Category: IPA

Drinking Now: West Coast Offense, Sticky Bear

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th, 7PM

A day off from work. Took my daughter around a bit. Had some In&Out for dinner (brokeass dad). Dropped her off and started a drinking session at local beer bar, Out Of The Barrel (again).

First was the “Sticky Bear” from Moonraker Brewing. A WCIPA. Enjoyed it:

Now I moved on to “West Coast Offense” from Cellarmaker Brewing (pic at top). As you might have guessed, it’s a WCIPA. It’s drinking really “hot” but it’s only a 6.3%…still good though.

Currently battling my beer budget to see if I can get myself one more beer.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (what the Internet thinks)

a sixpack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale bottles
Sierra Pale Ale, there is nothing more important

This is an appreciation post for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I feel like I can’t have a beer geeky blog without more acknowledgment of the greatest of all time Pale Ale.

Yes, to many of us Sierra may taste outdated. But it is the greatest “outdated” taste of all time and the best palate-reset beer in the business.

And as we are about to see, as Craft Beer goes, so goes Sierra.

Sierra Pale is a great barometer for how beer/Craft Beer is going. Just look at the search volume for Sierra and it totally goes along with how popular Craft Beer has been in the past fifteen years

Search volume for Sierra Nevada Pale

Yes, you read that chart right, we are at our lowest level of the Internet searching for things related to Sierra Nevada Pale. What a sad world we live in.

What is everyone asking the Internet about Sierra Nevada Pale? These are the top searches:

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Making a Commitment To Seasonal Beers

“Quarktoberfest” Bavarian Festbier from Bottle Logic Brewing

I will admit that my standard IPA, Pales, Hazzies, lifestyle is getting a little boring.

A lot of beers are tasting the same. Only an occasional standout or crappy one disrupts the rhythm.

So I have decided to make a commitment to a different genre of beer, just to break it up. And I have chosen: Seasonals.

While it is true I might try one or two Seasonals (Sierra’s Celebration Ale or some random ass Pumpkin), I would quickly go back to my IPA routine.

But I am changing it up. This Oktoberfest season I have had four different Festbier Lagers (maybe a new record), and might have a couple more.

Then it will be on to Pumpkin beers, then Winter Ales, and so on.

Hopefully this will make things more interesting. At least give me some better knowledge of the Seasonals out there and help me enjoy my hoppy beers more when I sneak them in.

Let me know in the comments if you are trying something like this.

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