Tag: Beer
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Don’t drink craft beer in a catatonic state
What’s the point of drinking a beer that tastes like water steeped with recycled copy paper and lemon? Beer should have a flavor profile that makes you ponder its origins, and daydream about the cool people who crafted it. If you can’t picture in your mind real people crafting that beverage, then you’re probably drinking…
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Tasting Beer Day 3: Drinking With A Plan
To maximize the beer drinking pleasure I developed a plan: start with lighter fare, working my way to the heavier beers, with three stops along the way. All were good, two were new to me, and one was a surprise. In order I drank Ommegang Witte, Unibroue Trois Pistoles, and Rogue Mocha Porter. The surprise…
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Tasting Beer Day 2: A Flemish Sour Brown Ale and Rauchbeir
This was sort of an unexpected beer day today; I was supposed to have a meeting but the person never showed, and since I was a short distance from the Moan and Dove I decided that I should at least accomplish something, thus I stopped by for a couple of beers. I had one beer…
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How I Began Drinking 160 Different Beers
Last night I began my beer odyssey at the Moan and Dove, ranked as one of the best beer bars by some, and a place I have been drinking beer at for the past 3 or 4 years. By beer odyssey I mean that I am going to attempt to drink 160 or so different…