davegruen.com

Nice stout beer…  4 out of 5 stars…

dogfish-head-chicory-stout

Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

http://www.dogfish.com/

With a last name like "Grün" I figure it is now time for me to embrace my German Roots.  Last night, my wife and I went to a German mart at the local mall.  I’ve been on the hunt for a good German beer stein for a while.  Since Kim won’t let me drink from my Martin Luther Beer Stein, I needed a good "drink’n mug".  I saw a couple of steins that were very cool, but well over $100 – not within my "drink’n mug" budget.

German Beer Stein

The stein is pretty cool.  I was laughing at the "authentic" steins that said "Germany".  I’m no expert, but wouldn’t they say "Deutschland"?  This one does.  It’s a heavy ceramic stein that is very detailed.  It has a classy pewter lid that completes the piece.

One of the older Germans there said that creating beer steins is a dying art.  That’s too bad… It’s a great piece of German culture.

To top it off, I bought a case of Warsteiner beer.  It’s a very enjoyable beer, that’s smooth and not bitter at all.

It’s October now, so I thought I would try a good fall seasonal beer.  We stumbled into Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale.

It doesn’t have a very strong pumpkin taste – really it has just a sweet hint of pumpkin aftertaste.  I probably wouldn’t drink it as a regular choice, but it’s a good "mix it up" kind of beer.

Well today I received my Martin Luther Beer Stein.  Words fail to describe how fantastic this is.  The quality of the pictures on the stein is amazing.  The only disappointing thing is that the stein is really too large to drink from.  Check out the cool pictures below. 

I just won this on eBay… I am sooooo looking forward to pouring my beer into this.

While I don’t think it is exactly classified as a "stein", it sure looks cool.  Now I can celebrate the Reformation in style.

When I receive the stein, I’ll throw some more pictures up.

I found a great new beer at Whole Foods this weekend.  Since we have gluten allergies in the house, a gluten free beer was quite intriguing.  The name is great.  Bard’s Tale Beer – Dragon’s Gold.

Made from whole grain sorghum, this beer is brewed by people who have Celiac Disease.  The tagline for this beer is "Good Friends, Unbelievable Stories, Incredible Beers".  The packaging for this beer is about the coolest for a beer I have ever seen.  From the bottle cap to the label, I just had to try it…  It’s a great beer.  It’s a bit expensive due to not using a lot of crap in their beer, but worth the price overall.