Weekend Completed

Had a great time on Saturday having a guy's night supplied by an armada of excellent beer. Music was played, poker hands were won and lost, and we capped the night with the timeless masterpiece that is Commando. I remember it being much better or at least tolerable when I was seven or eight, but that's probably true of a lot of our childhoods. Oh well, now I know.

My friend Ry brought down a growler of IPA called Zombie Killer. Awesome name, and think of all the movie/video game pairings! He and my friend Mark, who doesn't typically like IPAs gave high praise last time they tried it so I was looking forward to a tasting.

The Beer: Zombie Killer
The Brewer: Snipes Mountain
The Style: Double/Imperial IPA
ABV: 8%

 

For some reason the picture isn't playing nice with the blog so I hope you like the substitute. Medium orange pour. Very floral hop presence in the nose, smells fantastic. Floral and citrusy mouthfeel, very drinkable and I was surprised to learn it's an 8% because it went down so smooth. Light carbonation, which may have been in part due to the growler and the long trip it made. I think I'd prefer it with a little more bubbly going on but it's all good. I'd kill some zombies while drinking this for sure.


Now the other thing that I did prior to the evening was a little bit of shopping. At a homebrew store. A friend of mine had floated the idea of getting a kit and trying our hand at making some liquid magic. Things came together this weekend and we are loaded up with just about everything we need. Here in a couple weeks we'll actually start brewing (IPA of course!) and it should be ready about three weeks after that, so stay tuned. I have to say it was pretty exciting to have ingredients in hand. We'll see how it turns out.

What's going on?

As some friends have pointed out to me, it's been a while since I've posted. Rest assured that quality drinks have been enjoyed in the meantime, I just haven't gotten around to putting up full reviews. Sometimes you just need to relax. That said, I have a couple of projects for this Saturday with new posts shortly after.

I did go out last week with a friend to The Victory Bar which has excellent beers on tap. Chill setting and we even had great service, almost unheard of in SE PDX. The first time we came here we couldn't get eye contact for trying and ended up leaving, good to know they've turned it around a bit.

Anyways, more to come so stay tuned.