Mike Loves Beer

In celebration of the 1st ever IPA Day Coffee District will be taking the hops to their taps with a number of great IPAs (and pale ales) on tap.  So without further delay here is the listing.

• Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
• Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
• Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (rare keg!)
• Stone Ruination IPA (on Randall)
• Avery Maharaja
• Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
• Lost Coast Double Trouble IPA
• Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
• Great Divide Rumble
• Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale

The party starts at 7 pm and of course is pay as you go.  I will certainly be there to have my first ever glass of 120 on tap.  So I hope to see a number of you out there.

Coffee District
325 NE 2nd Avenue #104
Delray Beach, FL 33444

Name – Gordon
Country – United States
Type – American Red Ale

Fear the can.  But not in a bad way of course.  Too many people look at beer in cans and think it’s going to be crap.  You can blame the big macros for that way of thought but in reality it is something really good for the beer.

Cans let absolutely no light or air in to get to the beer.  While bottles will always let at least some of those in.  Plus these are the not the tin cans your dad or grandpa are use to.  There is no metal taste in the beer from the cans.

So what have we learned today?  Cans are good for beer and not to be truly feared.  You can fear how awesome they are, and for Oskar Blues, how awesome the beer inside it is.  So that brings us to today’s beer, Gordon.

I cracked open the green and silver can that reminded me of old school Philadelphia Eagles colors and poured it into my pint glass.  It is a clear red color with a slightly off white head.  It does leave some lacing along the glass.

The aroma is very nicely balanced between citrus hops and good malt backing.  I have a feeling already this is a good red ale.

Ah and the taste too is very balanced.  Your malt presence has a caramel and bready taste to it.  This is equaled out with some big bold citrusy hops.

So Gordon comes through packing a nice hoppy punch with a good malt backing all around in it.  Once again Oskar Blues cans up another winner in my book.

Once again folks do not be afraid of the can.  Go out and buy craft beer that is in a can.  You will be surprised with how good they can be.

Grade - A-

So after a very fun filled first day in Colorado we awoke bright and early at 5 am.  Our bodies were not adjusted to the time difference and it found us awake way earlier than we probably would have like.  I tried to fall back asleep the best I could but the sound of Ed typing away on his laptop pretty much put a damper on that idea.  I conceded defeat and showered up.

Our first stop of the day was a beer store at the lovely hour of 8 am.  Yes they were open.  Yes we did look like drunkards.  I have to say I have honestly never bought beer this early in the morning.  But after making our purchases we had still a bit of time to kill before our next scheduled event.

We found ourselves hungry and driving through Longmont.  We followed the signs to the downtown and historic district of Longmont and drove down Main Street.  As we drove one sign in particular caught our eye.  It said Winchell’s Donut House.

It was really cool to see a small, independently owned donut shop like this one over one of the bigger corporate stores.  It shows mom and pop shops can still survive.  The selection was impressive and they all looked delicious.  So we got some goodies and scarfed down before heading to the first brewery of the day. [...]