Beers of the World 5 - Round A

[Bickaxe]

Hi everyone,

Rules: Beers of the World - Mk 5 *** RULES AND SIGNUP HERE ***


As its the first round and some people may have missed it, I'm extending the deadline to midnight tonight.


A- American - Beer must be brewed and canned/bottled in America.

Leaderboard
Charlie Bravo 6
Executive Beef 6
Lysander 6
Martynt74 6
Russinating 6
Weringo 6
Ahleckz 5
Bickaxe 5
Feek 5
Mike the Native 5
Repta 5
Sonea Fifer 5
Touch 5


Entries
Bickaxe - Peanut Butter Milk Stout
@Sonea Fifer - Longboard Island Lager
@Executive Beef- Florida Man
@weringo - DDH Mylar Bags
@MikeTheNative - Big Wave
@Martynt74 - Thick Haze
@Repta - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale – Draught Style
@Charlie Bravo - Softly Spoken Magic Spells
@Russinating - Fated Farmer: Chardonnay
@Feek - Aviation Gin
@touch - Sierra Nevada California IPA
@Lysander - Spencer Trappist Ale
@Ahleckz - Stranger Than Fiction


Barstool Fallers (they may just be late to the party)
@AiiR
@DireEmblem
@rubberduck


Next round: B - Belgium - Beer must be brewed and canned/bottled in Belgium (by Sat 8th May 12pm)
Bonus points - An extra 1pt is on offer to whomever enters the beer with the highest Untappd rating

 

[Lysander]

Can we post our beers here?

 

[Feek]

Can we post our beers here?

Hell yeah!

Here's my comedy entry for this letter.

 

[Martynt74]

I drank mine tonight.

Well I had 4 of the 6 I bought....

These were an end of line special by the shop and as of today were around 2 weeks past their best before date. The owner was hugely complementary about it and said that whilst it’s 7% it’s hugely easy to drink and sessionable.

They had all aged differently it seems. The first tasted poor. For a “hazy ipa” it was very bitter and didn’t have much in the way of flavour. I didn’t fancy having another.

The second however tasted better. A really nice punchy tropical type flavour. The third was much the same and then the forth was pretty poor again!

 

[Ahleckz]

But disappointed the results have been delayed. This is my entry

 

[Bickaxe]

But disappointed the results have been delayed. This is my entry

Not delayed, always intended to put results up on a Sunday. Just started putting them together

 

[Bickaxe]

Peanut Butter Milk Stout, Tailgate Brewery

 

[Feek]

Oh, I don’t expect to get any points!

 

[Lysander]

@weringo - DDH Mylar Bags

Is that Cloudwater? They do a DDH which is amazing.

Bonus points - An extra 1pt is on offer to whomever enters the beer with the highest Untappd rating

Hmm this is an interesting twist and may still end up as a six pointer since I imagine the highest-rated Untappd beer would also be very popular.

Still, I have a pretty good idea what my Belgian beer is going to be. Looking forward to seeing what others choose.

Here was mine from Friday night:

Oh, I don’t expect to get any points!

Is that a Churchill martini?

With regard to the Spencer, as a trappist ale, it's undoubtedly the poorest I've had. Tasted like a lemony IPA. Just weird. Not surprised though. The Belgians do it best.

 

[Bickaxe]

Oh, I don’t expect to get any points!

I was tempted to give you 0 constantly. But I said to my missus before opening my emails that if I can guess what you are entering, I would give you points. That backfired on me (my gin knowledge is very poor)

 

[Sonea Fifer]

Here was my entry for round - pretty much a generic lager that had a sweet and crispy taste.

It was quite refreshing as a one off but nothing special, not one I'd buy again and certainly not one I'd recommend to others:

 

[Lysander]

Here was my entry for round - pretty much a generic lager that had a sweet and crispy taste.

It was quite refreshing as a one off but nothing special, not one I'd buy again and certainly not one I'd recommend to others:

Yes, I've had their Big Wave after it was recommended by a friend. I found it really thin and uninteresting. Obviously one for the American palate.

The best widely-available beer I know from the US is from Flying Dog. They do some epic IPAs.

 

[Sonea Fifer]

Yes, I've had their Big Wave after it was recommended by a friend. I found it really thin and uninteresting. Obviously one for the American palate.

The best widely-available beer I know from the US is from Flying Dog. They do some epic IPAs.

Yeah, I've tried a few of those Flying Dog IPA's and indeed they are awesome

I've already got the next two weeks entries in - looking forward to seeing what others post and hopefully reading their thoughts on their entries . . . .

Picked up my entry for Germany and WOW it's amazing

 

[Charlie Bravo]

This was mine and it was bloody lovely

 

[Feek]

This was mine and it was bloody lovely

Breathe. Breathe in the air.

 

[R-evans]

Is that Cloudwater? They do a DDH which is amazing.

Mylar Bags is from Other Half in NY, the brewery that Cloudwater wish they were

DDH just means Double Dry Hopped, which is a popular style for the Hazy IPAs.

The best widely-available beer I know from the US is from Flying Dog. They do some epic IPAs.

Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas, surely? They're in pretty much every shop/supermarket. I honestly don't see Flying Dog that much anymore compared to 5 years ago.

 

[Martynt74]

I’ve just realised my Belgium one is rated at 3.4 which is very disappointing.
Can we change the rules to bonus point for the best name as I feel I’d win that!

 

[Lysander]

I’ve just realised my Belgium one is rated at 3.4 which is very disappointing.
Can we change the rules to bonus point for the best name as I feel I’d win that!

I'm personally not going for that extra point since I feel the popularity/top Untappd rating points will cancel each other out.

 

[Lysander]

Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas, surely? They're in pretty much every shop/supermarket. I honestly don't see Flying Dog that much anymore compared to 5 years ago.

Sierra Nevada and Lagunitas are gash though.

 

[R-evans]

Sierra Nevada and Lagunitas are gash though.

Ah sorry, didn't see the 'best' bit.

Unfortunately we don't get many of their good beers over here, having said that I prefer a regular Lagunitas IPA over Flying Dog IPAs, but I think it's mainly nostalgia.

The Fear from FD is the only one I go back to as I like a darker spiced beer.