Back from Pittsburgh, beer with the wife

Beer Log:

Sunday night

State: Chilling with some spicy crawfish

Sierra Nevada 2011 Homegrown Estate

Big big head on a kind of cloudy. Beer has a great grassy nose with some pine in there. Taste is a big extra hoppy beer. Lots of grassy hops and a moderate caramel cookie thing. I think we

accidently aged this one as I like to wolf down the fresh hoppers ASAP. Anyway, I still find it very very pleasant. 4 stars.

About an hour later. Watching Game of Thrones.

Thrash Metal Farmhouse Ale by Jester King

beer has a big yet effervescent head with a orangish cloudy color. Gotta love that label by the way. Nose is a sour jolly rancher thing going on. On first taste you notice the big carbonation and sour/saltiness. Not sure which farmhouse we're talking about here but the light candy sweetness seems to really help. Thinking candy of I'm thinking that Halloween gum for which the flavor lasts. Low 4 stars.

How soon you should drink Fresh Hop beers

Karma

ma AleBeer Log: Right now
State: Chillin out after work...

The wife grabed a sixer of some new (to me) Avery. Loving it...

Karma Ale
Low head yielding a slightly malty and spicy nose. Nice clear amber look in the wine glass. Funny how Avery can match up a "Farmhouse Ale" with an Indian type label. Oh well. Tastes like Farmhouse, some sourness, a little gritty, kinda malty as well. Everything is lightly done in this beer including the alcohol (5.2%). I'm liking the toastiness as well. 3 Stars. I reminds me of some of those beers in Paris, just a little better put together.