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re such favorite venue great band and a surprising beer find in a can to boot i m a relatively simple person i suppose because this was absolutely a winning night as far as i can tell distribution remains very local to the raleigh area so if you find yourself down that way give this one a shot especially if you are looking for deliciousness at a highly manageable abv here s a quick run down on the beer trophy brewing session wife session ipa raleigh nc 4 9 abv tasting light dry white cracker maltiness leads to a beer that s hardly one note leading is a moderate level of oranges along with fresh grassiness onion and a non overwhelming pithy bitterness a welcoming larger than your typical session ipa body is a standout feature as well plenty of flavor at this lower alcohol level perfect for pregaming your favorite band or any of a number of different situations share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized listen it s not me it s completely absolutely you august 8 2017 1 comment look i sort of left without saying anything and i think i owe this to you how do i say this i ve long since moved on without you i m sorry but there was just so much better beer for me out there no i m not going to name names well ok there s this one brewery in richmond they do this lockout series it s really good stuff oh i guess i shouldn t say things like that and yeah i guess it s pretty serious i mean you know how this sort of thing goes right i suppose i should also give that t shirt back to you you know the one that i used to wear all the time what did it say it had the name of the county where you were from and it said more breweries than stoplights i loved that shirt it made me think about how when i first met you you seemed so down to earth but you ve become just like all the rest since that big payout bright lights big city sort of thing i guess truth is i haven t worn that shirt in years i may have even washed the car with it once or twice sorry i ll never forget getting a little lost in those light wisps of smoke in your scottish ale and how easy it was to get along with your vienna lager in almost any situation there was even that one time i enjoyed the ipa sure maybe it was the time or the place but it actually tasted pretty darn good no really i m not just saying that i can t hold it against you really i know many are saying you re heading towards bigger and better things it s just that you ve started hanging out with the wrong crowd is all i m not comfortable with them even though every time they drink a beer fireworks rock bands beaches bonfires or some other fabulous time just seems to happen out of nowhere everyone seems to be having a good time but there s something about it all that seems put on just for show you used to love to say that you were part of the virginia heartland and like so many others who all seem as if they were so grounded in this craft beer community i don t feel like that matters any more i think i get it now just like that t shirt it was all a marketing gimmick i shouldn t get so caught up in breweries that so closely align themselves with where they re from it s silly i guess i ve always wanted to cheer on the local places but local seems as if it s something to leverage nowadays and nothing more i ll send back that t shirt eventually oh and i ve got another one from that brewery in asheville that i think you know for what it s worth they burned me too pretty soon it ll be too chilly to wash the car anyhow share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized of high lifes and two hearteds some thoughts on the go to beer march 17 2017 leave a comment my father wasn t a huge beer drinker all the same it wasn t too terribly uncommon for there to be a few miller high life bottles in the fridge either and if memory serves we re talking about those little pony bottles too seven ounces of the champagne of beer ice cold and drunk straight from the bottle clear glass and all now the grocery store beer aisle as we know it today is a vastly different world than when i was growing up we won t go into any specifics of year or age i assure you it was a while ago and while the choices might have been a bit limited to my father back in the day i m pretty sure dad was perfectly happy with what came in those clear glass bottles they were a go to beer for him now i may be losing my way just a bit inside of some odd nostalgic haze but i often begin to wonder does the idea of a go to beer exist at all inside the world of craft beer drinkers at first the idea of a go to for a craft drinker seems relatively ludicrous with so much diversity lurking within every craft drinkers fridge the idea of a regularly imbibed beer seems about as foreign as finding something actually foreign among all the beer in there consider all the various ways we seek out all those different beers between the travelers and heavy traders the purveyors of online beer stores and the folks who will still try just about everything the possibilities can be endless even a beer with horseradish added and even if you prefer your porter without the addition of something which should be acceptable only on a roast beef sandwich your local beer bars and stores will likely keep you entertained enough likeliest of all most craft drinkers are a hybrid of all of the above so after all that what would possibly constitute a go to within the craft world and why might you even want one first a shot at a definition obviously a go to beer is one that has to be easily found after all it has a particular standard of availability to live up to but i d like to think such a beer is not just the convenient selection at the moment it is not the one tap handle among the twenty five others at the concert venue which did not end with the word light that at the least you can put up with no i believe any go to beer is something much more it s something you might seek out not just because it s the only thing going no it aspires to be something much much more than being simply convenient when i think back dad s high lifes i believe that he picked them up with certain times in mind while he was grilling burgers for the family or even for a time as simple but enjoyable for dad as after mowing the lawn i m especially sure that i saw one being cracked open when the braves game was just minutes away from coming on tv when i think of the times that i saw those little clear bottles i don t think my dad was not only reaching for something good i think he was going for a beer because the times were good on the fourth of july taking in a summer s night on the porch when the neighbors who we did like came over for a cookout i think a go to beer is part of a larger formula some wonderful combination of individual preference for a beer and just as or likely much more importantly one that will fit a particular state of mind there s a certain relevant to the moment charm in such a drink now i ll admit this all does sound remarkably like the premise for every macro beer ad that s been produced well ever you know the ones where a