One of the interesting things about the Beer Bloggers’ Conference was getting us to write about beers as we taste them. But for those of you who weren’t following along on Twitter, lets take a look at how this looked to someone following the feed.
Getting ready for some live beer blogging. Hope it keeps things interesting. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
Starting with the Citra session ipa from @Greenflashbeer. A bit more intense in the bottle. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
One thing I enjoy doing is comparing a beer on tap vs the bottle. Even though I had already tried the Citra Session from Green Flash, I hadn’t had it in the bottle.
Having some beer breads made with bud light. The flavors are pretty subtle. Would be interested in trying some with ipa. #bbc14
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
Sam Adams brought some sour beer for us to taste. Flavors are good and balanced. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
I say that the flavors are balanced here because so many sours to me are a little too intensely sour.
Kinda hard to go back to a pilsner after that intense sour from Sam Adams.
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
#bbc14 doesn't have the same snobbery as my blog. A few pilsners for the live blogging. Hoppy pils still pretty mellow.
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
I found it a bit hard to jump between styles as you can see from the two tweets about pilsners. The lack of consistency between beers shared made it hard to truly try everything.
Deliverance from #lostabbey really gives off some intense Bourbon and chocolate flavors. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
The Lost Abbey Deliverance was an amazingly delicious beer. It combined two different styles of beers and had one of them aged in bourbon barrels. If you want a chance to drink those bourbon-barrel-aged beers at home this might be worth the extra high price.
Rough draft brought their session ipa. Nice to compare to green flash session. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
Glad to hear we will be seeing six-pack of the weekday ipa coming soon! #roughdraft #bbc14
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
I have been asking the servers at Rough Draft for quite some time when six packs of the session IPA would come out so this was very exciting for me.
Lagunitas brought some lagunitas sucks double ipa. Sweetness keeps it pretty balanced .#bbc14
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
Early taste of Mexican coffee Milk stout from stone. Intense cinnamon flavor really nice. #bbc14 #craftbeer @stonebrewing
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
The Mexican Hot Chocolate style stout really tasted very different than all the other stouts Stone has put out so far. Stone brought this for us in their modern-looking growlers you can now get at the tasting room. This collaboration beer will be available in 22oz bottles in stores starting September 8, 2014.
Rogue brought a marionberry beer for us to try. Not really grabbing me right now. Thick malt flavors. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
Goose Island Bourbon County coffee stout is a delicious bourbon tasting beer. #bbc14 #craftbeer
— Paul McGuire (@pdmcguirelaw) August 23, 2014
We were blessed with so many breweries showing off their bourbon barrel aged beers. I have seen this becoming popular lately but I am not sure that you can easily go back to more subtly flavored beers after something so strong.
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Paul McGuire
Paul McGuire is a craft beer enthusiast. He likes to travel with his husband and enjoy the great outdoors. In his day job, Paul is a divorce attorney serving clients in San Diego California.
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