I am starting this blog to educate and inform the people that want to drink great beer, but have been misled and taken down the wrong route by the macro brewing companies that sell sub-par beer at premium prices. Sure we all have our guilty pleasures, whether they be Stella, Newcastle, or Heineken, but in the end it is more of the same, and if you pay a premium price you should get a premium product.
In my first post I would like to focus on a beer that may get lost in the fields of rice, adjuncts and vicious marketing tactics by the macro brewers. Tonight I was at a local downtown bar. I did not expect much from this bar because it was a hot spot among the new of-age drinkers that frequent this establishment. When I saw Stone IPA I was shocked to say the least. Stone makes incredible beers. Stone, by far, is my favorite brewery and to see a beer that actually tastes great, stays to the style it is representing, and having a character of its own at an establishment that screams A-B (Anheuser-Busch) from the top of it's lungs is surprising. Now the Back Alley in Fullerton is not the only place that I have experienced this. The Cheesecake Factory carries beers that you wouldn't expect them to. I had a Firestone Double Barrel Ale there, and it may not be the rarest beer ever made it sure is tastier than fizzy yellow Miller Light.
Keep an eye out for the beers that don't have a familiar name. These are the ones that probably taste the best! Having a little curiosity will take you down a path that you never knew existed! The complexity of beer can be compared to the complexity of wine and some may say that beer is more complex than wine (www.beeradvocate.com). Great beer is just a restaurant, grocery store, or specialty retailer away. Exploration is half the fun. The other half is the higher ABV you will probably get from this beer!
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