Magic Hat Wacko
Picked this up in a variety pack a while ago. The first one I started drinking straight out of the bottle, not really paying any regard to the words “beet juice color” until quizzed by others. So I poured it into a pint and made the beer instantly less appealing. I ended up drinking 2 of the pink, and this 1 stinks.
Got this compliments of Boulevard and it somehow found it’s way to the back of my fridge. Mowing the lawn in today’s beastly heat helped it find it’s way out. Ambers aren’t too high on my list right now, but this was nice and smooth.
If you want to get it on tap, you need to travel to Omaha. Here in KC, you can score two bottles in the 12-bottle variety pack.
Samuel Adams - Longshot Lemon Pepper Saison
May 17 - 23 marks American Craft Brew Week. Naturally, I took the entire week off from work to celebrate. While a lot of places around KC have events going on (Flying Saucer all week, Beerfest in Westport Saturday, etc), I will probably be drinking alone and at home. During the rare instance I put my Xbox controller down, I’ll be posting the beers I’m enjoying on this most splendid of weeks.
I suppose the best place to start is with Samuel Adams, the brewer Patriot, and their Longshot series that rewards home brewer submissions with a variety-pack release. I was really looking forward to this beer, but it’s just not for me. If you’re looking to get a lemon party going, it is definitely a non-starter.
If anybody needs to get a hold of me Sunday, my itenerary looks something like this:
11:30 a.m.: Corporate Challenge Horseshoes
Noon: Bell’s Batch 9000
1 p.m.: Mikkeller Single Hop Centennial IPA
2 p.m.: Kulmbacher Eisbock
3 p.m.: Founder’s KBS3:30 p.m.: Pass out
4 p.m.: Left Hand Oak Aged Widdershins
5 p.m.: Schlafly Trocken Hopfen Stopfen Marzen
6 p.m.: Bells Porter Firkin (may change time)
7 p.m.: Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices Rye Pepper Ale
8 p.m.: Mikkeller Black Hole
9 p.m.: Left Hand Chainsaw
10 p.m.: Avery Beast
courtesy of Fat City
Another new Boulevard Smokestack is due out next week. Boulevard Collaboration No. 1 is an Imperial Pilsner from the mind of Orval master brewer Jean-Marie Rock. Boulevard master brewer Steven Pauwels invited Rock to KC so the two could brew this beer, which is currently receiving rave reviews from those lucky enough to get a preview.
If you would like to preview this yourself, Boulevard would like to invite you to the Oread in Lawrence, KS on Monday (1/18) to sample the beer and have an opportunity to interact with Pauwels and Rock. The event starts at 8PM and all Boulevard fans or general beer enthusiasts are welcome.
It has only taken a year and a half, but I finally broke into the Flying Saucer’s Top 10 alcoholics in KC. I also have the strong urge to change my name to the Six-Fingered Man for the next week or so. To celebrate, I’m going to go drink some beer at a bowling alley this evening.
Only 15 more beers until I get my saucer on the wall. When my daughter grows up and asks why I wasn’t around much for the first two years of her life, it will be nice to be able to take her into a bar and show her all that her father has accomplished.
I can’t say the idea of a coffee/public house combo is something I would be interested in visiting. Using a graphic of a frog licking a fly on your signage makes sure the closest I get is dropping my wife off for a hair appointment.
While my wife and in-laws play with my daughter at the lake, I am sitting in a dark basement, watching football, drinking some of Minnesota’s finest and eating an entire buffalo chicken Red Baron. Can three will be arriving shortly.
Black Clover Beerfest is going down tonight at the Riot Room. I’ll be there with the wife. If you see us, wish us a happy anniversary by letting us get in the tasting lines in front of you.
