Work has been dominating all of my writing time, but thankfully not all of my Beer Drinking time. Since I don’t have time for a full rundown, and I’m waiting for some illustrations for a few articles (a big Founders writeup, a bit about Brooklyn’s Kelso, and a few more), I thought I’d highlight a couple beers I’ve had recently for the first time, so my blog stays up to date with what I’ve been consuming:
Bell’s Amber Ale – One of the backbone’s of Bell’s success in Michigan, and one of the last active beer styles by them that I hadn’t tried. Got it in a trade recently and was very pleasantly surprised – a somewhat bready, very aromatic, hoppy Amber Ale. Like most of Bell’s offerings, balanced when it needs to be. Awesome. One of the best 6pm work beers I can think of.
New Glarus “Uff Da” Bock – Stinky swears we’ve tried this before but I don’t recall that being the case. Cracked a bottle for the boys at Bierkraft and Ben, Jonah, Stinky, and I were all fauning over the heavy dried cherry aromas, the undercurrents of black coffee and the incredibly balanced sweetness. New Glarus has yet to disappoint. I received 4 beers beyond this that I haven’t had of theirs yet in a trade, so expect more updates. Don’t be surprised if I like all of them, though.
Victory Harvest Pils – At a Victory Brewing event at The Gate, Stinky and I got the chance to catch up while drinking beer outside (gasp! spring in winter!) and this was my pick for the evening. A pale, golden, very clear pouring beer with an overwhelming fresh hop aroma that kept tricking my brain into thinking I was smelling Belgian Yeast. Crisp and yet very well balanced malt-wise considering the color and dryness of the beer in general. Victory is an outstanding brewery — get behind them.
I should have some updates on my homebrewed Porter soon as well, and will hopefully be brewing a 100% Brett beer this weekend. Thanks for checking in.
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What strain of brett are you using?
I can’t seem to find any brett-only strains here in philly – just blends unfortunately. I wanted to do an all-brett beer somewhat soon too.
Hey Kevin – I actually traded with a guy for a pure strain of Fantome’s Bret that he isolated himself (he’s a chemist). You can find pure Brett strains from Wyeast or White Labs, but I guess most homebrew shops wouldn’t order them. I’m used to having to mail order everything anyway!
Damn, what did you have to give up to get that Fantome bret? Sounds like that will turn out awesome! Is that guy willing to trade with other people? If so can you put me in touch with him?
Not a bad trade, just a Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Castleton — dude sent me some other wild shit too. I can actually break you off some of that Bret, probably. Drop me an email and maybe we could work something out.
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