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Don Julio 1942 at a wedding

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Managed to find two single hop, Styrian Wolf IPA's at a store today. O'hara's Hop adventure Styrian Wolf (not pictured as SWMBO drank most of it) and Lone Wolf a single hop IPA by Reservoir Dogs (a Slovene craft brewery).
My take away from the sampling is that I'm a fan of the specific hop. The O'hara's version seemed to include some roasted malt and possibly biscuit malt that paired well with the bitterness of the IPA. Providing some pleasant complexity, while the Reservoir Dogs version was a bit heavier handed with the bittering hop addition and sort of fell short as far as complexity went.

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Provided picture of the Lone Wolf IPA. (I apologise for the fur on the table, it was provided by the fluffy beer lover in the background )

And a nice second beer, an English Best Bitter brewed by the SWMBO. Tasty and refreshing.

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Ah the weekend is finally here. Time to decompress a bit with the most chug-worthy party brew of all time… Kona Big Wave! You think I’m kidding? This is the easiest drinking Ale in the cold case at the gas station! At 25 ounces, Kona GETS IT!

Kona Big Wave is a 4.4% ABV session beer, delicious and really a fun party beer. Next time you are filling up the ice chest, put a bunch of these in. Forget the seltzers and other brews – this one gets takers!

About a half finger of head and actually has some nice lacing, Kona Big Wave is now brewed all over the place. Oh, you thought just Hawaii? ʻAʻole pono koʻu hoaaloha! How about Fairfield, CA ; Fort Collins, CO; Cartersville, GA; Merrimack, NH; Portsmouth, NH, and Portland, OR!!!

I really wish some of the other brewers would clue in and release their beers in such perfect sized cans. When you’ve been glugging down 19.2 ounce, 24 ounce and now 25 ounce stovepipes, all those wimpified 11.2 and 12 ounce cans seem so babyish and infantile. Like we really need “chaser” cans or something. These 25’s really take over, that’s the size I want! With a moniker like Beermeister32, I'll do one better - bring on the 32-ounce quarts! Ke aloha!

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Tomorrow is the trout opener in PA, left work early and headed to my favorite area, middle of freakin nowhere and hope to see no one but my wife, my dad, and my buddy. Oh and some fishes.
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Man after my own heart. I'll take quietness and scenery over bites. I go up to Rangeley every year and it's amazing for in the middle of nowhere but famous you'll see shoulder to shoulder Orvis fashion show Nope! I have my fav hidden spots and I've discovered I like the brookies and serenity.

I was just out today looking at bikes. I'm getting too old to be hiking with waders. Couple of years ago I'm sweating my arse off and an e bike flew past me up a long hill. I have ditched the neoprene. Not sure I'll go electric but there's tons of closed timber gravel roads I want to go deeper in.

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Ugh, this light lager is so hazy, guess I need to use a little something and lager longer.
Party till she's pretty. Lol did she taste good at least?
I don't smoke much anymore but a buddy that sold his family business moved his smoke shop to NH.

Tee times booked as days of rain. How about a Woodford Reserve Double Oak,Sobremesa and maaaybe a team this year.

Cigars seem appropriate on El Tiante Day.
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Woodford and cigar used to be my Friday night starter!!
Blackened batch 109.
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Sorry for all the quotes!!

OT, HB kveik IPA
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Today I’m drinking a couple dinksters of Warsteiner Brewers Gold, their twist on unfiltered “Gold Going On Brown” Lager. Sort of like a Kellerbier really complete with brewing crud from distant shores. I generally view unfiltered or at least unfined beers as unfinished beers. Some people really groove on these unfiltered brews. Me not so much a groovester. Sorry, just in one of them moods…

This is a nice beer however, tasty even if it comes to us as a diminutive 11.2 ounce can of hazy Lager. Takes two to fill my glass. Warsteiner Brauerei is based in, you guessed it… Warstein, Germany, about 30 miles East of Dortmund, in the North. This is a 5.2% ABV beer.

I will say this, that Pilsner of theirs from about of week ago was TOP FORM FANTASTIC! That means these folks know their beer, Pilsner is a real deluxe beer that some places do great with, some blow it. I guess that means that Brewer’s Gold must be designed this way. Go get some of their Pilsner, it’s top notch, head of the class. This is OK, but focus on the PILS. Prost!


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Party till she's pretty. Lol did she taste good at least?
Yes, it may actually have a little more flavor than it should, 😉 foam that lasts a bit too long and leaves some lacing on the glass too.
I sent it off for judging so I’ll be gettIng that feedback soon enough.
I’m still drinking coffee.
 
Henninger is an old school German brewer based out of Frankfurt, Germany, since 1869. Henninger is another of those tennis-ball brands, having been bounced back and forth, and sold off multiple times over the years. Once the #3 in brewer Germany, today it is humbly a brand of the Radeberger Gruppe, KG. Henninger has the notoriety of being the first German Lager in cans – for me great news as I’m not a fan of the green glass!

I’m deep into my Pilsner journey, and I get excited over another white label can – another Pilsner, right? I mean most of those German Pilsners are in white cans, that means Pils, eh? Well, looking at the can it says “Lager.” I guess that could mean about 20 different types of beer ranging from Helles to Schwarzbier!

So what type of Lager is this? Cracking the can, I’m hoping Pilsner, but looks can deceive. Pouring a golden color, reasonable head, this could indeed be Pils – but after taking a gulp, I’m left with thoughts more along the lines of a slightly up-hopped Helles, the bittering is more restrained than found in Pilsners. Not really as malty as many Helles brews though. All packaged up in a white Pilsner-inspired can. I think they’re aiming at the middle ground between Pilsner and Helles. One beer to hit both markets, more or less - of course!

The Internet shows this is a Reinheitsgebot, 1516 brew, scouts honor! The can doesn’t mention it though…. 4.8% ABV of Lager pleasure, enjoy!

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Many years ago, stationed on a Mediterranean island, about the only beer we got that wasn't American was Henninger, and I grew to love it! Years later, when I was actually stationed in Frankfurt (am Main), I tried it again, and it was sorely disappointing.
 

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