Neipa on nitro, not sold on the nitro with it, but still good.

Would you look at that? The computer has the Packers making the playoffs again.
Been to the Santa Rosa brewery a few times. Great pub food and fun place. Have not walked the downtown area yet, but will one of these days. Blind Pig is one of my faves and they now sell it at wines and more, so bonus. They also have an all Citra beer who's name escapes me right now that is good too.I can remember the Blind Pig Brewery in nearby Temecula, one of the really influential breweries early on in the movement. I was just 3 years into the Temecula Valley when Blind Pig opened in 1994. Today, founder Vinnie Cilurzo carries on the tradition with his Russian River’s Blind Pig IPA. Temecula is about an hour North of San Diego. Vinnie made his second Brewery in Santa Rosa, about an hour North of San Francisco - and who can blame him... Both Temecula and Santa Rosa are also in wine regions, that’s something to think about.
This scrumptious beer is really a refined, interesting and flavorful IPA. Seems like everything is “right” on this beer, from the head, lacing, and the really interesting hopping – really an exercise in restraint, nothing too over the top with this brew. I love the Simcoe hops, they make this ale a standout. At 6.25% ABV, it’s completely balanced and drinkable. The Blind Pig label makes note of “Citrus and Woody notes” – Yup, I agree!
Really, this is a terrific IPA, this is one you should seek out and at least try. It’s part of our brewing heritage, we all need to take a lesson from this guy. Plus they use the same (favorite of mine) Weihenstephaner-type heavy glass bottles which I re-purpose. If you can get those labels off! Brew on!
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Next diet beer up to bat is Heineken 0.0%. My Gawd, green glass, let’s not go down that road again. But no! This is a terrific tasting Heineken without a trace of skunk!
How is it I get skunk on the brown one and none on the green one? Obviously, diet drinkers must be grabbing the Heinies quicker! I think locals say “Proost”!
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