Mike Loves Beer

Awhile back someone working at a bar told me that the day before Thanksgiving is one of the largest drinking days of the year.  The reason he said for this is because people dread being around so much family the next day.  Well if you are one of those people I have something just for you.

Wednesday night The Living Room in Boynton Beach, FL will be hosting a beer and food sampling.  Between 6:30 and 8:30 you can enjoy 5 beers paired with complimentary food courses.  Here are the beers to expect.

• Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve
• A Cigar City Brewing beer to be determined
• Well’s Banana Bread Ale
• Starr Hill The Gift
• Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

If you are interested you can RSVP by calling Emily at 954-899-3600 and get the price of $15 for the event.  If there are still places open tomorrow night you can attend for $20.  So if you want to go be sure and call in.

So get some good beers in you along with some good food before the big turkey day on Thursday.

The Living Room
1709 N. Congress Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL, 33426
561-742-4399

Total Wine and More will be offering two FREE tastings with Starr Hill Brewing and their owner Alan Willner this Friday.  The locations are the Palm Beach Gardens and Boynton Beach stores respectively.  Starr Hill starting hitting the shelves down here in the later part of 2009 and put out some solid beers.  If you enjoy Starr Hill or haven’t had them yet this is your chance to give them a try and for FREE!  Here are the details for each tasting.

Friday March 5th
3pm – 5pm
Total Wine and More – Palm Beach Gardens
11221 Legacy Avenue
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Friday March 5th
6pm – 8pm
Total Wine and More – Boynton Beach
850 North Congress Ave.
Boynton Beach, FL 33426

Name – Starr Hill Pale Ale
Country – United States
Type – American Pale Ale

Appearance – Poured a some what cloudy orange color.  It cleared up a bit after the pour settled.  Nice size white head that left some lacing on the glass.

Smell – Citrus and floral hops jump out at you.  Not getting much else

Taste – You get the citrus hops that include a nice grapefruit taste to it.  Some sweet malts in there and bit of caramel.

A pretty solid pale ale here from Starr Hill.  As most know from reading this, I love grapefruit flavored and scented hop profiles so this was right up my alley.  Nothing out of this word and nothing done wrong.

Overall Grade – B