more plans, Pints at the Prado, June 12

The Beer Connoisseur Mag and Taco Mac are having a tasting festival on June 12, you know I'm there. I wonder if my little "friend" Becky wants to go.

See festivals at the upper right to get your tickets.

Week 36, Val-Dieu Triple

I'm so far behind on my blogs here, I've got about 3 breweries that I went to in Seattle and also a beerfest in East Atlanta to write about. I'm also on Week 36 of my 52 Weeks of Beer on Flicker as you can see and it's currently Week 40! Only 12 left (after I catch up on the next 4 beers. I may try to get them done on Memorial Day, not much else to do but go to the pool and then cookout on the grill about 4pm.

EABF, East Atlanta Beerfest

Took the MARTA to limit the chances of getting ourselves in trouble.

Got up just before 10:00am and left the house about 10:30 to get to the MARTA early enough to catch the bus from the Inman Park station to Brownwood Park. Ended up walking instead, maybe not the best idea, Brian was feeling the pain about the time we got there. Waited in line for about another 15 minutes until they finally let us in at 1pm. We went straight to the food and had lunch. They had lamb-bugers, quite good actually.

Didn't meet anyone I knew except for Glenn, the brewmaster at Jailhouse Brewing Company. Drank a few beers I wish I hadn't, a Gingerbread beer and a Banana beer. Other than that just the ordinary fair, A brewery I hadn't seen before, Bison had a couple of OK beers, an IPA that was good. Thomas Creek was there but I didn't see anyone from the brewery that I knew, no Katie.

American Craft Beer Week, is this week. I only found out on Wednesday and the only thing I have going is the East Atlanta Beerfest, EABF, on Saturday. There were a few things setup for the week that I just missed. They didn't really get the word out. Noticed that there were also events in Seattle.

just arrived back from Seattle, WA 3 breweries and a brewpub

I will be writing up a review of each, didn't get to do the "in depth" research I would have liked to. ie. drinking more, but I did a fair amount.

Missed about 3 other breweries that I hope to get to in the future, Pike Brewery, Hood Canal Brewery, and another one on an Island I can't remember at the moment. I've since added about 10 more to the list but who knows if I'll ever make it back to Seattle?

There's a new brewery in town...

Jailhouse Brewing Company

They have been here since about November 2009, Currently serving a Wheat, an IPA and a Stout. All brewed in the American way.

My Brother and I drove all the way down to Hampton, GA. Well I drove and he rode but whatever. We arrived at about 2pm on Saturday and were greeted but the co-owners, a husband-wife pair, Glenn and Melissa Golden. Glenn started the tour in the namesake room of the brewery, the Jailhouse, complete with original bars on the windows. Talked about all the different malts and grains used in his beers. This guy really knows his stuff and is willing to share all he knows.

We then moved to the brewing area and Glenn talked all about the process of temperature control, creating the wart and hopping. I think they have two 15 barrel kettles (mash and boiling) and three 15 barrel fermenters along with two larger conditioning tanks.

Slammer Wheat - American Wheat, unfiltered and very lager like. 5%

Mugshot IPA - an American IPA with Simcoe, Cascade and ??? Hops 6%

Breakout Stout - a Stout made in the American style. 7%?

I thought the Stout was absolutely wonderful and my brother who normally only likes Guinness like it a bunch as well. The IPA was not as hoppy as say a Sweetwater IPA but included enough pine flavor to make it very lip smackable. The Wheat was crisp and dry but just not my cup of tea. Something along the line of a Hoegarden would be more to my liking.

Quick overview of the shakedown is here --> The Shakedown
The places serving JailHouse Brews are here
The whole story from the beginning Starts Here

Week 35, Dogfish Head - Red & White

A: dark honey, reddish, off white head two fingers
S: honey malt rasin
T: malt honey
M: alcohol

Week 34, The Duck Rabbit Porter

A:brown headblack head died quickly three fingers
S: Coffee, roasted malt
T: chocolate smoked sour
M: slightly heavey sour bitterness at end

Week 33, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Cherry Oak Doppelbock

Hint of cherry and oak, not at all like the Cherry Stout by Bells which was way to over the top with the Sour Cherry.