Lion's Pride/Dogfish 120/Oxbow Brewery

Hello All,
                I had a chance to go to Lion's Pride again last night with The Lady (as you can tell we try to get there at least a few times a month) and as usual Ryan and Leigh were awesome.............I hope I spelled her name right. The tap list was great. My first beer was the elusive Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA on tap. I've had it once before out of the bottle and I can say its better out of the tap. It was a fresher more piney taste with the hops adding that and a nice mild bitterness. Even with a blistering 21% ABV you really can't tell................pretty dangerous. As I was drinking it the alcohol was causing me to flush so it heats you up pretty well.
                The next beer I had was the local brewery Oxbow Farmhouse Pale Ale. As previously stated in this blog I am very excited about this brewery. Their beers are flavorful, bold, well thought out and going into the higher end craft beer genre like no other in the state. The pale ale is delicious, crisp with an appropriate amount of farmhouse funk. The Lady had Oxbow Freestyle IPA and I had a few generous sips and it is another tasty beer. Good hop smell and flavor with that saison farmhouse funk which I love

                 The Lady and I decided to get an old favorite of ours. A bottle of Fantome Hiver. At 8% it has quite a kick that I had forgot about but has that Fantome farmey, funky, organic, hint of Belgian dirt that makes this brewery a one of a kind. Ryan had mentioned how this bottle had been around 2 years and that aging really adds a ton of body and funk to the beer. We originally had these as fresh bottle but aging it takes it to another level. If you have never had this beer or found it you now know where to get it...............Lion's Pride. Highly recommended

Long Trail Triple Bag

Hola Beer world,

                             I have been gone for a bit but now I'm back drinking a tasty beer as par the course. The beer this evening is Long Trail Triple Bag. I have had the double bag which is really good and I just happened upon this a my local beer store today. It comes in a box with a steroided out cow on it. It can't get any better and at 9.2 percent abv it gets you there quickly. It has a great hop and malt flavor with no real alcohol overtones. Get to your local store and try it out. It comes in a great packaged 4 pack.

OXBOW BREWERY

I had a great time at Lion's Pride the other night. Many a great beer, food and conversation.  I'm going to attempt to get there with the lady more often. I learn more about new breweries and beers everytime I go. The new brewery I'm excited about is called Oxbow out of Maine no less. Its in the Darmiscotta/New Castle area of Maine. I tried one of their beers at Lion's Pride and it was a fantastic Saison. They are going to be making alot more experimental beers from what I have been told so when I know and taste more I will obviously let you know.  The words musty and funky came up quite a bit so I'm very excited.

http://www.oxbowbeer.com/Oxbow_Beer/Oxbow_Beer.html
http://www.facebook.com/oxbowbeer

Stillwater/Mikkeller

I am now drinking a collaboration of 2 great breweries. The beer is called Rule of Thirds. It's a Belgian tripel. Good hop flavor with that smooth ending. Very good. Stillwater is a brewery that recently has been heavily on my radar for being top notch

Lion's Pride

I'm at Lions Pride I Brunswick and of course I'm here for the beer. First up! Station 7 saison and the herby taste and crispy end are  great. If any of you have not been to lions pride you should come here. Great food,beer and beer education

Dark Beyond the Blue by Hammock

Instead of reviewing and rambling on endlessly about this band and this song I will leave it here for anyone that needs a moment. That end of the day of a tiring life moment when its just you in a dark room relaxing watching this moment. Hopefully you find it as healing and full of life as I do.

http://hammockmusic.com/video#/i/3

Super Brew 15 Part 2

Ok so I am taking back what I said about this beer. Within 2 minutes of writing my first post it warmed up 2 degrees and somehow became disgusting. It had a metal, alcohol taste that was beyond gross. So apparently you have to drink this beer fast and cold or it becomes a total mess of a beer. Unless you are going through a dark lonely winter in Romania where this would fit in just fine.