The Brü Revü – Mission Street India Pale Ale

We just returned from our trip to San Diego and the Mission Street India Pale Ale was my first West Coast IPA of the trip.  My wonderful wife grabbed it for me on a quick trip to Trader Joe’s and at $5.99 a six pack it was hard to pass up.  The beer had all the classic IPA notes with piney citrusy hop aromas and a good hoppy bitterness with a malty background keeping it well balanced.  All in all, a very drinkable beer at a great price, and I had several while our gracious host grilled us a delicious Tri Tip (a West Coast brisket).   Check out the photo with my buddy’s orange beach mobile in the background.  I called it the Orange Crush, but he prefers Agent Orange….   ahhh I miss the weather already.

Mission Street India Pale Ale

Beer Bums Meeting - July 2011 - Canned Beer

The July meeting of the Bums, Canned Beer.  Oskar Blues was well represented along with the Fire Eagle IPA from the new Austin Beerworks.  There is definitely a good selection of craft beers in a can with the Old Chub being a favorite of this meeting.

The beers:

Austin Beerworks Fire Eagle IPA

Oskar Blues Old Chub

Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

Oskar Blues Mamas Little Yella Pils

Maui Brewing Mana Wheat

Big Sky Montana Trout Slayer Ale

 

For next month, August - Beers of the Gulf Coast.

Beer Bums Meeting - June 2011 - Lagunitas

The June meeting of the Bums, Lagunitas Beers. Lagunitas beers are all very good not a bad one in the bunch.

The beers:

Lagunitas Maximus

Lagunitas India Pale Ale

Lagunitas Censored Rich Copper Ale

Lagunitas New DogTown Pale Ale

Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale

This is my first post, so bear with me while I try to figure this blogging thing out!