What Beer Are You Drinking? - Spring 2012

Finishing off a bottle of Unibroue Grande Reserve 17 while watching the Baylor/Xavier game. Really nice -- lots of spice, fruit and oak. Will definitely buy again.

Lost Abbey Carnevale Ale. Crisp with a slightly bitter finish.

Leffe Brune finally made it to the US! I used to drink it often when in France and am glad to see it here now. Leffe Blond is tasty as well but I have many fond memories associated with the Brune, so I'll be stocking up on more soon.

Russian River Consecration. Quite sour but a nice change up.

St. Feuillien Triple. Pretty incredible. Refreshing and citrusy.

Kinda new to the beer game.....

I had a few tonight,

Hoppin Frog Doris
Peche Mortel
KBS
Dragons Milk

All very good Stouts.....

I had a Southern Tier Gemini last night. Pretty good overall, but I don't know that I'd buy another.

Shock Top Lemon Shandy--Belgian style wheat beer with lemonade

good, but not as good as the Shock Top Orange. Not as citrusy, probably 'cuz it's lemonade, not lemon.

I had some Houblon Chouffe on tap last night. I love a good Belgian (or Belgian-style) tripel, and this was all that and a bit more. Golden-yellow in color with light bright, yeasty fruit notes and a moderately malty, slightly bready body. 9% abv never went down so easy; every aspect of the beer is delicate.

I love Allagash's tripel, and the D'Achouffe stuff put it to shame.

I also had some more Zombie Dust. Love that stuff. And I love Hopleaf here in Chicago, no matter how crowded it gets.

Picked up some Shiner Hefeweizen last weekend. Good stuff for humid weather and temps in the 80's.

I don't often drink at lunch on a weekday, but I needed it today. I discovered a spot with a sweet beer selection right near my office, not an easy feat out in the burbs. Apparently, I didn't need to look any further than right across the street!

My bison burger went down smoothly with some Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale and Bell's Two Hearted, both freshly on tap.