280. Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works – Bamberg Rauchbier Draft
Feb25

280. Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works – Bamberg Rauchbier Draft

I wasn’t really planning on having a fourth beer this evening, but it’s my wife’s birthday, and she wanted to have another.  So, how could I say no.  After the Torrent Black IPA, I thought I’d try another beer from the Brewmaster’s Selections.  I really, really enjoyed the Brauerei Heller Bamberg – Hecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen I had during my Oktoberfest Challenge, so I thought I’d give...

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279. Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works – Torrent Black IPA Draft
Feb25

279. Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works – Torrent Black IPA Draft

As I mentioned in my last couple posts, it’s my wife’s birthday and we’re out on the town. After a nice dinner at Kobe Steakhouse and swalling a Tsingtao and Asahi Super Dry, we headed over to Destihl for a beer or two and enjoy the evening before having to pick up the kids. Ever since I had Deschutes’ Hop in the Dark Cascadian Dark ale and the Walnut Brewery 1123 IPA during my trip out to the Great American...

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278. Asahi Breweries – Asahi Super Dry
Feb25

278. Asahi Breweries – Asahi Super Dry

As I mentioned in my last post, we’re out to dinner at Kobe in Bloomington, IL for my wife’s birthday.  Before dinner, I started with a Tsingtao, and wasn’t thrilled with it.  So for my next drink, I went for the Asahi.  We continued to watch the show and I had this beer with my dinner. Numbers: 5% ABV Appearance & Aroma: It was very clear and was golden-yellow in color.  The head was bright white with some big...

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277. Tsingtao Brewery – Tsingtao
Feb25

277. Tsingtao Brewery – Tsingtao

Today is my wife’s birthday, and to celebrate, we went out to Kobe Steakhouse here in town for dinner and a “show.”  It’s usually fairly entertaining, although they’ve got the same gimmicks at all of these types of places.  Since we were celebrating, it was a chance to have a beer, and a unique one that I could add to the list. Numbers: 4.8% ABV Appearance & Aroma: It was in the bottle here, but I...

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