New Weekend, New Beer

I didn't get too crazy this weekend, although I may have drank a little too enthusiastically at a friend's belated St. Patrick's Day. The picture has me, our friend Nate, and Christine on a couch. I ended the night funneling (the logic being after college it'll never be socially acceptable to funnel beer) Genessee Cream Ale - a beer I have long-touted as one of the best cheap beers available. It cost a dollar or two more that Keystone and Natty Ice, but taste infinitely better. Not only is it inoffensive like a good cheap beer, but it actually has some pleasant flavor.

Thanks to the single beers available at The Party Source on Erie Blvd, I averaging one new beer a day for the second month in a row. This may sound like a lot, but those seven beers a week account for the majority of beer drinking. I like drinking and TASTING beer a lot more than getting drunk, which usually ends unpleasantly anyways.

New Beers:

Sierra Nevada Stout - A great beer if you love the taste of roasted grains, way richer than Guinness (screw Guinness).

Middle Ages Tripel Crown - An alcoholic, but unimpressive hybrid of Belgian and English brewing.

Arcadia Scotch Ale - A decent Scotch Ale if you're into this sort of thing.

Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barleywine - Best beer of the weekend, tasty, about 14% abv and amazingly smooth.

Thomas Hooker Irish Red - A rich, tasty red ale, but a little heavier than I'd have liked.

Saranac Pomegranate Wheat - Brand new from Saranac, nice and not overly-sweet like so many fruit beers.

Bitburger Premium Pils - One of the best imported pilsners available, mostly because it comes in a brown bottle (green bottles, like with Pilsner Urquel or Spaten, allow skunking).

Perla Chmielowa - A decent Polish pilsner, a little more mellow than Bitburger.