How do I Connect One of My Favorite Cars and Beer in a Post? Glad you asked!

Okay I am a fan of old cars. I am not just a Ford, Chevy, or dodge Guy I like them all I am a fan of Cool cars. But I do have favorites and one of those is The Shelby Mustang 

I will take mine in Blue please...Oh Thank you!!!

So what do cars have to do with beer? and more specifically one of my favorites? I am glad you asked...

Carroll Shelby Licensing has partnered with Wicked Eye Products and is brewing three beers. The High Octane IPA, 

The 427 Big Block Stout 

and the Venom Lager.

 Now they are not yet available in my area so I am very sad about this, but As soon as my beer hunting ass can find them I will give you all a grand review.........

New Shelby Craft Beer

www.shelby.com.

Beers To Try Before you Die or the Beer Bucket 52 List 46 of 52 Stone Ruinten Triple IPA

Okay it has been far and in between on my Bucket list posts, but since I was running out of room and had over 5 months left in the year I was starting to get a bit more picky as to what made the list for the year. SO I was making sure I tasted a bunch and had to choose some that may not make it (does not mean they were not good just put aside for now) As well as splitting some of the seasonal beers for their own post. Anyway, this is a beer I had a little while ago. And as usual Stone never disappoints Just like their Double IPA Ruination it is excellent. Being a Triple of course you would want to say as a Hop Head it is better, (and if I had to pick yes I would go with the triple, but not because it is better just different, hell I could always drink Ruination) 

RuinTen Triple IPA is magnificent. It is a special release from Stone Brewing and I already can't wait for it to come around again. An excellent beer for IPA lovers and a great all around strong beer for anyone who wants to give it a try.

I am going to go ahead and give this beer a big old 6 pack rating,

 it is one of the better beers of the year so far. I highly recommend it.

To view what all the ratings mean go to the 52 Beers to try Before You die Bucket list page

Disclaimer I am a beer drinker and a beginner home brewer the above is only my taste buds telling me what I enjoy, it is not the law or rule of the land, these would be the beers that I am grateful to have tried before the day comes when I pass on and meet my maker.

Bike Ridin' Babes!!!

As Oktoberfest hits the Shelves Some summer time classics from 2015

Since Octoberfest is officially on the shelves and I decided not to include all my seasonal in my 52 Beers Bucket list, I figured I would share some of my summertime favorites, in no particular order just some great refreshing lighter style beers to enjoy on those swamp ass summer days. I will include all the links for each beer and spare you the technical explanation of each, only my opinion

The first comes from right here in St Louis (I know that does not help those outside of the area but if you are in town pass on AB and visit Schlafly) 

First if you are a "light" larger fan but want to try something with a little more taste to it Schlafly Kolsch is a gateway beer for you. It is crips and light I used to grab one of these after a run or walk on a hot day. You can get this bad boy year round so even in the winter if you are in the mood for a lighter easy drinking beer this is the one.

From the same brewery their seasonal Summer Lager is another great beer for a hot day, with a bit of citrus (or lemon flavor) flavor this one is a nice beer to grab a couple after being outside in the heat Schlafly Summer Lager

Now this beer has been a go to staple on my seasonal beers from the begining I always pick up at least a six pack of this every summer. Sam Adams Summer Ale  

Ranks right up there with a clean refreshing beat the heat style of beer. I don't need to say much about it other than grab a six pack next summer and enjoy.

The nest beer is another nationwide available beer. From Deschutes Brewery in Oregon Their summer seasonal Twilight Summer Ale Leaning a bit more to a hop flavor it is one of this years new finds for me and I am glad I found it..Yum!!  

Also From Deschutes, although not my favorite summer time beer, but still worth a taste (especially if White IPAs are your thing) Chainbreaker White IPA is a year round flavor that might just be in your wheelhouse.

 Deschutes never disapoints, I have enjoyed every beer I have cracked open from them thus far, so when I say not my favorite, I mean of all the deschutes beers this one is just a little lower on the list.

