find yourself in Memphis, I highly recommend finding a place to eat/drink before you...
93. ABInBev – Shock Top Belgian White Draft
I’m traveling for work, and am finishing up my 17 hour long trip to the Collierville, TN/Memphis area. While my friends suggested a few good beers available in the area, I was unfortunately, stuck with whatever they had available at the airport restaurant. The usual suspects were on tap, but I knew I had not yet had Shock Top. It arrived garnished with a dirty orange, and was a hazy orange-yellow color. The head was very...
92. Tommyknocker Brewery – Ornery Amber Lager
I had a great day today at the ABNormal Brewers homebrew club picnic. My son and I had a great time fishing, swimming, and having fun with the other members of the club. I’ve also got the kids to myself tonight, as my wife is away on a girls weekend. So, I thinking the title of this beer was appropriate while watching my ornery kids, I opened up this beer to top off the evening. A few years ago, my friends and I went through...
91. Founders Brewing – Centennial IPA
We had our homebrew club picnic today at the hideout of one of our club members. It’s in the middle of nowhere, but it is a great place with a small pond, a big grill, and a little cabin. The pond is stocked with big fish, which my son and I enjoyed catching most of the afternoon (at least when we weren’t swimming or paddling around in the canoe). You can see the photos below. When we stopped for lunch, it was the perfect...
90. Bell’s Brewery – Oberon Ale Draft
Friday nights are always great, especially when we decide to load the little ones up and go out to dinner. After one nice trip to Joe’s Stationhouse Pizza Pub, where I crossed New Belgium Fat Tire off the list, we decided to try it out again. They didn’t have too many good beers on tap, but it gave me the chance to add Bell’s Oberon to the list. It had a thin creamy head when it arrived at the table, and it was very...
89. Avery – Avery Anniversary Lager, Seventeen Dry-Hopped Black Lager
As I mentioned in my last post, things are pretty crazy around here lately. That has had me going to the beer fridge quite a bit, and tonight, I really wanted another really good beer So, I grabbed the Avery Anniversary Black Lager, Seventeen Dry Hopped Black Lager. The bottle says that it is “a dark study in German hops” and that it was bottled in May 2010, had an original gravity of 1.078 and alcohol by volume of 8.69%....
88. Captain Lawrence Brewing – Captain’s Reserve Imperial India Pale Ale
It’s been absolutely crazy around here and I haven’t even had time to prepare for my brewing internship coming up at Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon in a couple weeks. However, today, I got my new iPhone, and to celebrate I decided to break open one of the good beers sent to me by my friend up in New York. The Captain’s Reserve Imperial India Pale Ale doesn’t say what the ABV is, howeve,r the bottle...