group of buds are sipping on their freshly poured overly frothy mugs of buds and from the looks on their faces the apparent fun being had and hell even the music that is playing in the background life is just about as peachy as it can possibly ever get of course no such cheesiness really exists not even for bud drinkers i think nevertheless there are certain times when the times are quite good and that is true for both the macro and the craft drinker now perhaps the typical craft fan can truly enjoy themselves and the company of others while simultaneously brooding over whether the beer at hand is a 3 5 or a 3 25 check in on untappd however i think and hope that if a go to beer truly exists for most craft drinkers it is a beer that can be consumed without much discussion or break down over grades or scores and as a bonus is one that can be enjoyed without feeling as if any standards have been sacrificed of course for the bud drinker it s unlikely that their thumb is quivering uncontrollably over a quarter cap difference in rating i think this is all safe to say because for your strictly macro drinker the whole thing is mostly about the moment and less about the beer and for the strictly craft drinker it s fair to say that there is more of an expectation for the two to meet in the middle somewhere but give all of this too much thought however and you re wearing away the charm of both the beer and ultimately what s worse the moment i ve always believed that beer is the ultimate social and conversational lubricant and is certainly one that knows no distinction between types of beer drinkers so if you can deal with the revelation that you the likely craft drinker who s reading this post shares a similar beer drinking experience with those who are likely to buy strictly bud well congrats any over introspection be it about the moment or the beer be it a two hearted or a miller high life should not be given a second thought do so and you might be missing out on the very act of enjoying beer at one of its most basic fundamental levels altogether share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized hey stay off of my lawn you damn muted mundane beers february 24 2017 2 comments as my wife likes to remind me i m not approaching middle age any longer i m solidly there and as i get a little older how much i care what other people think of what i do and say especially here on the blog is lessening considerably my wife has a favorite saying for this something about not giving two s about someone else s opinion about any given topic my wife likes to get right to the point a trait which i ve grown to appreciate for example take a look at the last couple of posts and you d think that i am very quickly assuming the role of the crotchety old man on his lawn yelling at the kids as they ride by on their bikes or in my case at the beer trucks as they drive by steadily delivering uninteresting uninspired beer to the shelves of my local bottle shops my only question is this i did have a birthday in october and i m not sure why no one gave me a cane to violently wave in the air as i complain about the beer world at large my hopes are still high though st patrick s day is right around the corner right it s a beer related holiday anyhow right hun spurring me to the edge of my rocking chair are the concerns some have about the overall quality of the craft beer around us keeping such a concern afloat are those who seem to readily champion each and every release from their local breweries skewed by a well intended but soundly misplaced sense of homerism it s a train of thought that gives validation to almost every release their local breweries put out sliding across the front porch in my slippers you can hear me grumbling under my breath i m not saying your local brewery doesn t produce anything good i m saying that all too often they re given a pass simply because you can practically see the brewery from your own front porch if you truly cared for how your local breweries will do especially long term wouldn t we do better to place the love squarely on the beers that push the taste boundaries or at least the ones that nudge the outside edge of them instead of making blanket statements professing one s endearment for all or even most of the beers made by those breweries not sure which ones might make the cut here s where having some thick skin and being open to criticism can be truly beneficial look i get it there will always be personal preferences sometimes a beer will make it into your own regular rotation that no one else seems to think much of subjectivity does come into play but like it or not in the world of restaurants food drink and this includes beer of course a general consensus stands for something if they didn t beers wouldn t come and go there would be no such thing as overall ratings on untappd beeradvocate and ratebeer and perhaps no ratings at all some will say that every beer has merit but if every beer was perfectly fine on all levels or even just on most there would be absolutely no reason for breweries to improve upon well anything i m not saying that your local brewery has to put out 4 block long line inducing beers every time out this may come as a surprise but i m not that naive surprisingly tasty beer that finds its way into a brewery s regular rotation is possible i have posted a few times in the past about these sorts of beers carefully crafted liquids that can be tasty but also relatively easy to find here in roanoke get bent comes to mind providing of course that it is fresh or almost anything stout like from williamsburg alewerks which are primarily seasonal i ll even throw in a lager for the folks who have already decided that this post is complete b s with a nooner or two and here in virginia a shower beer or two it is crushable at the very least are these beers trade bait not even close but are they the stuff of sit on the shelf forever dust collecting lore nope instead they reside somewhere in between and are living proof that beers which are worthy of acquiring but are also not difficult to find do actually happen the problem is they just don t happen often enough but when they do i slide back into my chair all the while enjoying the view from the front porch and take another sip and when they don t i ll be waving my new cane around oh and i d appreciate it if whoever gives me one would at least stick a bow on it when they do share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized previous entries curious about craft beer what is craft beer anyhow this is the first turn on your beer road click here about the beer road don t miss any beer talk or news check out the beer road s most recent posts beer for the rest of us trophy brewing s trophy wife session ipa listen it s not me it s completely absolutely you of high lifes and two hearteds some thoughts on the go to beer hey stay off of my lawn you damn muted mundane beers quality control part 2 quality control part 1 needless to say it s a big week for big lick brewing draft beer at a coffee shop of course 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