Thursday, May 29, 2014

Beer Inventory - Yeah...I'm Boasting About It...Is That So Wrong?

This coming Saturday, we're having a "Clear the Beer Fridge" party.  It's summertime, and we have way too many porters and stouts in the fridge; we need help making room for all those delicious summer-refreshing beers I just know are filling the shelves down at the Argonaut (our favorite beer store).

In preparation for the party, I did an inventory of what we have on the shelves: 174 beers.  174!

Here's the inventory (B is for bomber).

Brewery Brew Type Number Size
21st Amendment Hop Crisis IPA 1
Alaskan Amber Amber  2
Alaskan Smoked Porter Porter 1 B
Alaskan Pumpkin Porter Pumpkin Porter 1 B
Allagash Four Belgian Quad 1 B
Allagash Victor Belgian Strong Pale Ale 1 B
Allagash Curieux Belgian Trippel 1 B
Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider 2
Augustiner-Bräu Wagner Edelstoff Dortmunder 3
Avery Hog Heaven Barley Wine 1 B
Avery Maharaja DIPA 1 B
Avery Rumpkin Pumpkin Ale 1
Backcountry Porter Porter 1 B
Bayhawk Chocolate Porter Porter 1 B
Bear Republic Racer X DIPA 1 B
Beer Here Kremlin Crude Russian Imperial Stout 1 B
Black Sheep Holy Grail Black Knight Dark Ale 1
Bonfire Demshitz American Brown Ale 3
Boulevard Chocolate Ale Herb/Spice Beer 1 B
Boulevard Mid-Coast IPA IPA 1
Boulevard Westside Rye Ale Rye Beer 1
Boulevard Wheat Wheat 2
Boulevard 80-Acre Wheat 2
Breckenridge Stranahan's Well Built English Bitter 1 B
Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal Stout 4
Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale 4
Brouwerij St. Bernardus Abt 12 Belgian Quad 1
Brouwerij van Honsebrouck Kasteel Rouge Fruit 1 B
Clown Shoes Very Angry Beast American Imperial Double Stout 1 B
Clown Shoes Genghis Pecan American Porter 3 B
Cölner Hofbräu Früh Früh Kölsch 3
Crazy Mountain Mountain Livin' IPA 2
Deep Ellum Double Brown Stout Baltic Porter 4
Deschutes Black Butte Porter Porter 3
Dogfish Head Fort Fruit 1 B
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale Pumpkin 1
Dry Dock Apricot Fruit 4
Dry Dock Imperial Pumpkin Pumpkin Ale 2 B
Fort Collins Maibock Maibock 1 B
Full Sail BBA Imperial Stout Imperial Stout 1 B
Fuller's London Porter Porter 2
Game 6 Sofa Bee Amber/Wit 6
Great Divide Nomad IPA 1
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 2
Green Flash Black IPA Black IPA 1 B
Guinness Harp Lager 4
Jester King/Mikkeller Drinkin' in the Sunbelt American Pale Wheat 1 B
Keegan Ales Joe Mama's Milk Milk Stout 1
Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Lager 2
Lakewood Temptress Milk Stout 3
Lazy Magnolia Black Creek American Imperial Double Stout 1
Left Coast Barrel Aged VooDoo American Stout 1 B
Left Hand Oktoberfest Marzen 1
Left Hand Milk Stout Milk Stout 2
Mikkeller Big/Worse Barley Wine  1
Moylan's Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale 1 B
New Belgium Rolle Bolle Belgian Pale Ale 5
New Belgium Lips of Faith - Cascara Quad Belgian Quad 1 B
New Belgium Pumpkick Pumpkin Ale 1
New Belgium Accumulation White IPA 2
Oskar Blues Deviant Dales American IPA 1
Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale IPA 3
Pike 5X Stout 1 B
Rahr & Son's BBA Winter Warmer Winter Warmer 1 B
Renegade Hammer & Sickle Russian Imperial Stout 3 B
Res Ipsa Tyler's Home Brew Sour 1
Rio Grande Rancho Verde Chili  Chili  2
River North Barrel Reserve 2013 American Strong Ale 1 B
River North Anniversary Ale (1) Russian Imperial Stout 1 B
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout American Imperial Double Stout 1 B
Rogue Chocolate Stout American Stout 1 B
Russian River Pliney the Elder IPA 1
Saint Arnold Bishop's Barrel 6 American Imperial Double Stout 1
Sam Adams Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout 1 B
Santa Fe BBA Kickin Chicken Barley Wine 1 B
Santa Fe Black IPA Black IPA 4
Santa Fe Happy Camper IPA 4
Santa Fe Oktoberfest Marzen 1
Santa Fe Saison 88 Saison 3
Shipyard Smashing Pumpkin Pumpkin 1 B
Shorts  Pontius Road Pilsner 1
Southern Tier Choklat American Imperial Double Stout 1 B
Southern Tier Pumpking Pumpkin 1 B
Southern Tier Warlock Pumpkin 1 B
Speakeasy Prohibition Amber/Red Ale 2
Speakeasy Scarlett Amber/Red Rye 1
Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA 3
Strongbow Apple Cider 4
Twisted Pine Ghost Face Killah Chili  1
Upslope Imperial Pale Ale DIPA 2
Upslope Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin 2
Wasatch Ghostrider White IPA 4
Wells & Young Sticky Toffee Pudding English Bitter 1
Widmer Brothers SXNW Strong Ale 1 B
Woodchuck Smoked Apple Cider 1 B
Wynkoop Silverback IPA 4
Wynkoop Pumpkin Pumpkin 1 B
Wynkoop B3K Schwarzbier 3
174

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Eat Yeast To Prevent Getting Drunk ... Followup

I still hadn't gotten around to testing the yeast theory presented by Jim Koch of Sam Adams Beer.  Then I saw an article that looked into the "myth"

Can Yeast Really Keep You From Getting Drunk?

The article seems pretty thorough and it seems yeast might help.  The two best groups of people the article said it might help are lightweights and secret agents.  I am neither, but of course, the only way to know if it works for you is to try it!

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Beer-Soaked Grilled Cheese

I received an email from CraftBeer.com today and it referenced a recipe for beer-soaked grilled cheese and I was immediately interested.  Turns out this is a really interesting grilled cheese sandwich.  First you make french toast (where you get to use beer) and then use those pieces of toast to make a grilled cheese sandwich. Originally I wondered how you soaked the bread and how it would have any structural integrity to make a sandwich or be grilled.

Beer-Soaked Grilled Cheese

I know I will be making one of these soon!

Enjoy

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

How To Talk Like A Beer Snob: A Beginner's Guide

I saw this posted on Facebook and I HAD to read the article.  Turns out to be funny and nothing you would want to actually learn.  It will make you think about some of the things you say.

How To Talk Like A Beer Snob: A Beginner's Guide

So, have you said any of these?