47. Magic Hat: Circus Boy (USA)
In day two of our second heat wave I cracked open a new beer from Magic Hat. This one is called Circus Boy. It is a Hefeweizen, which I believe is a German wheat beer.
It is really light and tasty, but not at all watered down. There is not much of a head on it and it was somewhat cloudy. But honestly you can pour it into your glass and it ready to drink pretty quickly.
With an impeding blackout ready to hit the Northeast any day now, I put the rest of my Canadian beer haul in the fridge, so Ill have something to drink in the dark. This is the sixth Magic Hat beer I've drank this year.
This really doesn't have anything to do with an exotic beer beer or my quest to drink 100 different beers this year. But is anything hotter than that? I don't think so. Interesting fact. The beer they are drinking is called Spatan, its a German beer and one of the longest continuously brewed beers in the world. Thanks for that great fact Mr.Dowd!
I found a great beer distributor not far from my house. It is called Shoreline Beverages and is on Route 110 on Long Island. They didn't care about breaking up six packs. I bought two mixed six packs and now I have a good supply of beer that will last me a few weeks. I am fired up.
I'm also fired up about going back to shoreline when these beers are done and getting some more.
45. Innis and Gunn (Scotland)
Have I finally found a beer that Ani likes. I think so. What makes this beer remarkable is it was partially aged in oak casks that are usually used for making malt whiskey. The taste was very nutty, almost smoky. It is like a meal, because it is very full bodied and each sip was a different experience. It is a good novelty beer, but i couldn't see drinking Innis and Gunn as a regular every day type of thing. I kind of think that it is the kind of beer that you drink while your in a remote cabin, it's snowing outside and your chilling perhaps grilling some steaks.
44. Molson Canadian (Canada)
Molson Canadian is a very unremarkable beer. It would be perfectly acceptable at a barbecue or at a ball game. But its the kind of beer that you drink and a little while later you just piss out.
43. Budweiser (U.S.A)
I'll preface this post with this phrase ... The King of Beers My Ass!
I had a day off and was bored, so I ended up going to what I later learned was the most depressing strip club. This place is right across the street from the place where the Boy Scout Roundtable meetings take place. I always drive past it but never went in. I was right all those years.
I walked in and there was a pretty girl sitting with this big fat guy on the other side of the bar. On the stage was this really haggard looking plump girl. I ordered a beer form the older lady with big breasts. The woman on the stage was kind of slowly walking, she was chewing sunflower seeds. An aside I hope this is their b-team. The other girl is now sitting around drinking red bull and loudly talking about soccer with some guy.
The girl on stage mentioned that she was 31, just like someone on the TV. Yikes. I guess it is true what Indiana Jones says ... "It's not the years its the mileage".
Going back to how I started this post, Budweiser sucks. This particular bottle seems to have been cooled, warmed up and then re-cooled. Damn skunky beer is so bad.
42. Coopers (Australia)
Ani had gone to the new Tuck Shop restaurant near her office, which is an Australian joint. And she picked up a bottle of Coopers. It came in a really nice dark bottle, and was crisp and clear, I think it would have accompanied food really well.
