Beer city

Since my wife and daughters were both on separate vacations this week, I was living the bachelor life. This has meant more time for "blog research." As much fun as drinking beers for blog material can be, doing that in solitude is not as enjoyable as sharing the experience with others. Getting others opinions on the beers I like is a fundamental part of being a beer fan for me. After all, even on my own page, mine is not the only opinion that matters.

In order to consult another beer fan and alleviate my weekend boredom, I spent the weekend at my brother, Phil's house. In order to repay him for his and his family's hospitality, I brought a selection of beers that I had on hand at home. These included:

St. Arnold Santo http://www.saintarnold.com/beers/santo.html
St. Arnold Spring Bock http://www.saintarnold.com/beers/bock.html
LA 31 Biere Noire http://bayoutechebrewing.com/our-beers/biere-noire/
LA 31 Boucanee http://bayoutechebrewing.com/our-beers/boucanee/
Fuller's ESB http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=48
Sam Adams Summer Ale http://www.samueladams.com/enjoy-our-beer/beer-detail.aspx?id=8f502ab9-ac04-4799-a24e-ad4144ff5a27
Shiner Blonde Light (hold the chuckles please) http://www.shiner.com/main.php
He'brew Genesis Ale http://www.shmaltzbrewing.com/HEBREW/genesis_messiah.html
Yeungling Black & Tan http://www.yuengling.com/our_beer/
Anchor Steam http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beer/anchor_steam

Being that Phil is not only my brother, but my identical twin, it would make sense that we would have similar taste in beer. He agreed with me that the Santo was the best of the bunch. We also agreed that the Shiner light was the bottom of the list. Where we disagreed was on the LA 31 beers. I preferred the Boucanee to the Biere Noire. Phil's face after the first sip of Boucanee gave away his thought of it. The smokiness was too much for him. I rather liked it. He did like the Biere Noire better. I could not get past the lingering hoppy flavor.

The weekend was more about sharing new beers than opinions about taste. Good times were had by all. We even constructed a beer city, as one of my nephews called it, with the "dead soldiers." It even came equipped with its own superhero. I am glad to report that beer city is safe.

Cheers!