cask night

three cask nights for me this week!

hit st. augustine's on monday for the granville island ginger

according to my server the cask blew up real good
there was ginger coating the ceiling
definitely there was a whole lot of ginger pulp in my pint
cloudy with a huge ginger nose
much thinner ginger on the palate, but very definitely a ginger beer
not bad...

and then because it was actually sunny out we stayed for more
see - it was sunny!

amanda and i both ordered samplers
bridget went straight for the backhand of god (followed by inversion ipa and fat tug ipa)

we both went for the deschutes twilight summer ale, the john john juniper and red racer raspberry wheat ale
i rounded mine out with elysian's perseus porter

deschutes twilight summer ale, 5%:  a lighter, et full flavored, aromatic ale for the long days of summer
so much body, yet so crisp and light
oh deschutes how i love thee and they divine brews!

rogue john john juniper, 5.2%:  a hint of cucumber and a sprucey note in the aroma followed by a juniper bite mid palate finishing with a soft oakiness
for me, thank dog, i'm not getting the cucumber, just the spruce and fosh darn it, i like it - a lot!  it bites back!

central city red racer raspberry wheat ale, 5%: infused with raspberries from the fraser valley, this wheat ale is crisp and clean with a subtle fruitiness
oh yeah, that's a wheat and it has raspberries in it... its okay for a fruity wheat ale.. but i'm gonna stick with the yaletown for my pink beer needs

elysian brewing perseus porter, 5.4%:  gives off a strong coffee nose and tastes slightly smoky and malty with a dry-roasted coffee aftertaste
roasty, toasty, smoky and malty - yup.  bitter aftertaste, guess that's the dry-roast coffee they're talking about... bitter

we also had dinner
from the feature sheet, which is 15% off on mondays...

amanda had the beefy biscuity thing

i had the prawn pesto feta sun-dried tomato pizza

then i had an elysian men's room red
damn i like that beer!!