This past Saturday was my 32nd birthday. Friday night, my wife and daughter were out of town for Thanksgiving. My good friend Brotino, whom I've mentioned several times in this blog came into town. Brotino is a big fan of Belgian beers, and introduced me to a lot of good ones, so I now have a little logo in his honor on my Belgian beers.
Shortly after Brotino arrived, I took him Zipps Liquors in Minneapolis, one of the better liquor stores with an excellent Belgian selection. We each left with about 40 bucks worth of beer. As you can see from the video, we had the following:
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde - Excellent
Unibroue Trois Pistoles- very good
Unibroue Maudite - Excellent
Ommegang Rare Vos- Another solid Ommegang offering
Delirium Tremens- Always good
North Coast Pranquster- excellent golden ale
Mardesous 10 (Triple)- from what I remember, very good
In addition I also had saved some of my own Belgians, the Burning Beard, El Jefe, and Bangy Tangy for the occasion. I apologize for not having more descriptive reviews, but we kept the Bearded goblets filled and worked our way through the stock. An excellent night.
On the night of my birthday, my family and the Brotino and I went to Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis. This was the second time I had gone, the first time was excellent. This time around, the food was kind of a disappointment, but the beer was excellent. Not surprisingly, the Brotino went for their Anniversary Tripel, which was excellent. I went with the outstanding Mango Mama IPA. This is an American IPA fermented on top of mangoes. I didn't think it would be good, but was blown away by how much the mango and the hops went together. The dryness left by the hop finish is followed up by a hint of mango. This beer was amazing!
All in all a great weekend. A double brew day on Thursday, followed by a two man Belgian beer fest with one of my best friends, and a birthday dinner at Minneapolis' best brewpubs.
Look for the next post, which will be the final review of Ted's brews.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer
4 comments:
Happy Birthday!
Jim
Happy Birthday!
Looks like a great list of beer to try! Have you had any of the Unibroue Ales before?
Thanks guys. Jake- I have had Unibroue's ales before. I wrote a review of their White Ale, which was amazing, and I'm a big fan of the Maudite. This was the first time I'd had the Trois Pisotles. Excellent, excellent beers!
Happy Birthday! What a fantastic tasting. Good times!
I'll be catching up soon, in March we will be the same age.
Get the Trader Joe's Vintage Ale, it is a Unibroue product for less!
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