h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Hi Bob. Great space you have here. Ok, I'll bite. Does the Fusty Ferret smell a bit, well, fusty? I haven't seen it over here.

Hi Happy_Nerd

Where is over here and it is a nice ale the brewer may export or mail order poatal beer now there is a thought.


Bob...

Here is California, Mendocino county. There are many fine local ales, even some cask conditioned ales.

Yes some American beer ranks with the best and the micro breweries are fantastic.

Have you been a beer fan for long, if you want to add to my entry (it was conceived as an open entry) feel free please follow the format add as many as you likestand up for Aerican beer


Bob...

Thanks, I'll have to take you up on that.

Any moor Beer ideas this needs a new breath of life

When visiting a brewpub I haven't been to recently or ever, I usually order the taster set. Little glasses with each beer they make, do they do those in your neck of the woods? When I'm organized, I even take notes, unfortunately they're not to the format you use.

For example, last weekend Mr. Nerd and I visited two brewpubs, and here are the notes I made for one of them:

Standing Stone Brewing Company, Ashland, Oregon

Lager - Nice and crisp, with a little more malty character, hopped with Hershbrucker and Saaz.
Hefeweizen - The second best hefe I’ve ever tasted. Absolutely lovely with banana and clove flavors.
Amber - Has some roast malt to make a less sweet, more robust flavor profile.
IPA - A rich, flavorful IPA in the west coast style, not skimping on aromatic hops.
Double IPA - Deeply hopped yet well-balanced, with a long finish.
Porter - Roasty, toasty, a wonderful winter treat, and to style.

Standing Stone offered two seasonals, one was flavored with almonds, not my favorite. The other seasonal, a steam beer, tasty and crisp, with Centennial hops, may well be the best steam outside of California.

And here was another, we only tried a few or their brews, but I can recommend them.

Wild River Brewing Company, Cave Junction, Oregon

Honey Wheat - A light, crisp summer drink.
ESB - A very nice ESB, malty and a little bit roast flavor.
A traditional-stye IPA, well but not overly hopped.
Nut Brown Ale, toasty, nutty, roasty, flavorful. Delicious with the pizza we ordered, the pesto primavera, a grown-up pizza with slivered almonds.
The Double Eagle Russian Imperial Stout, a traditional sweet stout.

Um, that would be "...a few of their beers..." Golly, when am I going to learn to re-read what I have typed?

Also, last month, we went to this beer festival www.avbc.com/news/boontbeerfest. There were lots of excellent beers. The Elysian Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington www.elysianbrewing.com had made a seasonal brew of their west coast-style pale ale by adding jasmine flowers. It was lovely, and I could have easily spent the rest of the afternoon sipping that. Sacramento Brewing Company (Sacramento, California) served up their Sasquatch Scotch Ale and their IPA, both yummy. Actually I didn't taste as many things as you might think - I was working! There was an after-party where I had a raspberry framboise lambic (a special - not commercially available) that was so delicious I had to go back for seconds.

Yes, there was bahl steinber hornin' aplenty!

sounds excellent

I see you have a University project on the Anglo Saxon kingdoms. I only managed to read 1.5 of them as of yet, busy weekend, but it's interesting reading.

By the way, I tried using the clip/bookmark entry feature, and nothing seemed to happen. Do you know how this works?

Thanks for that, and no I dont I have never used it I wil ask lil