Brewery Responses

Hey Gang!
I'd like to take to take this time to give props to a few breweries for their emails.Here we go:



Thanks for everything!

Swag with "Swag"

Samuel Smith : Oatmeal Stout

I remember eating "somewhere" and I saw this.Thanks to my Pop and his Black n Tan drinks, I've gotten into Stouts a long time ago. I like Guiness Stout. This is what got me to try this Stout.I figured, "Oatmeal? This ought to be interesting!". Yes, it was.


When you go to Samuel Smith's site regarding this beer, they have an ad that says: " Drink your Oatmeal".
I wouldn't go that far, but it is good as a bowl of oatmeal and just as filling.

I could do this at a barbecue, at least eating some good grilled fare. The site suggests pizza, pastas, breads and various cheeses ( Have you ever had Steak and Kidney pie?).

PS   Happy Mother's Day ...you Mothers.

Here's something you might like ( Affliate Link). Enjoy.

Beer Trading

Beer Trading

Manzanita Brewing's Gillespie Brown

So, I ran across an article on Beer Trading.

Apparently, there’s a subculture wherein beer enthusiasts trade rare and/ or limited edition beers. A brewery may put out a particular series of beers, for example, a Christmas batch, along with their usual run of products. This may happen annually or once in a lifetime. This, of course, creates a demand, similar to trading baseball cards, Yu Gi Oh, or even Pokémon cards.

Cool!

I ran across some unique names for these products, too. That was classic. I think some of the reasons some people trade is not only the taste, but the actual names of the beers.

Forums and sites exist where this happens online. Doing a little research, I saw this for myself.

Wow!

At first, I was going to put up a blog telling you readers how I’d love to be involved. I was going to put in requests, and fill requests, but screw that. Sending beers through the mail is illegal! I didn’t know that. Good thing, I kept reading the article.  From what I read, though, there’s ways around this. I, of course, will NOT going into how. Do your own research!

I’m going to continue looking into this trade, though, because I find it intriguing. If nothing else, I’m going to stay up on the latest rare beers  and limited editions I find.

Feel free to comment. I’d like to know your thoughts.

Franziskaner Weissbier

The Wife

So..my wife (pictured) decided to buy a beer for me to review and this is it.Franziskaner Weissbier.

It's been a minute since I had a hefeweizen. Similar to drinking a Budweiser.

Nice smooth taste.No bitterness. She bought this on a day where we all were just kicking back doing constructive things. A nice beer for a nice day.According to The German Beer Guide:

 "Hefe" means yeast, "Weizen" means wheat. Hefeweizen is a top fermented, unfiltered, bottle conditioned wheat beer with a noticeable yeast sediment and a cloudy appearance. Wheat beers are also referred to as Weissbiers (white beers) because before the invention of pale lagers and pale ales, most beers were dark. Wheat beers were the exception as the wheat content lightened the colour of the beer.

Hefeweizens are usually quite sweet and fruity, with a full body. The typical hefeweizen taste, which distinguishes it from its Belgian wheat beer cousins is produced by the types of yeast used in Bavaria. There are often medicinal or clove flavours, produced by chemicals called phenols engendered by the yeast. Other chemicals produced by the yeast, called esters, produce bubble gum, banana and vanilla flavours. Esters are also used in sweets like pear drops or fruit gums. Hefeweizens are very lightly hopped so have little bitterness and harshness. The ratio of wheat to barley malt used is commonly around 50:50 but the wheat portion may rise to as much as 70%. With the exception of Gose, German wheat beer brewers don't add coriander or other botanicals and spices to their beer as Belgian brewers do."

The Beer

Thanks German Beer Guide! I tell ya, beer blogging is great.I, of course, have some beer gut to lose, but I still love what I do with this. I'm thinking I might get into brewing a hefeweizen with my next brewed batch with Mr Beer (affliate link).Feel free to click on the banner for more details on Mr Beer.