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It's a Duvel kind of day. Shouldn't every day be?
Retail Okie while kegging the Imperial Stout(s). With some grandma approved fermenter left overs.
Two Hearted Ale
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Followed by a Boddingtons Pub Ale.
Guiness
HB honey malt
Heading into the backstretch, today we have a heads-up comparison of two Southern California Oktober Biers, This time between Eppig Brewing Festbier and Energren Oktoberfest Bavarian-Style Märzen lagers.
Comparing a California Oktoberfest Festbier with a California Oktoberfest Märzen is a task filled with risk, but hey, I’m up to the task. Bratwurst and pretzels at hand, let’s give these two intruders a fair shake and see what’s happening here. Eppig is out of Vista, California, near the SoCal beer Mecca San Diego, California. Do a lot of Brew Masters ply their trades between shops or what??? Lot of San Diego here. Enegren however is out of Moorpark, North of Los Angeles, and makes some of the great German lagers in SoCal. I’ve always been impressed with Enegren.
Our Festbier clocks in at 6.0 ABV at 24 IBU it seems a bit high for a Festbier as I’ve found with other American versions, but I can’t taste it. Maybe those IBU’s are from later flavor additions rather than bittering. Anyway, this is one great beer.
Enegren always seems to hit the mark right in the center of style range, nothing out of place. There’s not much difference compared to my benchmark reference Ayinger Fest-Märzen. At 5.5% ABV, 23 IBU and maltier than the Festbier, this is a beer you close the night out with before staggering over to the drunk bus. Great beers!
Comparing a California Oktoberfest Festbier with a California Oktoberfest Märzen is a task filled with risk, but hey, I’m up to the task. Bratwurst and pretzels at hand, let’s give these two intruders a fair shake and see what’s happening here. Eppig is out of Vista, California, near the SoCal beer Mecca San Diego, California. Do a lot of Brew Masters ply their trades between shops or what??? Lot of San Diego here. Enegren however is out of Moorpark, North of Los Angeles, and makes some of the great German lagers in SoCal. I’ve always been impressed with Enegren.
Our Festbier clocks in at 6.0 ABV at 24 IBU it seems a bit high for a Festbier as I’ve found with other American versions, but I can’t taste it. Maybe those IBU’s are from later flavor additions rather than bittering. Anyway, this is one great beer.
Enegren always seems to hit the mark right in the center of style range, nothing out of place. There’s not much difference compared to my benchmark reference Ayinger Fest-Märzen. At 5.5% ABV, 23 IBU and maltier than the Festbier, this is a beer you close the night out with before staggering over to the drunk bus. Great beers!
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Alright all you Oktoberfest beer drinkers, I saved a couple of the best for last – a head to head between HofBrau Oktoberfestbier, a delicious lager designed around current Festbier standards and Weihenstephaner Festbier, a similar brew. Hofbrauhaus has been making beer since 1589, while Weihenstephaner is the Words Oldest Brewery - written records since 1040, impressive. Geee, I can’t even find my phone half the time, amazing what is still in human records.
These two breweries are absolute masters, in fact in the case of Weihenstephaner, I can attest to never having drank one of their beers which was not spot-on perfection. I personally think Weihenstephaner is the most reliably perfect brewer in the world as well as the oldest. HB is probably the best known internationally due to the Hofbrauhaus. We had some fun at their Las Vegas Hofbrauhaus recently – the on-tap Dunkel straight from Germany is to die for, isn’t that right kids? My kids drink beer with Dad…. Prost!
So anyway, how do you rate perfection? All I can say is that these two breweries spend time producing the finest Festbiers in the world, and these two are some of the best. They did Paulaner’s format well, these renditions are fantastic. HB comes in at a malty but extremely drinkable 6.3% ABV, Weihenstephaner the same at 5.8%, both have excellent head, good lacing, a fresh German lager taste beyond compare and conform to the 1516 Reinheitsgebot, German Beer Purity Law.
Constrained hopping, malty and balanced, these two are perfection. Designed for chugging by the Maßkrug full at celebrations around the world, this closes out my Festbier and Oktoberfest journey for this year. Hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have drinking them! OK, one final time ... Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi .... PROST!
