Beer Dude: Lukcy Basartd Ale

Beer Dude: Lukcy Basartd Ale: " The mind games keep coming with this one. I only had to look at the name five times before I actually realized the spelling. Am I ..."

Lukcy Basartd Ale

    

     The mind games keep coming with this one. I only had to look at the name five times before I actually realized the spelling.  Am I really that slow? This ale is reportedly 50% Arrogant Bastard and 50% Double Bastard.

      I poured this blended ale into an English style pint glass and immediately recognized the familiar copper color brew and creamy head. Add a bright, floral hop and I might expect this to be a Double Bastard based on the initial factors.

      Lukcy Basartd was less malty than Double Bastard with nice lacing and a medium mouth feel. It is well balanced without too much of an alcohol bite at an abv 8.5%. Don't miss out on an opportunity to try this beer. Let me know what you think. Cheers.

Beer Dude: San Diego Beer Week Stone Rare Beer Breakfast

Beer Dude: San Diego Beer Week Stone Rare Beer Breakfast: " Congratulations to Stone Brewing Company and their wonderful staff for putting on a fantastic event! The amazing beer selection and gr..."

San Diego Beer Week Stone Rare Beer Breakfast

     Congratulations to Stone Brewing Company and their wonderful staff  for putting on a fantastic event! The amazing beer selection and great food on a perfect Southern California morning converged in the beautiful beer garden of the Stone Bistro. The air was filled with  live Jazz  and talk about all of the wonderful beers available for tasting on this Friday morning. This event rendered the perfect salute to the start of San Diego's Beer Week 2010. I'm not trying to kiss anybody's ass and overdo the superlatives in describing this event, but  really, it was just that good.
     Who would have thought that there would be that many people willing to drink beer at a 9 am breakfast?
I started with Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast to go with my Eben-Hazer Egg omelet complete with fresh shaved  Oregon black truffle and T&H Stone Smoked Porter smoked sausage, a great start for the morning. Then the beers started flowing for me. I'm talking about Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout, Stone Imperial Russian Stout 10th Anniversary Special Blend, Avery Rumpkin.... I punctuated some of the beers with the appetizer station having a braised pork belly with a sweet Clementine marmalade on a biscuit and the in house smoked salmon on a mini bagel with cream cheese both of which tasted fantastic.
      The beer list was simply unbelievable and the abv seemed to hover around 10% or higher. This breakfast was not for the faint of heart. I had a great time and am very confident the others in attendance would request this kind of beer breakfast in the future. Thank you Stone!

Beer Dude: 2010 Mikkeller Devine Rebel

Beer Dude: 2010 Mikkeller Devine Rebel: "Mikkeller puts out some really nice beers like Beer Geek Breakfast, Rauch Geek Breakfast and Black Hole. Add on a collaboration with Brew ..."

2010 Mikkeller Devine Rebel

Mikkeller puts out some really nice beers like Beer Geek Breakfast, Rauch Geek Breakfast and Black Hole.  Add on a collaboration with  Brew Dog and  my expectations were rising  for Devine Rebel. I have heard some good things about this beer. The time came to taste the beer....
I opened the beer and heard the classic sound, then poured a flat copper colored beer.No head, no lacing and very few bubbles. The taste was unremarkable and quite disappointing.  I'm sure after reading Beer Advocate  seeing all of the positive reviews about the beer, I had purchased a bad bottle. Yes my friends, it happens. I spoke to Marvin at Distillers Outlet Liquor about my disappointment and he told me that there were a group of bottles that were flat and that his distributor had taken back some of the flat bottles. The moral to the story is that if a bottled beer is not what you had expected and missing head, carbonation and taste, you could have a bad beer or just maybe a just a bad bottle.Life is short, move on.