Our second vehicle rental was to travel for a two-day getaway at a friend's place south of the city. While we had the car, we did a bit of shopping stopping at the local liquor store. Among our purchases was a selections of beers intended for a beer tasting with friends. We ran out of time.
A few weeks later schedules got coordinated and we gathered in the man cave for an enlarged event. CJ's original 6 beers had ballooned to 18. A good time was had by all. Nothing like good beer, Aussie snags (sausages), harissa flavored bar snacks and good friends to guarantee a good time.
The event began with a shocker. That red thing on the right is a hibiscus sour. CJ doesn't like that form of beer. At least not until now.
We tasted the beers in pairs, mostly due to shortage of appropriate glasses. After two rounds, we dispensed with the flight by flight pictures. The evening's tour went through the US, UK, Mexico, Belgium, and Australia. It spanned flavor profiles from sour to pale ale Irish ale, Trappist ale, dark ale, porters, and an array of stouts. A nitro chocolate stout from Rogue was surprisingly good. We ended the evening with a killer stout from the local brewery, Little Bang.
During this tomfoolery, the ladies were enjoying champagne, wine and their own fun girl talk.
Plans are afoot for a sequel with more brews and more mates.
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