Why?

I'm not always sure that my brain is wired correctly. I have a strange gift (some call it a curse) of being able to connect seemingly random items together. My free word association and stream of consciousness often connects phrases with words, words with old school hip hop lyrics and lyrics with bad movies. At times I wonder if I have trouble making new memories - most of my cultural references are stuck in the 80s and 90s and are often connected to old school hip hop. This is my curse. The Curse of the Gers. Adding to the curse - a gift from my wife on the 1,001 beers to try before you die. I doubt she expected me to try them all. That is now an addition to my quest. So, add some alcohol to my random pop-culture linkages.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Catch Up with IPAs

I had a chance to have a couple of more that I had "in stock" last week before I went on a business trip.  Neither was overwhelming, but they were ok.  Here is the quick summary.

Lagunitas Maximus (Rating = 3.0)
I've had a few more of the beers from Lagunitas recently.  They are all pretty hoppy (as I always mention, I'm not big into hops generally), but still pretty good.  This was was similar.  Definitely had some hops, but was pretty good.  The description in the book was interesting.  Apparently, it was going to be called "Hair of the Dog Ball Ale" or "Eye of the Dog", but then they changed their minds and called it Maximus.  It was strong smelling, but ends kind of tart.

Union Jack IPA (Rating = 3.0)
This one is listed as a blond in this large book.  I really don't understand some of the beers they put in this category - this is an IPA.  Not bad either though.  And not British either - from a US-based brewery.

That's it.

Beers Down: 81
Beers to go: 920

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