The Perfect Crime

Indeed it is.

As far as sessionable (you can drink a ton if it) goes this saison / farmhouse ale totally fits the bill. It comes in at a respectable 6.8% ABV but it won't knock you for a loop. The brew pours easily with minimal head; so if you're the kind of person that absolutely despises heady beer then this is the beer for you. It has a very smooth feel to it with an earthy flavor that has just a hint of fruit at the tip and a smokey finish.

Being a collaboration between Stone, Evil Twin, and Stillwater I was expecting it to really knock my socks off. Don't get me wrong, it was good...just not OMG amazing. It did however go very well with the Breezeway Burger I whipped together for lunch :)

Flavor Country.

I upped the ante on the burger and went with grass fed beef. There was an obvious difference in the flavor with this higher quality of meat. After this beer and hefty meat creation I was pretty stuffed. A pleasant nap was had :)

 If I had to give this beer a rating (which I guess i'm doing now?) I'd give it a 3.75 out of 5. Definitely give it a shot if you come across it...but don't go out of your way to get it.

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Dogma

 No no...not the Kevin Smith movie of the same name. The Beer. It's a rare post from Mr. WeShouldBeFat

Welcome to flavor country.

It seemed a bit of a shame that there hasn't been a dedicated beer post yet. I probably drink more different types of beer than I eat different kinds of food. Anywho, on to this delicious beer. You can check out its beer advocate score if you care about that sort of thing, but you can trust me when I say it's good.

There is a smooth taste throughout when drinking this stuff. Pour it into a glass to get the full experience. Dogma has a great mix of smells that waft over you as you drink it. To put it in *non fancy beer* terms, it smells like nature. You'll get a faint honey taste at the start and a smooth hoppiness through to the finish. I was worried that all the ingredients would lead to a flavor that was overwhelming; I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was only whelmed by its flavor instead.

Don't tell Ballast Point I used their glass...

This is one of the better beers I've tried. Lately there seems to be a trend of beers trying to smack you in the face with hops. Dogma let's you enjoy its hops alongside a spicy, earthy taste that will prove a pleasant experience.

I totally don't remember what I was eating while I drank this... it was probably our Nachos. I'll let the lady correct me below if I'm wrong on that one.


~ Cheers!

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Weed

No, not that weed. Though they do like the association.

Somewhere on there it says "enjoy legal weed"

Rich and I recently went on a 2,000+ mile road trip up to Oregon. It took us several days to get there because we stopped and saw the families and camped in between, but the trip back to San Diego took us one day. One brutal day of nothing but driving. 

One of the more interesting stops was in Weed, California. We paused to get gas, Rich took a picture of the Weed sign and we bought things that said weed on them. One was a shot glass for my friend as a thank you for housesitting, which said "I <3 Weed,"and the other was this bottle of beer. 

Welcome to Weed, CA

Disappointingly but not surprisingly enough, Weed beer wasn't all that great. For a $4 22oz it wasn't bad to share (with our delicious enchiladas), but I think we both had higher hopes for this beer.

Oh well, it was a novelty idea. 

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Beer and Cookies

Screw milk. We drink beer.

This pairing is an ever so delicious stack of Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies and Hangar 24 chocolate porter. It works because the porter isn't overwhelmingly chocolatey. And doesn't it look pretty?

Because making homemade chocolate chip cookies is quite honestly too time consuming for me (and expensive, because I like to use Ghirardelli chocolate chips), and because I generally don't eat enough cookies in one sitting to make it worth it, the refrigerated packages of dough that Trader Joe's sells are amazing. They're perfectly mixed: gooey, chocolatey and with the same exact ingredients you use to make cookies yourself. Plus, if I want cookies immediately I only have to wait 10 minutes.

Oh, and I <3 porters.

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