Beer of the week.....

I am a huge lover of IPA and it seems to be the season for new ones. Widmer came out with a new one called Broked Halo IPa which has very little flavor, which tome is expected for a Widmer brew. Descutes also came out with a new one called Inversion IPA , not bad and a hell of a lot better then Cinder Cone. I always seem to revert back to the ones that i have always enjoyed like Lagunitas, Terminal Gravity and my favorite local Old Markets British Bombay IPA. If many of you have not headed out to the west side to check out their brews i do suggest doing it. The service is sometimes lacking and the food is forgettable but the brews never disapoint. Pints are 3.60 ALL the time and guest taps are 4.50. They do have drink special Sundays, Monday's, and Tuesday: unfortunately not on beer. Tom the brewer always try to have three seasonals and is alwasy experiment with different recipies of the standards. I think I might be a little biased whenit comes to the Old Market becaue i have been a regular for so long but i definetly think it is worth trying out.

Tucks!!!

What a joy to find such a great place right in your own neighborhood. Last weekend i had the joy in partaking in the tasting rooms at the Old Cider Mills Tucks Brewery. It was absolutely delightlful. I got there around three in the afternoon after an extreemly long work week, so i was in the mood to indulge in some good beers, and i wasn't disappointed. You go inside and it is instantly inviting with a bunch of dudes sitting around talking beer and having a good time. I have had there beers before but was always sort of dissappointed having had tried them inside a smoke infested bar. The beers were tasty and fresh my favorit being the NIT Wit Wheat. It was so good i drank more of that then of there Imperial Ipa o Holy Hop which was also tasty but the Nit Wit had a flavor that will be unforgetable. All of you that read my blog will have to try it out sometime you won't be dissapointed.....

Spring Beer and Wine fest

So this was the weekend of the largest spring beer and wine fest in America and my first time going. It was located at the convention center and sort of felt like i was drinking in a costco but had many great brews to try. Pete and i got there around three in the afternoon after a good breakfast and lots of rest. The admission was five dollars which got you indside then you had to spend more money on tokens and a glass. They had the trditional plastic beer mug for three dollars and special glasses for 6. They did offer a package deal that came with the three dollar mug 13 tokens and admission.

When we got inside we decided to go about trying all the beers in a fasion where we could hit them all and remember where we had gone. IT worked well for the first couple hours but after awhile we just sort of hung out in one spot. Even thoughthat was in front of one of Petes favorite breweries.

We were able to try at least one style of brew from each brewery represented by the time we left. Which was quite the undertaking and left us feeling pretty good. One of my favorites was the Walking Man Imperial IPA. Unfortunately by the time we got there we were only able to have one glass beofre they ran out. Oh well there is always next year. Hope that some of you made it i hope to hear some of your stories.