Crazy week, weekly digest

Ok, as I’ve stated I am in my busiest week here in Billsville, so… Weekly digest.  This is not going to become a regular thing.

A dear friend, whom I had not seen in way too long, came up to the Bills for lunch.  We went to Sushi Thai Garden, the Asian Fusion restaurant here in Billsvile and had pad thai, yumm and drinks, for lunch.  I had a Kirin Ichiban, in a bottle.  Honestly, I don’t find it that repulsive.  It is a rice lager and exactly what one would expect.  Bland and yellow and not much going on. ★★★★★

Wolaver’s Pat Leavy’s All-American Ale is from one of my favorite regional breweries, Otter Creek.  The Wolaver’s line is their organic line and I like organic beer.  Why do I like organic beer?  Cause I don’t like to drink pesticides, duh.  The All American Ale is a very limited release, stuck in our region, and NYC.  Brewed with organic Fuggles and Goldings hops this is a rather balanced summer ale.  Perfect for BBQ’s and mowing the lawn.  I don’t really find any of the Wolaver beers “exciting” but they are always well brewed.  I can’t really ask for anything more. ★★★★★

Headed down to the Pit to hear a friend Gabriel Squailia read from his new book, Dead Boys, at the WordXWord festival.  Gabe was great and the Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang that I had at Jae’s Spice was great too.  Rare Vos is a beautiful Belgian Dark Ale, amazing!  It is full, fruity, sweet, dry, and malty.  Yeah Ommegang! ★★★★★

So, Thursday was a night where honestly, I was not feeling the drinking bug.  So, for a night such as this, I bought the wee 7oz. Rogue: XS Imperial Red Ale Seriously the cutest damn bottle you have ever seen.  Way more spice than I expected.  It is toasty, nutty and toffee.  Kinda reminds me of toffee crusted peppercorn beef.  No, I’ve never had that.  However, if there was such a creation, this would be its sister. ★★★★★

Friday found me making little open sandwhich tastey goodnesses.  Cheese, pork, tomato, wow!  I wanted a sassion, no luck, so I settled for the Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat.  This is not a bad witbier, but not great either Fruit, cloves, and easy down the hatch. ★★★★★

Can’t really go wrong with a beer from Victory Brewing Company, great consistantly good beers.  Their Old Horizontal is right up there.  This is a barleywine style ale.  As you might expect, strong on the alcohol.  But, for over 10%ABV, it is rather mellow.  I sipped this one for a few hours while watching a film.  Sweet, grassy, low carbonation.  Very nice. ★★★★★

Made a batch of my Mission Fig Ice Cream so… I popped open the Meantime Coffee Porter I had in the fridge.  Beautiful!  The label on the porter, if you can read it, talks about breakfast.  Good idea.  Next time, this one will be had with my oatmeal.  Perfect really for any occasion.  However, if you don’t like coffee… might want to avoid this one.  The coffee takes center stage, it is beer though and the sweetness of maple syrup and some strong malts balances it out with a nice dry finish. ★★★★★

And that my friends, brings us to the present.  As I sit here typing this I am drinking a Shipyard Summer Ale.  The aroma was awful.  Skunked and buttery.  Big fail.  The flavour is just off.  Reminds me of  a PBR but twice as expensive.  The dude does not recommend. ★★★★★

So that is it, a week of drinks.