A beer blog about drinking for yourself
It’s a lovely Saturday afternoon at my local beer bar (Out Of The Barrel) as I burn some down time with light day-drinking.
A very nice Session IPA from Bare Bottle, along with AQ Bev.
I recommend picking one up if you’re in California.
Few things pair better than great music and great beer. When diving into Pearl Jam’s catalog, whether you’re like every dude in the world and in a Ten kind of mood or feeling the depth of Vitalogy, you need the perfect beer in hand. I did have the perfect beer… it was called a beer.
I have never admitted to being a big Pearl Jam fan. I don’t know why that is. Maybe they are too… known. Too pedestrian. But they are not pedestrian. They are deep as shit.
Yeah and maybe that is it, they are too fucking deep.
Anyway. I am sitting home (mostly) alone on a Saturday night, having beers and listening to live Pearl Jam recordings, reliving being at a PJ show. These are the beers I had leading in and the beers I am having now while having a good time with a nice relaxing buzz:
BTW, have you listened to Pearl Jam’s new stuff, Dark Matter? It’s pretty fucking good for a band that most people would consider ‘past their prime’ and stuff.
Anyway, please make space to have some beers and listen to a band you love, live, it will make you feel better about things, I promise.
-Mikey
These are the beers up for drinking today. I will (hopefully) not be drinking all of them, but they are the ones in play.
I did a beer run yesterday so I am flush with possibilities.
Activities scheduled:
The Pales are the most likely to go. The “Fresh To Death” is probably going to start things off as it is a 5.6 alc.
Humble Sea “Boatload Of Citra” is going down too as it also looks like a good day-drinker.
Let’s hope I stay lucid for House of the Dragon tonight, that is the most likely time for the Pliny.
Cheers to you and your drinking possibilities today!
Stone has many different kinds of Enjoy By beers, but the “4/20” is the flagship of the line.
ABV: 9% | Hops: They are not saying | 12oz cans
Bought At: Madera Ranchos Market. $12 for the six-pack.
Was it any good this year? Well, yes.
Session: Drank two during game two of Phoenix Suns playoff game against New Orleans. Drank a third after the Suns lost.
Did I catch a buzz? Not really. I may have paced them out too far apart.
I didn’t mean to but it turns out I had it during its final hours of freshness:
Still , even in its final moments, it tasted fresh enough – but I guess that’s the purpose of the whole Enjoy By line of beers, ain’t it?
Oh and, I like the can art this year – I am built in to like it as it’s an old Oakland A’s color scheme, but still cool.
It says it’s a hazy IPA but in this modern era of hazy beer, I get no hazy thoughts about this beer. It’s more like an old-school WCIPA.
Albeit a little bit on the sweet and malty side, I am giving this year’s Enjoy By 4/20 a thumbs up. I’ll try to remember it for a more accurate comparison when next year’s comes around.
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