Beer Evangelists

I picked this up in Chicago at the beginning of August. I enjoy Three Floyds beers, but this is the first time I’ve had Pride & Joy. It is called a mild ale by Three Floyds, but all the beers I’ve had from Three Floyds have been anything but mild, so I was curious how this would taste.

The beer pours a light orange amber color. It has a sweet malty nose with a hint of citrus from the hops. The beer doesn’t pour with a lot of head, but it does leave some lacing on the glass. The beer has lots of malty flavor and a mild bitter hoppy finish. All in all a well balanced beer.

It is labeled a session beer, and I can certainly see that. The beer reminds me of Alpha King, without being quite so over-the-top. I’ll definitely picking more of this up next time I make it across the Mississippi River to Illinois.

Don’t forget the tasting at Sycamore tonight.

Details can be found at: http://columbiabeer.weebly.com/future-tastings.html

I just saw this come across Beer Advocate and thought I should mention it here. The Beer and Brats Festival will be held at Westport Plaza on June 28th from noon to 6PM. The cost is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. More details on the site.

It seems like beer related festivals in Missouri are popping up like crazy this summer, or maybe I just wasn’t looking hard enough before. The St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, the St. Louis Micro Fest, the festival in Jeff City last weekend, and the Hermann Rhythm and Brews Festival on June 21st. So much good beer, so little time.

We had a great time at the beer tasting last night at Sycamore. Thanks for getting this tasting group together, Sanford!

Almost all of the beers were new to me which was a nice surprise. I also enjoyed getting to meet several local beer geeks that I hadn’t yet met. I knew that some home brewers had been invited but I had no idea what they would bring or how the home brew beer would be. The beer they brought was excellent!

For another write-up on the evening be sure to check out Jeff’s blog.

Here is the list of beers we sampled. I was taking this down rather quickly so if there are any mistakes let me know and I’ll correct them.

Commercial Beers:

• Allagash Curieux Barrel Aged Tripel
• Anderson Valley Brother David’s Triple (or Double, I don’t remember for sure) Abbey Style Ale
• Ballast Point IPA
• Bear Republic Racer 5
• Deschutes Inversion IPA
• Dogfish Head Raison D’Être
• Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout
• Fuller’s 1845 Celebration Ale
• Lagunitas Maximus IPA
• Marin Brewing Port Reyes Porter
• Meantime IPA
• Meantime Porter
• Rogue Chocolate Stout
• Souther Tier Tripel
• Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
• Stone Ruination IPA

Home brews:

• Jamie’s Maple Amber Ale
• Jamie’s Scotch Ale
• Jamie’s Rye Pale Ale
• Matt’s Anne’s Early Ale
• Matt’s IPA
• Tim’s Porter

Sycamore in Columbia, MO is having another beer dinner! Here are the details:

Monday, June 9, 6pm — Boulevard Beer Dinner featuring the Smokestack series.

Beer dinners are $50.00 a person (includes tax and tip). You can purchase tickets at Sycamore (800 E. Broadway) or call Sanford at 874-8090.

For more details, or to get the beer list and menu when it is posted, visit the Sycamore website.

What a great night of tasting! Lots of up arrows and only a few frownies. It was lots of fun!