Current Beer Snap Shot

Just posting my current inventory. Just cause.

3L bottle of Double Bastard 07
Full Sail Imperial Porter
Stone Ruination IPA
Stone Smoked Porter
Stone 11th anniversary Ale
Stone Vertical Epic 07
Silver City Brewery Fat Scottish Ale (formerly Fat Bastard)
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
Dogfish Head 120minute IPA
Dogfish Head Raison D 'Etre
Hair Of The Dog Fred

Brew Munkey Beer
Mocha Double Cherry Stout
Tard Munkey
Mocha Cherry Stout
IPArter
ESB

Deschutes, The Abyss is in!

You require this beer, run to your nearest store! If you are in Bellingham, I know for sure Barkely Haggen has it as does Bistro Du Jour / The Vines

I'll be reviewing it shortly, stay tuned.

New levels of awesomeness

I had to share my recent experience with the plumber my landlords were forced to hire by the house owner. Background info: The drain in my basement fails, spews water everywhere further aggravated by the main sump pump failing. Below is the dialog from the 8th trip the plumber made to fix the same problems...

My conversation with Mr. Royal Imperial Fail Stick:

Me "the pump is leaking out the cover because not all the screws are there."
Him "Oh no that’s not it, well it leaked because there was suds in the water… "
Me "So the missing screws have nothing to do with it leaking?"
Him "I'll take care of it Monday."
Me "I'll just put a couple screws in it and see what happens, we probably have a couple in the garage."
Him "NO, I'll take care of it Monday."
Me "That will be the 9th time you've been here to fix that problem."
Him "Well then 9th time's a charm, I'll be back Monday."
Me "No you won't because you do not have permission to enter if nobody is home."
Him "I'm coming to fix it Monday."
Me "I will talk to my roommates tonight and let the landlord know when somebody will be home."
Landlord "Good plan, you have my #. Let me know, I can show up too if you want."
Me "Great, I'll give you a call tomorrow."
Him "So what time Monday?"
Me "The landlord will call you."

It goes on… They finally leave, I'm getting ready to head back to work when someone knocks on the door again. I open the door:

Him "My trailer hitch hit your car."
Me - walk over to see my license plate bent and on the ground…
Him - grabs my plate and starts to bend it back
Me "Please give me my license plate."
Him "I'm trying to fix it."
Me "You’ve done enough fixing for today." I grab my license plate from him.
Him - tries to grab it back.
Me "back off, this is my car." I inspect for damage, nothing much just a couple of scrapes but the plate and mounting bracket are toast.
Me "I'm going to handle it, just go away. Now."
Him "I've got a screw driver, we can fix it. Let me fix it I don't like making people upset."
Me "Too late." I walk back into the house. He heads over to the landlords car.


Munkey_1's response:
New levels of awesomeness have been achieved here! Please refer to all previous awesomeness as mearly "interesting".The current level shall be reserved forever as the new AWESOMENESS standard, never to be achieved again.

Trader Joe's Vintage Ale

Ok, I know what you're thinking "Trader Joe's beer, how is that worthy of this site?!" Truth is this stuff is made for Trader Joe's by Unibroue and is actually pretty tasty.

Its a Belgian/Abby Dubbel ale. Its a little on the sweet side but balanced well with the high level of carbonation. Light hops and fruit smells with a medium full body round out the first taste. Thick head, dies down to about half an inch, more of the malt flavor comes out as you drink more. There's also some kind of spice almost like coriander that is starting to be tasted.

Nothing out of this world, just a good solid Belgian style beer. I would recommend getting yourself a bottle, I plan to get another one soon.

The Rogue Hero

www.rogue.com
www.elysianbrewing.com

I was there at the Rogue Hero on Friday night having a beer and watching The Collected. Good times. They have a few beers on tap, of which the following I had:

Elysian Immortal IPA
Elysian Perseus Porter
Rogue Dead Guy Ale

The Immortal was pretty damn good for an IPA. Nice carmel color, good bitterness, and wasn't excessively dry hopped.

The Perseus Porter was good too, but not a good chaser to the IPA. It wasn't all too sweet and lacked that husk/grit mouthfeel some porters get (which is good). Very dark color and followed the style well. Wasn't excessively thick and drank easily. Since I had the IPA first, it was hard to taste the hops. I wonder what would happen if I mixed the two....

The Dead Guy was a very good finishing beer. Little sweet, little bitter, good ale. I believe it is dry hopped as it has a fresh hop taste and leaves a thick feeling on the palet. Still a favorite of mine but I can't drink more than two in a row. I actually had a chance to go to the Rogue Pub in Newport Oregon, its good there too!

Redhook Winter Hook

www.redhook.com

Whenever I go out, I always seem to find the Redhook beers. ESB, Blackhook, Longhammer, Winterhook. Its pretty drinkable, very clear and filtered. Would make sense since its owned by Anheuser-Busch. Scroll to the bottom if you don't believe me: http://www.anheuser-busch.com/BeerVerified.html . Meh, back to the beer.... Its got hops, a little bit of spicy, its a winter ale after all. You really can't go wrong. Actually, someone brought it over for my birthday party 2 weeks ago and it was in my fridge, so don't go thinking that I go out and buy this stuff. Don't get me wrong about that though, its actually not bad, especially for an Anheuser beer!

Dogfish Head: 90 Minute Imperial IPA

www.dogfish.com

Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

Its imperial. 9% Abv, dry hopped. At 90 IBU's, I've had beers with more hop for sure. Am I immune? It must have a finish gravity of at least 1.015 as its very thick on the palate. Honey citrus, but not a whole lot of emphysis on the hop. I don't feel as if I could drink more than a couple of glasses or could I? This beer has me perplexed. As this is my only glass, I suspect I'll have to give another review at a later time. Mayhaps it could have been my choice of dinner. Citrus stir fry.