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Last night I went out for my birthday!!! I started off at Rock Bottom Brewery.
My first was a "Catcher In The Rye" IPA. I ordered that and the lady waiting on us said "Cask Conditioned or Tap" I say from the cask. So she says, "Good choice, It has a good raspberry taste"
I'm like hold up... you mean its got raspberry??? She goes on to say the brewer is putting raspberry in a lot of the beers. I cautiously agree to get the IPA.
Well, not what I expected for an IPA even with berries. The raspberry more or less killed the hop flavor. I could only sense the hops when I swished it around. Dissappointment sets in... I ordered a white tail pail ale, since I wanted a hoppy pale ale to go with the texas pepper steak topped w/ jalopeno butter.
Well the steak had no butter and was dry like shoe leather. Should be expected because the lady failed to ask how I wanted it cooked. (I was too emgrossed in my Rasp IPA to think about cooking it....) It was medium well.
I ordered a White Tail PA for the remainder of the dinner. I really wanted something hoppy to go with the steak. This PA was better than the IPA because you could taste the hops.
On to the highlight of the night!!!
I went to the Red Monk in down town Des Moines and asked for a Saison. They had three two in champagne bottles and one it a 350ml. I got the smaller one which was a Dupont.
It was pretty nice!! Efforvesent, fruity and oddly dry at times. It had the odd scent that can old be described as farmhouse. It was not real prevailent just a subtle reminder every few sipps. I can't speak to the color since the bar was dark. I contemplated getting one of those other bottles of saison to go. I can't remember what they were. Belgian/French???
It more than made up for the botched RIPA.
I will be making a Saison soon!!
My first was a "Catcher In The Rye" IPA. I ordered that and the lady waiting on us said "Cask Conditioned or Tap" I say from the cask. So she says, "Good choice, It has a good raspberry taste"
I'm like hold up... you mean its got raspberry??? She goes on to say the brewer is putting raspberry in a lot of the beers. I cautiously agree to get the IPA.
Well, not what I expected for an IPA even with berries. The raspberry more or less killed the hop flavor. I could only sense the hops when I swished it around. Dissappointment sets in... I ordered a white tail pail ale, since I wanted a hoppy pale ale to go with the texas pepper steak topped w/ jalopeno butter.
Well the steak had no butter and was dry like shoe leather. Should be expected because the lady failed to ask how I wanted it cooked. (I was too emgrossed in my Rasp IPA to think about cooking it....) It was medium well.
I ordered a White Tail PA for the remainder of the dinner. I really wanted something hoppy to go with the steak. This PA was better than the IPA because you could taste the hops.
On to the highlight of the night!!!
I went to the Red Monk in down town Des Moines and asked for a Saison. They had three two in champagne bottles and one it a 350ml. I got the smaller one which was a Dupont.
It was pretty nice!! Efforvesent, fruity and oddly dry at times. It had the odd scent that can old be described as farmhouse. It was not real prevailent just a subtle reminder every few sipps. I can't speak to the color since the bar was dark. I contemplated getting one of those other bottles of saison to go. I can't remember what they were. Belgian/French???
It more than made up for the botched RIPA.
I will be making a Saison soon!!