beernesday

just a wee one this week as i'm on vacation! beer flavoured jelly bellies? craft beer by the number? is it really the way you should choose which beer to order? five perfect pints in vancouver nothing you didn't already know in this one but it's nice to see non-beer specific publications espousing craft beer not a link just some news from spinnakers: "Not long now until you can get your Spinnakers fill at the Victoria airport. You'll find us just past security in the departure hall. We'll be the ones with 12 taps of Spinnakers beer, a locally focused wine and spirits menu and a full menu infused with our signature Spinnakers’ style, as well as Grab and Go items to take on board."

never did learn the periodic table in high school due to having to drop science over that whole dissecting animals thing but always enjoyed the concept of it and riffs on it (like the sexiodic table t-shirt i own)

pike brewing's pike ipa is next up for a tasting i love a tasting! fairly leapt out of the bottle when i popped the top but the head settled quite quickly into a manageable half inch of creaminess cloudy on the vigourous pour not a lot of nose 60 ibus 6.3% first sip is very malty so is the second and the aftertaste the bottle says nothing... the website says: og 1.062 malt varieties:  pale, crystal, munich, carapils hops varieties:  columbus, willamette, chinook, goldings, amarillo color:  amber yeast:  english ale flavor profile:  powerful malt backbone is balanced with aromatic herbal hop character history:  highly hopped to retain freshness on the voyages from england to india (not so impressed by their website actually...) definitely a more malty brew than i've been craving lately but the further i get into it, the more i'm enjoying the maltiness contrasting with the hoppiness not gonna become my favourite, but i'm not gonn...