Canadian Breakfast Stout

Oh Canada, aye? Not exactly. Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) comes from Founders Brewing out of Grand Rapids Michigan. This is a beeradvocate world's top 10 beer as it currently stands.Here is the description of the beer:

Founders Breakfast Stout aged in Kentucky whiskey barrels that were also used by a small maple syrup maker. The beer is then aged underground in the town’s local mine. Maple & whiskey soaked wood, Sumatra and Kona coffee beans breakfast stout.

I've heard different stories on how many kegs Missouri got, but as I understand it there was some at the Stable in St. Louis and then at Flying Saucer last night in KC. Beeradvocate had some interesting outrages over the beer and I knew all the beer geeks were going to come out of the wood-works for this. I know people were coming in from Columbia, Wichita, Omaha, all over. I specifically tried not to draw much attention to such an event because I knew it would be a cluster. I was happy on how the Saucer handled the situation by selling tickets very early on in order for everyone to get a sample. At first I thought 4 oz samples were going to be too small but I had 8 oz of this and it was worth all 800 pennies.

I got there promptly at 5:00 when tickets started selling like any beer geek should. I ordered a Goose Island Sophie and found it to be slightly sour which was enough for me to pour half to a friend. I was hanging out with a couple friends when I noticed a familiar face, but it was someone I'd never met. Then I realized it was Chimpolte. Good to see another beer blogger made it out. I then ordered a Trappist Achel 8° Brune which I found to be quite amazing. Day one of October and I was able to drink two amazing brews that will probably make it onto this months top 5 list.

5 till 7 and the line of geeks began to form. I got my pours, sat down and dove right into it. Now I've had regular bkfst stout (too much coffee) and Kentucky bkfst stout (too much bourbon) and was worried this would be like Sam Adams Triple Bock and be too much syrup, but no. It was quite well balanced. This beer was very very good. My only complaint is it needed a touch more carbonation. I realize for the style you don't need much if any, but Dark Lord left a special place in my liver... I mean heart and it had plenty of carbonation for an Imperial Stout. I'd say CBS is in my top 5 for the style and would toy with my constantly changing, all time top 5 list. I'll think about it...

Boulevard Pilsner & Random Wednesday Night

I have to revise my thoughts from my last post about the new Pilsner. I was ranting about how I wish your local craft brewery would make a "light" beer to compete with the big dogs. I actually think they are making a small dent in that area with the Pilsner. Now if they would put their pilsner in the aluminum bottles and sell it at the games and golf courses I think we're getting somewhere. The taste isn't going to rock your world but it is a nice refreshing brew for the summer. They are able to compete with BMC by charging $5.69/6 pack (at least that's what Gomers was charging). I had my 5th one with a nice family meal. This picture represents just how American we are :)

After putting baby hophead to bed I was off to see my friend before he travels the world. He wanted to hit up the Republic Tigers in a free concert at Power and Light. Pretty crowded for a Wednesday. We hit up Raglan Road for a Boulevard Tank 7 on tap and then over to Flying Saucer where I had New Belgium's Lips of Faith on tap.

Lacing

No not that kind of lace. I'm talking beer lace (or lacing). Not familiar? See the picture above. Lacing is the beer head (or beer muff as Jake doesn't want to be sexist) that sticks to the glass. Originally it was noted by the sheet of lace but has developed into lines of lace left after drinking. You're not cool if you don't have lace! It is suppose to show how fresh the hop oils are in your drink. Worthog, friends and myself were at Flying Saucer last night for the rare New Holland Brother Jacob Dubbel. After a few I ordered Southern Tier Iniquity and had to capture the lacing on the glass with my handy camera phone. About the same time someone pointed out some guy who had passed out right after ordering a full beer (notice the daylight). I couldn't resist so I went up and talked to his buddies who were having a casual conversation while this guy was snoring in the middle of the bar. They say that he does this all the time and he is just power napping, but he was out for a while. Can someone say narcoleptic?