Life has been a trip but I always make time for #beersaturday. 391 of #beersaturday is the place to enjoy some seasonal surprises!
I have come to find, being The Blockchain Beerologist definitely has its perks, including but not limited to getting paid to tour breweries and sample new beers! When I am not globetrotting or brewing my own beer, my fridge looks like a colorful mosaic of regional craft beer I enjoy sharing with the #beersaturday alliance of #beer bloggers on #hive.
This week, I am unwrapping a couple more surprise beers from my Beer Advent Calendar!!
While I often enjoy my pints at home where I can photograph them without shame, I also enjoy the Pint o' the Week on the town with friends in person. This week, we are kicking off the relationship with a new
/ https://www.towncriermarketing.ca client, indoor golf playground https://www.foreeveryonegolf.ca We provide digital marketing services and they provide the pints and golf! These beauties are IPAs aptly named Birdie Juice.Beer Advent Calendar!
Epic story short, 24 #beerologists gathered from across the province to visit 6 craft breweries in a day. At the 6th, we each brought our case of wrapped and numbered craft beer to exchange with eachother, each leaving with 24 different surprise beers to enjoy heading up to Christmas Eve. I have an unprecedented Dry January coming up so I am hoping all of these beers will cover me for the 4 #beersaturday posts for that month.
Beer 3 - Threat Level Midnight
This Black Swan Brewing short can was dressed up quite seasonally with christmas tree wrapping and present label marking it as beer number 3 out of 24. What will it be?
A black lager is something I don't normally pick up for myself but we recently accidentally brewed a black marzen I didn't hate so why not? I thought the guy on the label might have been Michael Scott from The Office but googled it just in case. Turns out I was right and this is a plot I never caught on the episodes I enjoyed.
As far as the beer goes, I have never had a Black Swan beer I didn't enjoy and this one was no different. good and malty but bright and crisp with a slight sweetness and nice subtle hop. I might have to pick up some more black lagers and ales when I see them on the shelves as I have not had 3 that were decent recently.
Beer 4 - Red Dragon
Beer number 4 is from a brewery I have never even heard of which is awesome when it comes to a case full of surprises. The label says County Durham Brewing Company but apparently they are known as C'est What and we have a little nerdy Star Wars wrapping paper for this one.
Perhaps they should have used an equally nerdy Lords of the Rings or Game of Thrones paper to better represent Red Dragon Irish Red Ale Our brewer loves a good Irish Red and I am a sucker for a malty beer on nitro so this might be good!
You will have to excuse the American pour on this one as you are supposed to shake a nitro can and pour aggressively into the center of the bottom of the glass. Once the foam settled down and I was able to top it up, it was a delightful pint. Not quite as bright as a CO2 red but wonderfully different and smooth for the nitro. THIS is the kinda surprise I was hoping for in this advent calendar collection of surprise beers.
#BEERSaturday!
I am about to have 30 days without a beer so I am not risking skipping any before dry January hits.
Join me, 
Cheers to our global family of beer drinkers!!
