I-P-A RIVER: Frugal McDoogal's Variety Six-Pack

Friday, September 19, 2008

Frugal McDoogal's Variety Six-Pack - Beer # 1

While in Nashville the other night, the wife and I stopped by Frugal McDoogal's - a large, local beer, wine and liquor emporium where I picked up six specialty beers from their collection of mix-and-match selections.

The first one I had tonight was the"Hazed & Infused" Dry-Hopped Ale from The Boulder (Colorado) Beer Company. This is the first of their "Looking Glass Beers" which are taking a different approach to brewing focusing on an unfiltered process and a more natural product. Yummy with a capital Y! Can't wait to try some more of their concoctions.

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Glossary o' Terms

ALE: One of the larger families of beers. True ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeast. They are low in carbonation and served warm (not in the U.S. - blogger insert). Best known in England.

BOCK: German-style beer with a strong alcoholic content. (afraid to try one? what are you, chicken? bock! bock! bock! - blogger insert)

LAGER: (boo!! hiss!! - blogger insert) From the German word to store, lagers represent a major family of beers. They have a longer and cooler fermentation period than ales and are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast (even sounds gross - blogger insert). Most German and North American beers are lagers.

PILSNER: A type of lager beer, first made in Czechoslovakia in the late 13th century. (Czech out that wimp and his pilsner! - blogger insert)

PORTER: A characteristically dark brown beer of English origin. (name origin - so heavy you need a porter to carry it to the table for you?? - blogger insert).

STOUT: A fuller-bodied, richer and sweeter version of porter (created by Ireland's Guiness). (God bless Ireland! - blogger insert)