St. Rogue Red Ale

I nice aroma mixed with malt and hops. A true red in color, and thick malt flavor, but light on the palate. It claims to be dry hopped, but there is no flavor, only a soothing bitterness. This would be great for a BBQ, I think. No IBU or alcohol % listed, and don't pray to the Saint without your church key.
12 oz bottle, ID

Oregon Brewing Co.
Newport, Oregon
purchased at Barley and Hops

Shipyard IPA

I had planned on this beer as being my first "skunk" rating, after drinking a bottle a few weeks ago. Last night I found the courage to try a second, and two more today have proved my original feeling wrong. Maybe it was a bad bottle. Still, this is nothing to write home about (OK, so why am I?) with a real lack of hop flavor for an IPA, and check out that white afro! When I go India, it is because I want hops up the nose - hell up the wazoo. This delivers none, maybe because it is based on Fuggles? Not sure since I haven't brewed in so long I forgot the aroma of that variety.

Anyway, no IBU or alcohol content listed, but good enough to chase down the Italian sausage (sorry, turkey Italian sausage) I had for dinner. Not on my list for a future purchase, but then again I wouldn't kick your crotch if you showed up in my basement with a six either. But for $10, you could definitely do better, chum. A twisty even! 12 oz bottle. ID

Shipyard Brewing Co.
Portland, Maine
purchased at Barley and Hops

Sobieski Vodka

I know, no posts in 3+ years and now all this. But I'm drowning sorrows as the Stars beat the Hawks 5-4 with another "stellar" (read sarcastic) performance by Huet in goal.

Anyway, this is a superb vodka for the $16.99 price tag on the 1.75L. Smooth even when warm. Stands against many with much higher price tags. Very smooth tip of the tongue, with a little bite at the back of the throat. 80 proof. MB

Destylarnia Sobieski
Gdanski, Poland
purchased from Kenwood

West Coast IPA

On my 2nd bottle. Not much of an aroma, but a hoppy treat with pronounced bitterness. Not too thick with a refreshing citrus. Sno-Globe like precipitate in my glass. MB

12 oz bottle. Church key required. 95 IBUs. 7.3% Alc. by Vol.

Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego County
purchased from Kenwood

Ratings

I'll try to describe what I like/not about each beer, and rate them as well. I've used a number of scales in the past, but have decided here to go with the simplicity of a 3-point scale. Each beverage will be rated as:

MB = "Must Buy" a worthy drink
ID = "It'll Do" wet and something more
SK = "Skunk" better to distill some of your own urine

Finally A Purpose!

I created this blog years ago, but found no reason to blog. Like a shot of Malort it hit me today that this should be the place to record and share my love of beer and more. Though I have a want to retro fill in all the stuff I've tried, and find my old lists, No. Today I begin again. If you find this useful, Cheers!