Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Fresh Beer and Vertical Epic

From reading tweets a few weeks ago, I think Pizza Port locations are going to have their fresh hop beers available either this weekend or early next week.  That is good news, if like me, you appreciate the juicy bitterness of a fresh hop beer. 

I also realized that it's less than two months until Stone Brewing releases this year's Vertical Epic - 11.11.11.  The deserved hype surrounding Stone's 15th Anniversary Ale made me forget this release, (or maybe it was the crappy 10.10.10).  I haven't checked to see what Belgian style is targeted for 11.11.11, but would appreciate a quad, or another golden strong ale (08.08.08), or an oud bruin or a....

4 comments:

Jeff said...

I don't think they have announced the beer style for 11.11.11, but I vaguely remember Greg Koch hinting on Twitter a while back that it might have chili peppers in it.

Beer Rover said...

Chili peppers? That doesn't sound encouraging. I guess, like 10.10.10, I'll only buy two, one to drink and one to stick in the closet with my other VEs. These VEs are getting more experimental.

Anonymous said...

I'm drinking it right now, none too impressed unfortunately...

Beer Rover said...

That's what I was afraid of. I'll try to have one over the weekend. I am dubious, but hope I am wrong.