A quick update on a few more beers of interest that I have had over the past couple of weeks:
Bareknuckle Stout
I had this Anheuser-Busch answer to Guiness at the Harrah's Casino in Tunica, MS, on a break during a poker tournament I was playing there during the WSOP Circuit. The barkeep seemed surprised that I ordered it and I thought I had made a bad choice, but evidently he just doesn't sell much of it here in the land of Budweiser even after I asked for a dark beer. Good flavor and finish. I think it could actually hold its own against the juggernaut that is Guiness.
Bosco's Bombay IPA -
After meeting some friends at Arrington Vineyard near Nolensville for some wine and cheese pairings, it was decided to have dinner at the new Bosco's Restaurant location in Cool Springs. That was fine with me because while I don't consider Bosco's a great restaurant, they do brew their own beer and it's good stuff. I went for two pints of the IPA and it did not disappoint. Good to see this new location in Cool Springs because at the one over by Vandy it's sometimes hard to find parking.
Dundee Pale Ale
Picked up a great-priced six pack of Dundee's Pale Ale at the Kroger in Mt. Juliet on my way to The Poker Barn for a Friday night tournament. I hadn't seen this offering before there or anywhere. The only Dundee brand I had seen before was a Honey Brown that I have not tried yet either. The pale ale was solid with a nice hoppy flavor from a bottled ale. It's brewed in Rochester, New York, and will be on my list of more products to try.
Tsingtao Lager
My wife, Ashlee, hosted her Supper Club this month and the theme was Chinese New Year. She picked up some Tsingtao Lager from China for the occasion and I wound up drinking most of them. Although my friend, Woody, who's wife Linda is in Supper Club came along and we share a love of good beer and he had a couple as well. We both agreed that for a bottled lager this stuff wasn't half bad.
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Couple of comments:
Bareknuckle Stout - You told us about getting the beer, but not about the beer!?!
Tsingtao - OK, it wasn't half bad, what about the other half?
Hey, had a Yeungling Black and Tan... well, I had three, during the Super Bowl. I noticed you have not blogged any Yuengling's. It's billed as America's Oldest Brewery and an acquaintance of mine toured the brewery and loved it. They don't have an IPA but they have a Porter, an Ale, and of course, the Black and Tan
sorry about not rating the Bareknuckle Stout. That is now fixed.
The Tsintao was not half-bad...but it was still a lager, so that gets an instant 1/4 bad rating right off the bat in my opinion.
Oh how soon we forget. You, sir, (Craig) have had Yuengling before and so have I. We drank it in Pennsylvania MANY years ago in that little bar near our hotel when we were photographing the Delaware Water Gap area. That inspires a new "blast from the past" blog entry. Be looking for it soon!
OMG, that was Yuengling Black and Tan we drank? As I recall, they were cheap and we drank a LOT more than one... Oh, my head the next day! Great memory though... thanks for dredging that up for me; my head is starting to hurt already... where is my excedrin?
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