A light, malty ale from North Coast Brewing Co. Lots of forward caramel and bread notes. Not much of a hop bite. Nice for a summer patio beer (perfect for the Argonaut patio!). And mad props to the folks at the Argonaut. We were so happy to see people out on the patio and upstairs [...]
Filed under: Beer, Tasting notes on August 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
At Ethiopic on H st. Waiting at the bar for one of the cool little window tables. I ordered a Meta. Very malty. Reminds me of Tusker. Almost like a malt liquor in flavor. Tons of caramel with a little pilsner bitterness. I hope it goes well with the spicy Wot beef I just ordered.
Filed under: Beer, Tasting notes on July 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
What a different beer! Definitely a West Coast IPA. Lots of grapefruit and lemon in the nose. A little malt and toast on the palate which is then totally taken over by the crisp hop bite. That fabulous bitterness hangs around for a good two or three minutes after (a beer afterglow?). Many thanks to [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local, Tasting notes, Travel on June 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
I walked to the edge of the Garden District to find The Avenue pub recommended by beer geeks in the area. Sticking local I ordered the blonde from NOLA brewing company, a relatively new brewery in the New Orleans. It’s a very pretty beer: orange amber like the lollipops you got at the bank when [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local, Tasting notes, Travel on June 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
My Hoppy Place gifted Real Food Fans with a bottle of sorghum beer originally recommended by the Beermudgeon. While selecting the beers for our tasting (the write up is in the queue), we asked the Beermudgeon if he’d ever had any good gluten-free beers and he happily recommended St. Peters Sorghum Beer from the UK. [...]
Filed under: Beer, Food, Tasting notes on May 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
This is one of my favorite new ales. I really love how balanced the hops and malt are. It drinks smooth while still having enough hoppy-ness to make my bitter-beer-lovin’-self very happy. I apologize for the terrible picture, I think I had already had a few and I took it with my new blackberry camera [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on April 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
We’re getting ready for a beer tasting here at My Hoppy Place. You may remember the custom beer tasting we offered as a raffle prize for Chez Pim’s fundraiser for the World Food Programme. Well, the time has come. Alli and her friends will be joining us for a sampling of local beers. To get [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on April 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
This was another brew premiered at the “Bitch Session” at Policy in DC. This was my beer! It is an American IPA that is made with Belgian yeast – very inventive! This was a typically hoppy beer that found both the fruit and the bitter of the hop in a balanced and tasty way. It [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on April 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Flying dog recently had a lovely little “Bitch Session” at this very funky bar in Washington, DC called Policy. It was on a Thursday and it came at just the right time for myself and some work friends to let off a little steam from our work place woes. The event was specifically to premiere [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on April 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to be going to this tasting event at National Geographic Headquarters (where I work) on May 18th! I am silly stupid excited! Garret is going to be discussing the effects of the American Craft Beer Revolution on Scandinavia – did you know that they [...]
Filed under: Beer on March 30th, 2010 | No Comments »