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.