Top 10/2 List

Flavor profiles vary so much within a given type of beer, and if you sit down with 6 of your friends and all taste the same beer there's a very real chance you will all taste something different.  This is one of the things that I really appreciate about beer new recipes are coming out constantly and while one person may love super hoppy beers another may not.  With all the endless flavor possibilities it is important to keep an open mind and constantly try new beers.  With that in mind here is my top 5 favorite beers so far.

1. Lagunitas Brewing:  Lucky 13 alt beer - a fantastic beer with a sweet malt profile and some citrusy hop presence

2. Deschutes Brewery: Inversion IPA - a very balanced beer with a nice light crispy hop presence, not your typical IPA.

3. Ornkey brewery: Skull Splitter Scotch Ale - a slightly red ale with some dark fruit flavor.

4. Dogfish Head: Palo Santo Marron American Brown Ale - pitch black in color very sweet with some flavors I've never had in another beer.  One of the bigger beers I've tried, weighing in at 13.0% abv.

5. Stone Brewing: Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale American Strong Ale -  If you've ever had arrogant bastard then you know the over the top flavor of this line of brews.  This one is REALLY good, over the top hop and malt flavor with a nice mellow sweet characteristic that I assume comes from the oak barrel aging process.

Well that's my list so far… *cheers* to continuing the journey!

-"I feel sorry for people who don't drink.  They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day." - Frank Sinatra
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The First Snow of Winter!

Tonight the people in the little town of Lakeview Oregon experienced the first winter snow, while there wasn't a whole lot of accumulation it was enough for us to celebrate by giving mother nature the rebellion she deserves.  Here's a shot of me grillin' up some fantastic burgers outside in my snow gear while the snow falls down around me.








And what makes a BBQ besides the great food?  A Great beer with an amazing friend!  So to complete our metaphorical middle finger to the winter weather why not a nice frosty cold John John Ale from the famous Rogue Brewery!

Picture of me and my #1 beer buddy Erik enjoying a tasty beverage.

So to sum it all up we mocked mother nature, drank great beer, ate wonderful BBQ…. Great night, 'nuff said!

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer.  Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." - Dave Barry

The Brewery Show

So I was looking at beer reviews on youtube and happened to come across The Brewery Show.  I liked it so much that I finished all of their shows in one sitting.  It's a really well done show where they travel to different micro breweries in the US, interview the brewers and staff and give you a good back story on how they all got their start... anyway, check it out!

The Brewery Show