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Hacker-Pschorr Munich Gold

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Hacker-Pschorr Munich GoldBeer-a-Day #153

In Bavaria, where beer is an art form to some and a religion to the rest, Hacker-Pschorr Munich Gold is recognized as the benchmark of the lager style. The Hacker-Pschorr Brewery is known as Bavaria’s Heaven – “Himmel der Bayern.” Hacker-Pschorr’s Munich Gold represents the real thing from one of the oldest breweries in Munich.

Gold was the first Hacker-Pschorr beer exported to the U.S. starting in 1865 and was honored with an award at the International Exhibit in 1876 in Philadelphia.

Pale yellow, with an off-white head. Aroma is light. Taste is also light, with a little nuttiness. Good.

Hacker-Pschorr (German)

Smoky Mountain Brewery Velas Helles

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Beer-a-Day #106

My good friend Ellen recently travelled down to Alabama to visit her family. Along the way, she made a stop in Tennessee at one of the location for Smoky Mountain Brewery. Even though they’re a brewpub (three actually), they do bottle some of their beers, but they’re not widely distributed.

See, that’s why Ellen’s my good friend. She brought me some.

First up is Velas Helles, which the label proclaims as a “light German style lager”.

Pretty, clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is surprisingly fruity. Raspberries? Light on the tongue; clean finish. That’s rather good. I almost wish it was ninety degrees outside.

Session #25 announced: Love Lager

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The Session - Beer Blogging FridayThe Session is a monthly one-day event held by beer bloggers around the world, where they each post their thoughts on a unified theme.

That theme, for March, is Love Lager, hosted by the Beer Nut.

So for this Session, let’s get back to basics. I’m sure I’m not the only one whose early drinking career featured pale lager in abundance, so consider this a return to our roots as beer drinkers. Don’t even think about cheating the system: leave your doppelbocks and schwarzbiers out of this one: I want pilsners, light lagers, helleses and those ones that just say “beer” because, well, what else would it be?

I want to know what’s so great about them, and what’s awful. Are we talking just lawnmowers, barbecues and sun holidays here, or is there a time for some thoughtful considered sipping of a cold fizzy lager?

This episode of the Session will take place on March 6, 2009. Details here: Announcing Session #25 – Love Lager

Mr. Nut actually guest blogged for us back in September, ’07.

This topic opens up some interesting possibilities. Should I go back to the lagers that I cut my proverbial drinking teeth on, such as Miller Genuine Draft? Or should I go back further and try what The Office Beer Bar & Grill euphemistically calls “Retro Beers“, like Schlitz or PBR? Or should I stick with a craft offering, like Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Saranac Adirondack Lager, or perhaps Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager?

There will also be a live “Twitter Tasting” to go along with this Session. If you have a blog, I invite you to participate, even if it’s only tenuously related to beer. First-time Session participants are especially welcome.

Czechvar

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CzechvarBeer-a-Day #22

The beer known as Czechvar in the United States and Canada is known as Budweiser Budvar in Europe and Budějovický Budvar in the rest of the world.

Yes, this is the “other” Budweiser.

Pours pale yellow, with plenty of head that quickly dissipates.

Sadly, it’s lightstruck. It seems that Europe really needs to stop sending us beer in green bottles. I can smell the skunkiness from three feet away.

It’s a shame, too, because it seems like it would have been a rather nice beer. I won’t be finishing it.

Czechvar

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Yuengling Lager

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Yuengling LagerBeer-a-Day #21

I attended a holiday party this evening for my division in the company. (Yes, I know that it’s the end of January.) The party was at Dave & Buster’s.

The beer selection was pretty barren. There were your typical Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite. And, of course, their foreign counterparts: Stella Artois, Harp Lager, Corona Extra.

There was Sam Adams Boston lager and Sam Adams Light in bottles, but they seemed more a token.

Thankfully, they had Yuengling Lager on tap.

I never considered it that dark a beer, but compared to my boss’s Miller Lite it was obvious.

And mighty tasty while I proceeded to lose at pool and post a poor showing racing a NASCAR car. At least I did well with the trivia game. Too bad Skeeball was broken.

Yuengling – America’s Oldest Brewery

Brooklyn Lager – Brooklyn Brewery

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The Brooklyn Brewery makes some excellent beers, and their Brooklyn Lager is no exception.

In their words:

Amber gold, with a malty body and a floral hop character, Brooklyn Lager is a revival of Brooklyn’s pre-Prohibition all malt beers. This is the brewery’s first and best selling beer. Brooklyn Lager is brewed only with malted barley, hops, water, and yeast…

Brooklyn LagerIt is a nice deep amber color and pours a nice sized head. I’d call the aroma more “earthy” than floral. It has a nice, meaty mouthfeel from the malt and you can certainly tell it has been dry-hopped.

I don’t know what kind of magic Brooklyn Brewery does with their distribution channel, but their beer always seems to be fresh at my local retailer. As you know, fresh beer is the best beer. (Well, except for free beer.)

As someone who builds websites for a living, I found their website really slick, though you’ll need to have the free Flash Player in order to enjoy it.

5.2% ABV.

This is some good beer. I mean, really good. It doesn’t get any better than this. Highly recommended.