Day 267, Sep 24 / Lagunitas IPA

Day 267 / September 24, 2011

Lagunitas IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Co / Petaluma, California

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Say "LAH-GOO-KNEE-TUSS"

I took a break from the Oktoberfest Beer Run on Saturday.  It will conclude Sunday and Monday with two beers left to break the tie.

Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, CA (north of San Francisco, west of Napa) makes some BIG beers.  Their Maximus IPA and Hop Stoopid Ale are favorites of hopheads everywhere.  We’ll consider their plain old IPA to be a gateway beer.  It’s a solid IPA, without a strong hop smackdown.

Speaking of gateway beers, I read a couple good blog posts lately by Jake Berg on DCBeer.com relating to beer snobbery.  I’ll admit to being a beer geek, and yes, on occasion I may have been slightly snobby.  But I will try to live up to Jake’s advice:

“What’s the difference between preaching the gospel of craft beer and being a hectoring snob? It’s a fine line. But if you’re making someone feel bad for their choice of beverage, please knock it off. After all, as a wise man once said, the best beer you have is the one in your hand.”

You can read Jake’s posts here:

On Beer Snobbery, Part I

On Beer Snobbery, Part II