Tag: Review

Cigar City Brewing's Guayabera

I am drinking a Guayabera by Cigar City Brewing.

I am in Uno Pizzeria & Grill - Hamilton, drinking Guayabera by Cigar City Brewing. Cigar City Brewing is a Regional Brewery in Tampa, FL. Guayabera beer style is Pale Ale - American, with an ABV of 5.5% and IBU of 50. I gave Guayabera a 3 on Untappd's 5 point rating system.

Brewer's notes

Traditional throughout Latin America, the guayabera shirt combines style, functionality, form and tradition in it’s four-pocketed design. We at Cigar City feel the same reverence and appreciation for the guayabera that we do for the Citra hop varietal, an ingredient that imparts notes of tangerine, lime and berries to this traditional American Pale Ale. The exclusive use of Citra hops in this beer creates a flavor that’s at once unique and recognizable, while it’s dry, crisp character and moderate alcohol make it as refreshing and functional as a crisp linen guayabera.

At Cigar City Brewing we make beer we like to drink and toast those who choose to drink with us. Behind all our beer is the philosophy that quality is achieved by giving first rate ingredients to first rate people in a space where they are free to pursue their passion. We acknowledge that what we do at Cigar City Brewing isn’t for everyone, but we welcome all.

CCB encourages everyone to drink responsibly. For the TTB's full Health Warning Statement please visit cigarcitybrewing.com/ttb

Entry created on Zapier time: 2018-08-11T16:22:20-04:00

Trillium Brewing Company's Double Dry Hopped Summer Street

I am drinking a Double Dry Hopped Summer Street by Trillium Brewing Company. More hop bitterness than I expected but … delicious. Thanks Angel C.

I am in Skillman, NJ, drinking Double Dry Hopped Summer Street by Trillium Brewing Company. Trillium Brewing Company is a Regional Brewery in Canton, MA. Double Dry Hopped Summer Street beer style is IPA - American, with an ABV of 7.2% and IBU of 0. I gave Double Dry Hopped Summer Street a 4 on Untappd's 5 point rating system.

More hop bitterness than I expected but … delicious. Thanks Angel C.

Brewer's notes

Our enhanced version of Summer St. IPA features a secondary dry hopping with Simcoe which leads to a fuller mouthfeel, amplified nose, and an intensified depth of grassy, raw hop character. Double Dry Hopped Summer Street is hazy, sunflower gold in appearance with strong aromatics of pine and lemon. Bold flavors of juicy tangerine, pine resin, and green pear dominate the palate with modest bitterness and a dry finish.

We are a family owned and operated brewery in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. We created Trillium to realize our dream of bringing creative and flavorful beers to you. These beers are what we envision might have been made today, if a centuries old beer culture had naturally evolved in New England. To achieve this vision, we stand our craft beers on the shoulders of native ingredients and artisan practices, balancing them with modern-day expertise.

Entry created on Zapier time: 2018-08-10T20:02:38-04:00

Forest & Main Brewing

We were in Pennsylvania to attend a wedding. My cousin's daughter, Christal, was marrying a man, Greg, whom she had known since elementary school, but they had only become close a few years after she completed graduate school. The wedding venue was almost two hours from home. I convinced Bhavana to get a hotel room to spend the night.

Name: Forest & Main Brewing
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Beer to try: No Name, No Name At All
Notes: Taproom open for pints, flights, growler fills, merchandise and bottles & cans to go; indoor and outdoor dining on the patio and lawn. Outside food is not allowed. Only service animals are allowed. Metered street parking.

A few months earlier, we took a road trip to Hollow Earth Brewing and Tired Hands Brewing. We had fun being "craft ale tourists". It was not easy convincing Bhavna that we could have lunch at a brewery before returning to New Jersey. She loves trying new ales as much as I do. I shared my plans with a co-worker who suggested we try Forest & Main in Ambler. From the online menu, it seemed that this would be an excellent weekend to visit the brewery. The weather was expected to be cooler -- but not cold -- and they had some new ales on tap.

My sister-in-law, Christelle, called the night before and asked a favour. My brother was not attending the wedding as he's working on a project in Charlotte, NC and she didn't want to drive the distance from New York City alone. Bhavna and I agreed to meet her at the Princeton Junction train station after work on Friday, and we would drive together. Based on my schedule, we had a 90-minute drive, time to checked-in to the hotel suite, shower, change, and grab a snack with an arrival just fifteen minutes before the start of the wedding.

Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO3200), © Khürt L. Williams

The wedding was an outdoor evening affair in the garden at the William Penn Inn in Blue Belle, Pennsylvania. Christal and her husband Greg exchanged vows as the sunset behind them. It was simple, classic and beautiful.

Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO1600), © Khürt L. Williams

Apple's iPhone mapping app is fantastic. I love it. A few years ago, many people made fun of Apple when they ditched Google as the provider of their mapping data. However, Apple and its mapping partners have worked to improve Maps to the point where I no longer have doubts. It just works. I pulled up the address for Forest & Main and realised that it was only a few miles south of the hotel, in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Checkout was at 11 AM, so we arrived at Forest & Main around 11:30 AM. Just in time for lunch.

I ordered house-cured and a salad with local greens in a beer vinaigrette. Bhavna had the house-cured pickled veggies. But we were here for the beer.

I love al fresco dining. —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO320), © Khürt L. Williams

Climbing up the stone walkway of this renovated Victorian home in Ambler's downtown, I noticed the hop vines that seemed to be consuming the brewery. Maybe it was intentional, or perhaps it merely meant to provide ambience, but the vines provided shade for the squeaky yellow clapboard porch at the front of the house. Several people, some families, were sipping pints and nibbling bacon-glazed popcorn over chessboards. Yes, this was what I wanted. I imagined Bhavna and myself living in a town in an apartment above some retro style apothecary. We would work from home and spend our evenings sitting on the lawn sipping ales and chatting with others like. We could be 50-year-old millennials.

The hop vines grows up and around a trellis that covers the entire front patio. —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO220), © Khürt L. Williams
Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO220), © Khürt L. Williams
Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.006 sec at f/4.0, ISO1100), © Khürt L. Williams
Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.010 sec at f/4.0, ISO6400), © Khürt L. Williams
Forest Main Brewing, Ambler, Pennsylvania —Nikon D5100 + 35 mm f/1.8 @ (35 mm, 0.025 sec at f/4.0, ISO6400), © Khürt L. Williams