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Now THAT is a beer list. I could develop quite a bar tab in a place like that. Reminds me of my last visit to Wicked Weed in Asheville. Sure hope that town is recovering.View attachment 874978View attachment 874979View attachment 874980View attachment 874981View attachment 874982I have a coworker with me from Germany who wants to try all different American beers. He’s loving my obsession with beer.
I did order the German Pils here at Trillium and he said it tastes very much like the beers from home. So I would say well done Trillium for your German Pils.
We tried almost everything on draft and had dinner there. It was a great time and those bottles would have been amazing to try but having a 2.5 hour drive back that night I was quite limited by my coworker/friend had a great time for his first trip to the USA. So I was happy for him and getting to try some amazing beers from here.
Celebratory night cap yesterday.
My raw beer from Big Brew Day packaging dregs. Ugly but tasty.
Bloody Mary at LAX.
Space Dust
These today with my father in law before my oldest goes off to prom with her boyfriend. He’s a good kid, but man does this make me feel old. She’s only a freshman.
She’s happy and excited so that’s all that matters.
Day drinking. Otherwise known as pre gaming for the Celtics game
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I know I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but these Mexican beers are incredible in their consistency with each other. Here we have yet ANOTHER crystal-clear, perfectly balanced Bud-Miller-Coors-type Golden Lager, and at a low 4.1% ABV. These beers are so similar, you really have to be looking for something, ANYTHING to tell them apart!
Here in America, the 18th Amendment in 1918, and then the Volstead Act enforced Prohibition in 1919, forcing prohibition in the US throughout the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Finally it was overturned initially with the Blane Act and then the 21’st Amendment was ratified - limited alcohol beers were allowed in 1933. At that time, 3.2% ABV beers were the maximum ABV allowed.
Think about that 3.2%. Not too different than my 4.1% Quart of Carta Blanca, another well-known and early Mexican beer, circa 1890. I’m going to water this back to about 3.2% ABV strength using my can of Budweiser Zero to give you an idea what an even LOWER ABV brew might be, similar to what our Grandparents, Great-Grandparents and Great-Great Grandparents were drinking in 1933!
Well, what’s the verdict? 3.2% ABV isn’t really that much different from the 4.1% I drank a few minutes ago. Yes, it is still beer, light and refreshing. I really can’t tell the difference between 3.2 and 4.1% ABV. So if you want to do an experiment, grab one of these bottles of Carta Blanca, it’s not too different from the light Lagers which became a staple in the US in the early 1930’s!
Here in America, the 18th Amendment in 1918, and then the Volstead Act enforced Prohibition in 1919, forcing prohibition in the US throughout the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Finally it was overturned initially with the Blane Act and then the 21’st Amendment was ratified - limited alcohol beers were allowed in 1933. At that time, 3.2% ABV beers were the maximum ABV allowed.
Think about that 3.2%. Not too different than my 4.1% Quart of Carta Blanca, another well-known and early Mexican beer, circa 1890. I’m going to water this back to about 3.2% ABV strength using my can of Budweiser Zero to give you an idea what an even LOWER ABV brew might be, similar to what our Grandparents, Great-Grandparents and Great-Great Grandparents were drinking in 1933!
Well, what’s the verdict? 3.2% ABV isn’t really that much different from the 4.1% I drank a few minutes ago. Yes, it is still beer, light and refreshing. I really can’t tell the difference between 3.2 and 4.1% ABV. So if you want to do an experiment, grab one of these bottles of Carta Blanca, it’s not too different from the light Lagers which became a staple in the US in the early 1930’s!
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That 3.2% limit was ABW, so 4.0% ABV.
One of our DILs is plying us with 'Ritas 
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I had a busy day doing car stuff, so I've earned a glass of Panther Piss Bum Strength.
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