The Daily Pint

From the New Belgium website:

The newest offering in New Belgium’s Lips of Faith Program, Dandelion Ale, was inspired by the great hop shortage of 2008. Dandelion greens have a natural bittering effect much like hops. Reveling in the freedom of the Belgian brewing tradition, we thought this ubiquitous weed would make an interesting addition to a traditionally hopped beer. The result is a strong blond ale brewed with toasted pilsener malt, flavored with fresh picked dandelion greens and grains of paradise. Dandelion Ale is hazy and light gold in color with peachy aroma and a Belgian yeast strain. It has a unique bitterness, subtle maltiness and a creamy mouthfeel.

Alcohol is 7.8% by volume.

Come join us for another Single Malt Scotch Tasting.  If you missed our December Scotch Tasting, you will not want to miss this one!

Summer is almost here, and that means it’s time for a vacation.

First up, India. We’re pouring a keg of Avery Maharaja, a big IPA with a heavy, grapefruity hoppiness. This beer weighs in at 10.24%, but drinks like it’s 6%. You’ll finish this one before you’ve started. Appease your colonial overlords and wash it down with some Firestone Union Jack, another worthy IPA.

Take off your turban and pop on your fez, next we travel to Russia.

Now on tap: Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2009. A beer that needs no introduction. It’s worth mentioning that in the back, we’ve got a few vintage bottles from previous years. Ask Llan or Phil, and we can pull one out for you and throw it in the fridge.

After this one kicks, we’ve got one more keg of IRS, and we might try and hold on to it for a while. Sure, we’d love to break it out in 2014, but we just don’t have the facilities to store beer for that long.  How long do you think we should wait before we put on our last keg of 2009 IRS? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.

Get in here and drink some of the IRS we’ve got on now so you can taste the difference in a few months.

ON CASK RIGHT NOW:
Stone Pale w/ Coriander
Stone Self Righteous w/ Columbus & Amarillo

Come by the Pint tonight to watch the Lakers game.  We’ve got a keg of Sublimely Self Righteous (not cask), plus Port’s 3rd Anniversary IPA.

The Einhorn Pilsner just kicked, and in it’s place, we’ve put on Russian River Damnation.  Check back soon for Einhorn’s Hefeweizen, which will probably go on at the beginning of next week.

On cask we’ve got Stone’s Levitation w/ Coriander, and on deck (probably going on by Friday evening or Saturday) we’ve got Ruination w/ Columbus and Chinook.
Game 1 starts tonight at 6:00pm.  See you here!