The perfect pour

The people that invented this should get some award. They are heroes to me.

I did get the link from extra mustard at ccnsi.com. So I need to give credit where credit is due.



The whole article is incredible. I can not wait to go to a stadium that has this technology. The ability to pour draft beer 8 times faster and each pour is perfect....wow. SIGN ME UP!

Why do I crave a beer now?

NOOOOO!

Oh poor beer and a miller truck on top of it. Today is sad day, a day of mourning.

The driver should be fired!

Why did they not call me? I would have helped "clean up" (drink right? That is what clean up means)

Beers around the World - Part I

So, one of my christmas gifts this years was a box filled with 10 bottles of beers. Each beers is from a different place in the world. This is actually a pretty cool gift. On Saturday, Michelle put five of them in the fridge for me and I drank them on Saturday before we left for my work holiday party.

Here are my notes from my worldly travels:

Beer 1: Mackeson Triple XXX. This beer was really dark. It was black. I loved the taste. It was not too thick and just excellent. It comes with no surprise that is brewed in England. Those guys know their beer!

Beer 2: Kronenbourg 1664. I have had this beer before when I was in London. It was my favorite light beer over there. It is actually brewed in France. Two beers in and this trip is rocking!

Beer 3: San Migel Premium lager. We have now caught some rough waters. I did not like the flavor of this much. The taste was strong. The color was gold. It has a little after taste. It was a heavier beer than I expected. It is brewed in Spain.

Beer 4: Kalik - Beer of the Bahamas. I love the name just because it reminds me of a certain beer that you can buy at Aldi...some of you know what I am talking about. This beer was a light beer. It tasted okay. It was a stronger flavor than any light beer here but not nearly as strong as a Corona. I think the name gave you an idea of where it is brewed.

Beer 5: Kingfish Lager. This beer was okay. Again, nothing special jumps out with this beer. It is a light colored beer. Taste is pretty bland. It says it s from Bangalore, India but I think it is brewed in the UK. Kalik and Kingfish were not very different. Both fine to drink but nothing to write home about.

The trip was a fun journey and I have to say that Mackeson was easily my favorite of the five. It will be tough to beat it. Hopefully I can finish the journey sometime soon!

Beers of Europe

I took my trip to London as a great opportunity to try some different beers from around the world. I kept my choices to beers on tap. Let me say that many of these beers were just amazing. I will star my favorite on the list. London gets an A+ on the variety of just great beers they had on tap. It really puts any city I have been to in the US to shame. Anyway, here is the list of beers in no precise order...

Carling
Old Speckled Hen
McMullen
Timothy Taylor Landlord (rumor has it - this is Madonna's fav)
Carlsberg (Go Liverpool!)
Heineken (still didnt like it)
Brains Dark*** (good)
Guiness
Kronenberg
Fuller's London Pride**
Grolsch
John Smith Extra Smooth**** (my favorite - luckily it was in the hotel bar!)
Original Budweiser (czech beer)
Stella Artois
Fosters
Wadworth 6X
Staropramen
Adnam's Broadspire*** (good)
SeaFarers Ale
Black Martin (i think that was the name...)
Fuller's Honey Bee
Tsing Tao (I was in chinatown...)
Leffe
Wells Bombardier
Bread of Heaven**** (good, second favorite and a great name)

Yes, that is 25 different beers. I also tried a Strongbow but that is a Cider beer.

A+ London, A+!