Marin County Brewing Stout kicks off Aaron's All Denim Party

Tonight kicks off a birthday filled weekend and nothing says P-A-R-T-Y like an All Denim Party. Aaron B, the man with the largest Jewfro in three surrounding counties, is the genius behind the event and is celebrating his birthday tonight.

Berfday kids! Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, because I'm pretty sure that's a nip-slip on the left.

We had a wheat beer from Marin County the other week and it wasn't so tasty. If this one fails as well, my friends Mr. W Turkey and his fruity cousin Caprisun are going to follow the Stout down my gullet.

I take that back, this beer is awesome! It's everything I want in a stout. This has a rich aroma with dark chocolate and nut flavors. It's incredibly well balanced. If you like dark beers, pick this up at Whole Foods. You will be the opposite of disappointed. THE ROCK rating.

That's how we roll

A small part of the whole denim group parties on! Who knew people owned so many denim shirts and vests.

All I can say is, I quickly switched to hard alcohol and sooner rather than later, the party really got started. It was wild.

There is fairly long video somewhere of David and I dancing to WHAM! that will undoubedtly torpedo my political career and mostly likely hurt my friends, after they laughed hard enough to fall down after viewing my incredible dancing. PARTY

I went to sleep closer to sunrise than I planned to, but that was partially due to a 3am beach excursion and that I had to make a yeast starter (brew a small batch of beer for the yeast to grow) around 4am. Now I'll be all set for making beer beer on Sunday. Hell of a birthday weekend kick-off!

Marin Brewing Co's Hefe Doppelweizen confuses me like a bad accent

Coincidentally for the beer of the day, all evening I've been reading about homebrewing and specifically about a critical analysis/breakdown of award winning wheat and bock style recipes.

This beer notifies me in big golden letters that it's a Hefe Doppelweizen, which is German for "Yeast Double Strength Wheat Beer" (the 'yeast refers to a specific type unique to southern Germany), but underneath that Marin proudly proclaims, 'Unfiltered American Wheat Ale."

Color me confused. So let's say, just for example, that all my impersonations using a foreign accent sound Italian (sadly). Now, if I was impersonating Antonio Banderas but it actually sounded like Luigi from Mario Kart, you would mostly likely experience a moment of confusion before calling me and idiot and laughing at me - not necessarily in that order. That's what's happening upfront. It's confusing to reference the beer as one thing when it's really a different style, but labeling your beer as foreign in order to market your product better domestically, is hallmark American (that's my sneaking suspicion). Capitalism always wins.

At 7%, it's has close to double the alcohol a German Hefeweiss has and has a very clean profile. I'm tasting sweet banana, but otherwise nothing outlandishly German. As the beer warms up I can taste the American Wheat tartness, which is one reason why I chose a Kolsch yeast instead of an American Wheat when I brewed my wheat beer, Heisenberg's Honey Wheat. It's a flavor very specific to American Wheat yeast which I personally dislike.

Overall, like it's title, the beer is a confusing mix of American and German wheat flavors that don't appeal to me. While this won gold at three gold medals at the World Beer Championships in 1997, 2000 and 2005, the brew only received a B-- rating on beer advocate. After diligently reading tonight on styles, I've learned that judges grade based on criteria and not necessarily taste. For me, this is an THE ISLAND rating.

Also, Southpark's season opener "HumancentiPad" lost me after the second defecation joke. Is that a sign of maturation? If so, then shit...don't hangout with me cause I ain't gonna be fun no more.