Day 268 / September 25, 2011
Flying Fish Brewing Company
/ Cherry Hill, NJ
|
A
|
NG
|
P
|
G
|
VG
|
O
|
Who gives a Flying Fish?
The last American beer in the Oktoberfest Beer Run was OktoberFish from
Flying Fish in New Jersey.
Now I’ve had several beers from FF before, and most were pretty good, so
I thought this could be a strong finish to the USA’s showing in the Beer
Run. Not so much.
While it had a nice deep amber color, the taste was lacking. I really couldn’t get past the sweetness of
the beer. I’m still sitting her in my
chair making that sound – how do you spell that sound when you’re trying to get
a taste out of your mouth? Myah? Ntah?
So the USA ends with a cumulative score of 36. Germany needs a Passable tomorrow for a tie,
and a Good for a win. Can they pull it
off? Stay tuned! Same Beer-Time, same
Beer-Channel!
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
USA
|
||
|
Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Stoudt’s Oktober Fest
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
Duck-Rabbit Marzen
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
Ayinger Oktober-Fest Marzen
|
|
VG
|
8
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Erdinger Oktoberfest
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Shiner Oktoberfest
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
P
|
4
|
|
Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brooklyn Oktoberfest
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
VG
|
8
|
|
Victory Festbier
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
VG
|
8
|
|
Weihenstephaner Festbier
|
|
G
|
6
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Flying Fish OktoberFish
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
P
|
4
|
|
TOTALS
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
36
|
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:
