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 »
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 »
Holy wow, this is a bitter beer. And I like me some bitter. I would have said this was an IPA, not a Pale Ale, because it is so loaded with what I am pretty sure are Cascade hops. It’s has the kind of bitter that sticks to the back of your tongue and keeps [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on March 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
I felt the need to give a shout out to our friends at Sierra Nevada Brewery. They are celebrating their 30th year of operation and I think that deserves a moment. They were a pivotal player in bringing craft brewing to the masses. They fought the good fight against the distributors and the Big Three [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local on March 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Here’s the second beer from the Flying Dog Bitch Session at Policy.This followed the Brooklyn Lager and the snifter of Dog Schwartz Tons of floral and citrus notes. Lovely amber color. Belgian flavor comes through on tasting but doesn’t linger long. A nice, hoppy beer that satisfies. At 8.3 percent, maybe not the best choice [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local, Food, Tasting notes on March 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
Quick notes from the Flying Dog Bitch Session. They featured three beers: Raging Bitch 4, Garde Dog Bier de Garde, and Dog Schwartz. I wanted to try Dog Schwartz first. The idea of a smoked double lager intrigued me. However, tap issue thwarted my plans. After a Brooklyn lager, the bartender brought over a snifter [...]
Filed under: Beer, Drink local, Tasting notes on March 4th, 2010 | No Comments »