Antique Computers and Beer

This week I did my beer run at Red X, and I happened to walk into the middle of one of their wine tasting nights.  I should have known something sinister was up when I had to circle the parking lot to find a space.  Inside was a mad house.  Red X is a huge store, but it was packed with hundreds people from all parts of town getting lit on free wine samples.  I just wanted some beer. The guys from Weston Brewery did have one table where they were sampling their new IPA.  Priced right at $4 for a 22 oz bomber, I thought I would give it a shot.  Also in the Missouri beer aisle were beers from Crown Valley Brewing out of Sainte Genevieve, MO.  This is the first time I have seen Crown Valley on our shelves, so I was very interested.  They had five styles of beer plus a seasonal Strawberry Cider.  That's a pretty strong showing for a new market.  I went with the Antique Amber Lager and the Plowboy Porter.

When I got home I went to their website to find out more about them.  On the page about their beers it was telling me to down load Silverlight to view the details.  What the hell is Silverlight?  I'm not the most techiest of guys, but I like to think I know what's going on.  It turns out it does pretty much the same thing that Adobe Flash does.  And it turns out I don't have a clue as to what's going on in the tech world.  So I download it, install it, restart the computer, get pissed off at error messages, try it again, just to look at some beer labels online.  Screw it, I need a beer.

I started with the Antique Amber Lager.  I wanted something a little lighter to clear the head.  12 oz bottle poured into a large hefe glass. Tall white head, surpassing the two inch mark. The head has some pretty good legs, but when it did recede it did not leave much lacing. Even still, the lacing left trailing spider webs around the glass. Color is a clear, newly minted penny, copper. Medium amounts of carbonation activity rises to the surface.

Smell was very pronounced as soon as the crown was popped. Clean, husky barley aroma with just a hint of spicy hops. Noble hops give the flavor a little spicy tickle. The malt has a slight caramel sweetness, but over all the grain flavor shines through.

Mouthfeel is very clean even though the body has a noticeable density. I had two of these tonight and was quite pleased. Solid crafting here.