Beer-a-Day #54
A deep brown with a tan head that drops quickly. Lots of vanilla in the aroma. (Well, it is brewed with vanilla beans.) Some coffee, too. More of that in the flavor with a good bit of roastiness.
Dominion Oak Barrel Stout
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss
Beer-a-Day #53
Pours a clear, pale yellow, with a white head that quickly drops. Not much aroma; what I do get reminds me of cheese and toast. Flavor is very light.
Legacy Brewing Fat Boy Lager
Beer-a-Day #52
This is the third (and final, for now) beer from Legacy Brewing.
Light amber with some orange highlights. Off-white head without much lacing. Toast and grass in the aroma, but otherwise “clean”, if I can use that cliché. Sweeter than I expected, but not overly so. This is interesting. Needs more research.
William Brand succumbs to injuries
San Francisco Bay Area beer journalist Bill Brand died early in the morning on February 20 from injuries suffered in an accident with a light-rail train on February 8.
Our dear friend and longtime reporter Bill Brand passed away early this morning at S.F. General Hospital.
A brief obituary has been posted on the Oakland Tribune.
I did not know Mr. Brand personally, and this sad bit of news has been covered better elsewhere. I did, however, receive e-mail from him a few weeks ago. It was in relation to a bit of silliness I’d posted that he wanted to use for his blog. I hadn’t created it and pointed him toward the original, but he wanted to make sure to give me credit as his source. He didn’t have to do that.
From everything I’ve read about him, he was a class act and will be missed by many. We here at Hop Talk send our heartfelt condolences to his wife, his family, and his friends.
Legacy Brewing Hedonism Red Ale
Beer-a-Day #51
This is the second beer from Legacy Brewing I picked up recently. Never heard of them before this.
Medium-deep amber color with orange highlights. Head dissipates quickly. Almost a maple syrup aroma. Burnt caramel in the flavor, and not as much hops as I expected based on the description on the website.
Buddhist monks build temple out of one million recycled beer bottles
From Southeast Asia News:
Monks in northeast Thailand have built a temple out of one million recycled beer bottles, using them for its walls and roof.
The temple called Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, which is also known as Wat Lan Kuad or ‘the Temple of a Million Bottles’, is in Sisaket province near the Cambodian border, 400 miles from the capital Bangkok.
Collection of the bottles by the Buddhist monks had begun in 1984, and after they amassed a huge number, they decided to use them as building material.
The monks have created a complex of around 20 buildings using the beer bottles, and they are encouraging the local authorities to send them more.
“The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make,” the Telegraph quoted Abbot San Kataboonyo as saying.
The complex comprises of the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground, and which serve as the monks’ quarters.
As per the monks, the bottles, which are a mixture of green Heineken bottles and brown Thai beer Chang, do not lose their colour, provide good lighting and are easy to clean.
The building has a concrete core to strengthen it and the eco-friendly monks have created mosaics of Buddha using the recycled beer bottle caps.
The temple has been constructed out of 1.5 million recycled bottles, and the monks intend to use reuse more for the building, which is now on an approved list of eco-friendly sightseeing tours in southeast Asia.
Legacy Brewing Midnight Wit
Beer-a-Day #50
Legacy Brewing Company is based out of Reading, Pennsylvania, but this was contract brewed in Harrisburg.
I’ve never heard of them. But, they’re pretty local and I’m all about finding new beers to try. This is the first of several of theirs I purchased recently.
I’m not a huge fan of wheat beers, but we’ll see.
Pale yellow with a bit of expected haze. A bunch of clove and some vanilla in the aroma. I taste a bit of lemon and raspberries. Light finish.
Leinenkugel’s 1888 Bock
Beer-a-Day #49
This is a new offering from Leinie, based on an old family recipe.
Medium brown, very clear, with a tan head. Not much lacing left on the glass. Fairly malty and, I’m sad to say, with a little sulfur in the aroma. More maltiness in the taste and more hops than I expected.
Victory Golden Monkey
Beer-a-Day #48
Yellow in color, with haze, which isn’t surprising as it’s bottle-conditioned. There’s that classic Belgian yeast aroma, with plenty of banana and spice. Big, malty mouthfeel. Pretty good.
Oppresive beer tax in Oregon
Whether you think Oregon is “beervana”, there is no denying that Oregon is huge in the craft beer world.
So why would a state legislator propose a 1900% increase in the beer excise tax? Okay, Oregon’s current tax is one of the lowest in the nation, but still. And why only beer? As usual, the increased funds are supposed to go for drug and alcohol abuse programs. What, alcoholics only drink beer?
Stoopid.
Here’s a video from CNN:
(a tip o’ the hat to Max)
