Session 3 is about mild ales. Finally, a real session beer topic! It’s a type of beer I love, and next to a low gravity stout, might be my favorite. I see it as a malty, not too bitter, red-brown beer that I can drink an Imperial pint with lunch and still function at work. And maybe that’s the real key- I live close to work and usually walk home for lunch. While I don’t drink at every lunch (or every day for that matter), it sure is nice to have the option.
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Mild Session
Friday, May 4th, 2007Dubbel Session
Saturday, April 7th, 2007For the second time, I’ve just missed the official day of The Session, this time about dubbels. I have a good excuse– immediately after work I hustled over to the Avery Strong Ale Festival, returning home sorely in need of sleep. I did plan ahead a bit, and sampled some homebrewed abbey-inspired 6 and an Easter beer on Thursday. Then quads and the like to start the fest on Friday. I’ll post a few pictures on Monday…
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Bike & beer
Monday, March 12th, 2007On Friday and Saturday I had a couple of nice bike rides to get to beer. Friday I went up to Lefthand [no link since it’s a lame all-flash site], 12+ miles, for an Alers social. They had a nice oak-aged imperial stout on and a decent smoked beer. I thought the Twin Sisters Double IPA on cask was a bit too much alcohol in a cough-syrupy way. They might be making brewing systems out of their scrap kegs- watch for it.
Stout Session
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007So this blog is new and I missed the official debut of The Session, but coincidentally here’s a stout-like thing I brewed on the following Sunday. Kitchen-sink/leftover kinda beer, and certainly doesn’t fit a BJCP or GABF stout, but the sweet wort tasted oh-so-good: a rich, coffee-like, chewy/spicy-sweet conglomeration. The fermenter is throwing a wonderful mix of hop aromas. Maybe I’ll be drinking it while I brew a abbey-inspired ale for the next session (a 6 and 12 are long on my to-do list anyways).
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