A to Z Blog Challenge Coming Up! A to Z Beer Reviews!

So like last year, I'm in the A to Z blog Challenge this year again, starting April First.

I'm going to be reviewing beers from A to Z.

I like heavy, bitter beers. I like a beer that doesn't feel or look like water. I like a beer that doesn't taste like pennies and dishwater. I don't like what they call "Fizzy yellow beer" although I will drink it on occasions when taste isn't a factor. When I'm very goal oriented, and that's all that's around, I will.

The views expressed here are the views of me, and definitely represent the views of the Brew Newb, because that's me.

If you'd like to see the beers I'll be reviewing there's a link over to the right that'll take you to my list.

Please feel free to agree with my reviews, or respectfully disagree. I will not argue. At the end of the day, you're at my blog. Just like I drink, I will blog responsibly, I suggest you do as well.

Happy reading!

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is Fantastic!

Picture stolen from here.

We had company today, and while I was out picking up supplies before they came, I treated myself to a FOUR-pack of Dogfish Head's 90 minute IPA.

I told myself on the ride home, "I will wait until the company is gone. While they are here, I will drink the other stuff I have, and... wait no, I want to do the review level headed... I'll drink coffee. ...eh... Maybe not, I'll... just... wait for them to leave...

That didn't happen of course, and I'm finishing the last of the four pack right now, so please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors.

This beer is fanF*ckingTastic.

Now, you only get four of these, so be prepared to be able to appreciate each and every one of them. This isn't a "Hey, the guys are coming over to forget about life so we're going to chug and get hammered and do keg stands!" No. You drink garbage-beer for that stuff. This is a "I want something that tastes incredible and loves me back as much as I live it."

I cracked a bottle, and poured it in my sexy Samuel Adams mug that the 99 restaurant unknowingly donated to me, (and I'll publicly deny having ever mentioned anything about it and say you hacked my website and put that fraudulent, slanderous information on here, and then posted this part of this post pretending to be me denying having removed said glass from their location, trying to throw you off my own trail ) but realized that one 12oz. beer filled a 16oz. glass poorly, and poured a bit of the second bottle in the glass as well, and then finished the bottle...

So the bottle, being my first sip: excellent balance of citrus, floral, and just plain good piney hoppy hops.

The glass: good creamy head stays with it for a long while. The hops really hit in the taste, very nicely balanced, as I said before... but it bares repeating...

My FAVORITE part of this beer is the fact that it's NINE-FREAKIN-PERCENT. That's right 9% which makes up for the fact that it's only a 4 pack, because in Bud Light standards, a 4 pack of this is like a 12 pack, and doesn't taste like ass.

I LOVE IPA, and this is what I wish I could drink all day, every day. This has the perfect drinkability, and an excellent after taste with a great nose-tingling burp.

I am currently only about 1/3 of the way finished with the 4th, but I feel like I've had at least six or seven Sam Adams.