Category: Gose

JoJo Bean – Coffee Porter

 

  • TYPE: Coffee Porter 
  • BREWERY: 81 Bay Brewing Company
  • LOCATION: Tampa, FL
  • CONTAINER: 12 oz Can
  • COST: Around $10/six of cans
  • ABV: 6%
  • RATING: 4+ Swigs
  • REVIEWED BY: Whav

It was a cold day in Florida–– but let’s put this into perspective––  the temperature dropped to 72F.  I was replacing a boat horn in my Martini Launch which was up on the lift while being pestered by a pair of boat-tailed grackles who decided to build a nest next to one of the lift motors.  I could tell they didn’t like me here by how they sneaked up on me and chatted in my ear.  They were messing with me, but they should have thought about that before building a nest where they did.  I ignored them and wished they would do the same.  I don’t blame them for being persistent because earlier in the day I saw a crow swoop in while they were both away and it plucked a newborn from the nest and stole off.  Stupidly the crow returned for more, but the boat-tails did a number on it, pecking away at it in flight and dropping some fearers in their attack.

I needed some mounting screws and headed back inside, just in time because it began to rain and if you are not familiar with rain at 27.0595° N 80.1364° W, this rain is usually heard before it arrives, often mistaken for the rumble of a distant freight train.  This rain can bend light.  It was also late in the day and the grandfather clock in the hallway struck up a conversation telling me it was five o’clock.  I nodded in reply and headed for the garage stash of local brews.  I looked over the cache and feeling the chill and dampness,  I selected the JoJo Bean Coffee Porter.  It was a perfect selection: Smooth, with hints of chocolate laced up nicely with a brew of Lucky Goat Guatemalan beans.  This is the kind of beer that could drown out a hard rain.

 

THEIR STORY:  Beer for people who love beer.

 

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Stove Pipe TEN FIDY

  • TYPE: Imperial Stout (Aged in Burbon Barrels)
  • BREWERY: Osaka Blues Brewery
  • LOCATION: Longmont, CO
  • COST: Can’t remember: bought two 32 oz Cans.
  • ABV: 12.9%
  • RATING: 4+ Swigs
  • REVIEWED BY: Dave

Somewhere in here is a review.  I last remembered pouring a beer, what seemed to be the impossibility of blackness into a glass, so thick I could cut it with a pair of tin sheers and nothing less.  The taste was rich.. I mean really rich… coffee laced, bourbon traced.  One of the best stouts I have ever had.  It felt more like a transfusion and made me say crazy things, like:  “Crack the salt and behave!

THEIR STORY:  This dog’ll hurt

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Key West Sunset Ale

  • TYPE: Amber Ale (American)
  • BREWERY: Florida Beer Company
  • LOCATION: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • CONTAINER: 12 oz Bottle
  • COST: UKNOWN – Came in a sample 12-pack for $10.99
  • ABV: 4.8%
  • RATING: 4 Swigs
  • REVIEWED BY: Dave

I wasn’t looking for a tee-shirt when I entered a bar with no walls and no chairs.  I guess they don’t want people to stay around, drinking all day, but the collection of lopsided folk in this place looked like they have been standing all day and drinking, keeping me in fine company.

A pretty gal, older, behind the bar with twin grey braids and a dusty voice asked me what I wanted when I approached the bar made from driftwood.  Funny… all I saw behind her was an assortment of the same thing and only one thing.  Key West Sunset Ale.

Not sure how to answer her question, I put on a lost French accent.

“What eye want and what ziu serve are not za same sing, so I will ave what ziu serve,” I said raising one brow and slowly ranked her from head to waist trying to make out the writing on her tee-shirt: Beer Of The Conch Republic, then returned my stare into the sliver of her green eyes.  She was skeptical of me now but still exquisite as she reached into the cooler below and pulled a bottle from a wrist deep bath of ice then popped the cap with the church key dangling around her neck before sliding the bottle my way.  No words were needed after that; the beer did all the talking, surprising me with its rich clean amber taste and lure of caramel with a bold hop finish–what  I imagine a bee feels like after tasting honey for the first time.  And speaking of honey, she could tell that I was liking the beer or liking her or liking both and maybe I was to all of that and maybe the beer was doing all the talking.

We’ll see when the joint closes and I place my Vespa keys on the bar…..  Worst case scenario, I’m leaving with a case and a tee shirt.  Yeah…. I’m a fan.

THEIR STORY:  Beer Of The Conch Republic

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Jammer

  • TYPE: Gose
  • BREWERY: Sixpoint Brewery
  • LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY / Memphis, TN
  • CONTAINER: 12 oz Can
  • COST: Paid $10.21 for (6) separate  beers ($1.70/can/bottle), Wegmans
  • ABV: 4.0%
  • RATING: 4+ Swigs
  • REVIEWED BY: Dave

If there is such a thing as the cocktail of beers, then this fits. With the flip of the tab and woosh of effervescence, the smell of the sea with fields of coriander lining the littoral zone come to mind and you immediately want to wear an ascot and say things like, “Bully… there I was, staring down the yolk of an empty slingshot into the eyes of a charging meerkat… what was I to do? So I did what any man would do.. I danced the dance of dances, arresting the charge of the meerkat until it fell soundly asleep in my lap.”

But this is not the beer you will drink all night, but one you might start with upon the threshold of an epic evening about to unfold. They suggest serving this in a glass, and I agree.. a short tumbler would be perfect.

THEIR STORY:

This Ale was brewed with hand-harvested sea salt and coriander. This Schewe, the rhythmic rocking, and that aroma. We’re talking about the ebb and flow of tides here… ahhh, that glorious brine! Gnarly waves, shooting off mist, just tangy enough to tingle the tastebuds. JAMMER! Let it rip.

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