Fresh Hops

Here's some hop porn for all of you hopheads. I found a guy on Craigslist that had hops on the north side. So I stopped by yesterday and picked some cones. Wow do they smell good when fresh. I'm going to dry them out and use em in a future batch.

Drinking is for PIMPS! HAHA! FLOSSMOORE'S NEW IPA

Aren't you the fancy blog page setter-upper dude who's obviously been drinking a lot more. HAHA!!

Anywho the Floosmoore's new IPA, “Ahtanumous” India Pale Ale is to die for!!!Also I got the last of their, “Lady Columbia” India Pale Ale sitting in my backroom at work, and it blows away all the previous IPA's.

So, "Ahtanumous" and "Lady Columbia" are must tries. You can come visit me any time to get a try. Please enjoy the nice little insight descriptions below.

“Lady Columbia” India Pale Ale – Fourth in a series of five – SOLD OUT
The Lady Columbia IPA (blue wax), a slightly belated toast to the Fourth of July with Columbus, Cascade, and Simcoe hops. 7.5% ABV.

“Ahtanumous” India Pale Ale – NEW – Fifth in a series of fiveThe Flossmoor IPA is a rotating one-off the brewery makes to suit the season, the weather, or just their mood on that given day. Ahtanumous IPA (7.0% a.b.v.)Ahtanum hops+ self awareness = AHTANUMOUS. Put enough of something together and sometimes something special happens with intelligence. We added loads of Ahtanum hops to this beer and the beer became self aware. It wants you to love it.

Chang Beer

There was allot of Chang beer flowing when Everton came to play the Fire. Tom and I went to the Globe Pub for a Q&A with Everton players and the gaffer. It was a really cool event. There were 4 Everton players(Tim Howard, Tim Cahill, James Vaughan, Leon Osman) and the one and only David Moyes. Although the Chang beer girls were giving out free beers they didn't like us so we paid for ours. It's ok though because we had quite a few free ones at the Chang tent before the game. Chang is very chugable. It's like good High Life.

Kabul Afgani Cusine and Mad Town Nut Brown

We stopped into Kabul Afghan Restaurant for lunch while in Madison. It's located on State st. close to the college. The food was quite good. I had a chicken curry and I can't remember what Alex ate. Their hummus was excellent. It paired quite well with the Mad Town Nut Brown from Ale Asylum. This was the first beer by them that I've had. It was a good solid nut brown. I definitely want to try more of their brews.

Great Dane Brewery Madison WI

We couldn't get tickets to the Great Taste in Madison last weekend. So we headed to the Great Dane Brewery. They have a very cool beer garden. It feels like your in a jungle basement. I had a cast pulled scotch ale to start off with and Alex had the cast IPA. Both were excellent. The scotch had a very malty chocolate flavor. Lunch was good. Although I would stay away from the plantain mash. It's just weird. We had an 8 beer flight with the food. That was only half of the beers that are brewed by them that are on tap. I am definitely going back.