Tonight wanting some good beer, I swung by the house and picked up Sol. We headed over to Ralph's and I stood in front of the beer section for 5-10 minutes, back and forth, this one or that one... Lots of Stone, saw a New IPA from Widmer that I tried the other day called Dead Lift that's pretty good (I tried it at Stadium Sports Bar). I also saw a new brand called Moe's Backroom from Wisconsin. Very intriguing since I am a huge Simpson's fan, hehehe. Who didn't want a flaming Moe???? I finally landed on
Stone Levitation Ale, a beer i'd tried at the Brewery but didn't remember too much and "
La Fin du Monde" also known as the End of the World....oohhhhhhhh yea you know this is about to get good!
I digress to Moe's Backroom for a minute, once I got home I checked it out on
Beer Advocate, widely known for rating beers, gave them a "C' on two different types of beer. However, since I like to formulate my own opinions I might give it a try anyways. Even though nothing good ever came from Wisconsin...nudge*nudge*
I will start with Stone, a brewing company that's gained quite a bit of popularity over the last 5 years. After working in the industry in San Diego for almost 6 months now it has come to my attention that there are TONS of breweries here in San Diego, Stone just happens to be one of the largest and biggest distributors. Basically, they're damn good business people. But if you go into the right pub or store you can find an abundance of GREAT San Diego beer, I'm talking 20+. It amazes me how the craft beer business has taken off over the last few years. I lllllove it! Anyways, if you want to know about the Levitation Ale, it was good, not too hoppy but it definitely could stand up to some spicy food or some good short ribs. Sorry if I wasn't too descriptive but it's Stone, it's a go to beer. For those of you outside of Cali, that only have access to Stone Pale Ale and Stone IPA, sucks to be you.
On to the End of the World...
Made by Unibroue, not Uni-brow, pronounced... shit I don't know how its pronounced, I couldn't even find it on the Internet, if you can speak french I think it's french. This beer is Canadian. Characterized as a Belgian Strong Ale this beer packs a punch. Judging from the look of it you would never know it's a whopping 9%. Here's a beer secret, the color of the beer has nothing to do with the alcohol content, though many times there is a correlation, it's not a rule. The bottle you might be able to read says
triple fermentation. What does that mean you ask? It means they get rid of all the bad stuff 3 times and kept all the good stuff. Click on the link above if you want a more scientific answer. If you take a big drink of this and let it fill your mouth it makes everything tingle. Or maybe its the Habanero jam I'm eating...at any rate this 25 oz bottle of beer was $7.99, yes people good beer costs money just like good wine. Not a very well known beer this is a winner in my eyes.
Hope you guys enjoyed, PEACE!
