Thought I would reflect a bit on a weekend full of great beer. Once I tucked my home brew in for some quality fermenting time, the wife and I headed out to dinner. We met some friends at Lolita for dinner. They have a fine selection of beers and I settled on an old favorite. Dogfish head's 60 minute IPA. I love hops, and this beer is loaded with hop character. Not the hop hammer of the 90 minute, but you can actually have a couple of these and not fall over trying to stand up.
After dinner, we stopped by a new brewery on the way home. This was my first visit to Market Garden Brewery and I came away impressed. It was a nice but cool evening and the inside was packed. We opted to grab a beer and go out onto their patio. It is a nice setting with a large fireplace dominating the common wall separating the bar from the patio. The well tended fire and finely crafted beer kept us nice and warm. The Hop Soup was very tasty. Loaded with hops but finely balanced, it was scarily drinkable. My wife's wheat was fine as well. It was a surprisingly full beer. It had a very full mouth feel and the sweet wheat flavor dominated. Would be even better on a warm afternoon - sadly, we won't be seeing more of these for awhile.
On Sunday, I settled in at home with some football and one of my favorites - Raging Bitch by Flying Dog brewery. I love Belgians and Pale Ales, so this combination is heaven. If you like these varieties of beer, you need to check this beer out if you can find it. Too bad the Browns sucked up and down the field, but at least I had a little medicine to wallow in while they did it.
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