Here we are right smack in the middle of Craft Beer Week here in New York City and Lobster and I have found ourselves torn. We are thoroughly enjoying ourselves, but are finding it a little harder than expected to keep up the pace. Since sampling the 53 beers at the Get Real Cask Festival on Sunday, we really haven't stopped. I've spent each weekday designing an itinerary for that evening. Once 6pm rolls around we're out the door and our night's beer adventure.
Lobster and I made the mistake of purchasing our passports when they first went on sale. You wouldn't think anything was wrong with this, but after also purchasing tickets to the Get Real Event we were told we would be given passports there. It's a fantastic problem to have, but now we both have 2 passports for Craft Beer Week. As this week is now more than half over, here is our review so far.
MONDAY NIGHT - EAST VILLAGE
Venue: Swift Hibernian Lounge
Featured Brewery: Pretty Things Ale Project
Beer Sampled: American Darling
Alien - Apple cider-y, not compex, slightly fresh
Lobster - Strong first taste of honey, drinkable, earthy
Light in color and clear. Aroma was apple/pear.
Venue: Jimmy's No. 43
Featured Brewery: The Bruery
Beer Sampled: Blind Bat Old Walt Whit (The Bruery was all kicked)
Alien - yellow in color, small amount of foam, aroma of nail polish, overwhelmingly sour, like chemicals, entirely unpleasant and undrinkable, vinger-ish
Beer Sampled: Troegs Dream Weaver Wheat
Lobster - light in color, cloudy, tastes a little wheat-y but with a bubblegum.banana aftertaste
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