Another local spot for me (or you if you are in the St Louis Area) is Urban Chestnut 

Is their Zwickel Bavarian Style Lager It is a year round beer and I am not always big on Lagers but this one is tops I could drink this one anytime anywhere..Good Beer

I know this next one looks strange but at the time I tried this My son was just born. I do want to say Sierra Nevada is another brewery that never fails to kick out some greta beers, but thier summertime beer Summerfest Crisp Lager was not my favorite. Being used to the hop filled goodness with most of what comes out of Sierra Nevada this one was just a little bit of a let down, not bad but not my favorite.

On the other hand One of the best for a hot summers day as far as my taste buds are concerned from Sierra Nevada is their Flagship Pale Ale. Nice clean hoppy goodness in a bottle excellent beer

From Lagunitas Brewery Maximus IPA 

This is an IPA that is another great year round beer but also very nice in the summertime, One of my wife's all time favorite beers

And the final entry, although there were so many good beers I tasted this summer for the first time, I only have so much time in the day and there is always next year Comes from Stone Brewing Co. I have not had a beer tht i did not like from Stone but needed to pick something with a more summertime feel to it, so I went with their Go To IPA it is a year round release but reminds me of summer (so if I feel the need for a summery beverage in the middle of February I have a "Go To")

There were so many more but I figured I could make an IPA round up as another post, and although I included some IPAs I included them because they reminded me of summer

Beers To Try Before you Die or the Beer Bucket 52 List 45 of 52 Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA

I do not usually spend almost 20 bucks on a four pack, but it was my birthday I had 10 percent off with a VIP membership and I bought a few beers that day so why not? 

I had waited almost a week to try this beer that my wife actually found while we were shopping for a cart full of great beer.

Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA weighs in at 12 percent ABV 112 IBUs and clocks in as a very high rating from most of the sites. it is dry hoped with ten different varieties of hops and all I can say is this beer is fantastic...

It was like a Strong Scotch Ale crashed into a great IPA, everything about it from first sip to last was wonderful. Although I could not afford this beer on a regular basis (good thing it is a limited release) I would drink this everyday if I could. I am going to give this a full on Six pack rating one of the best beers I think I have ever had.

To view what all the ratings mean go to the 52 Beers to try Before You die Bucket list page

Disclaimer I am a beer drinker and a beginner home brewer the above is only my taste buds telling me what I enjoy, it is not the law or rule of the land, these would be the beers that I am grateful to have tried before the day comes when I pass on and meet my maker.

Tales From The One Gallon Brew....Warrior Double IPA From Brooklyn Brew Shop

SO it had been a while since I had time to brew anything. When I had the opportunity to get a small batch in knowing I had the day off and was going to enjoy some UFC fights that night I figured why not brew up some ingredients we already had (a Huge plus as I said before on the small bates grabbing a few from Brooklyn brew shop and having them on hand whenever I get the itch) Anyway we went with the Warrior Double IPA, this time I was not going to try and alter it at all but go strictly by the recipe.

Got some Water going and we (My sister in law and I) were off

After the normal brewing process and sparge I got to enjoy my new Wort Chiller (a very handy Birthday gift I received that day to help with the brew) and I can say as someone who has only used Ice baths on the small batch this was awesome (the down side was outside temp was around 95, so the last few degrees getting it to 70 was tough)

Anyway we got the IPA into the Bucket and enjoyed a few beers that day. 

The first was our very own Memorial Day Kolsch

 (Our little Veterans group brewed it on Memorial day and it was now ready)

I can say one of the two best we have brewed (the other being our Imperial IPA)

The other we tried that evening was Incredible and will be up soon as I gather all the reviews I have had while on hiatus. 

Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA (a Beer at about 5 bucks a bottle so nothing you would drink all the time) But well worth the money all I will say here was it was like a Scotch Ale crashing into a great IPA anyway there will be more on that soon.