These two breweries are absolute masters, in fact in the case of Weihenstephaner, I can attest to never having drank one of their beers which was not spot-on perfection. I personally think Weihenstephaner is the most reliably perfect brewer in the world as well as the oldest. HB is probably the best known internationally due to the Hofbrauhaus. We had some fun at their Las Vegas Hofbrauhaus recently – the on-tap Dunkel straight from Germany is to die for, isn’t that right kids? My kids drink beer with Dad…. Prost!
So anyway, how do you rate perfection? All I can say is that these two breweries spend time producing the finest Festbiers in the world, and these two are some of the best. They did Paulaner’s format well, these renditions are fantastic. HB comes in at a malty but extremely drinkable 6.3% ABV, Weihenstephaner the same at 5.8%, both have excellent head, good lacing, a fresh German lager taste beyond compare and conform to the 1516 Reinheitsgebot, German Beer Purity Law.
Constrained hopping, malty and balanced, these two are perfection. Designed for chugging by the Maßkrug full at celebrations around the world, this closes out my Festbier and Oktoberfest journey for this year. Hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have drinking them! OK, one final time ... Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi .... PROST!
Unfortunately my PA turned out too astringent so retail it is. This is really good. Floral and not overwhelmingly bitter.
Delicious porter. Lotsa chocolate, caramel. Really good.
Them is straws. I use my chopsticks fer chickin!You're eating ribs and slaw with chopsticks?! Is that a SoCal thing?
The bub at da club.
Happy Halfwit fake Belgian heavy ale in one of my new tulip glasses. Served at 18 psi and 35 degrees. Soon to be consumed with crackers and Kentucky beer cheese. Possibly some pickled eggs.
Look at those bubbles. I love this carbonation level.
Look at those bubbles. I love this carbonation level.
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Samples of the PB and French Toast Imperial Stouts. A bit more bitter then I wanted. I didn't initially plan on doing another brew after the Porter using S-04. I really should've used S-05 to get a pure flavored brew. S-04 muddles it a bit.
So I'll stop here and forgo the Hunahpu. After another IPA attempt plan on starting the Trappist Belgian thread next week.
So I'll stop here and forgo the Hunahpu. After another IPA attempt plan on starting the Trappist Belgian thread next week.
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Carling Black Label, I remember that one alright. Not fondly, but definitely remember it.
Probably wasn't the beer's fault, I drank it warm on a hot summer's morning while stranded on an island in the Mississippi after a wild overnite party. The only other liquid around was straight from the river, not sure that wouldn't have been any worse! Anyways, that was my first and last taste of that beer.
A pint of my Sussex Bitter clone in the afternoon sun yesterday.
I remember the generic "beer,' circa 1980. If you brought it to a BYOB party there was no worry about anyone swiping it.
There was a run of generic grocery products, too. Mostly canned and boxed stuff, with the black and white packaging and a barcode. Broke-ass Max bought a few of those back then. A box of pasta, can of sauce, some sliced hot dogs and woo hoo! Two dollar dinner!
The generics quickly died out when they started making store brands, which were probably the same products inside.
Yet another IPA attempt..
Noon somewhere but this isn't very "tropical".
Noon somewhere but this isn't very "tropical".
Reminds me of A&P brand Tudor beer, and this story. Right around the time I turned legal age for buying alcohol, and with very little money to spend, I walked into an A&P, (are there any left?), to find some cheap beer. Looking through the limited beer shelf I almost reached for a sixer of Genesee at around $1 or $1.25 when I saw A&P's "house swill" for 79¢ for six beers. Ding!! Trouble is that it tasted like about what you'd expect from a 13¢ beer.
I got one of these as a gag gift once from a relative in Pittsburgh. I didn't dare open it, no matter how broke or thirsty I was.
Difference a day makes! Astringency dropped 95%. I can now detect the nice smooth citrus flavors from the Elani hops. Started with a couple drops of the hop oil for kegging but will test later for flavor.
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St. Pauli Girl non alcoholic. It's grainier than the Becks or Heinekens I usually drink at lunch.
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