Mission IPA - classic tale of Goldilocks

I'm packing up and taking care of lose ends before my trip to Chicago tomorrow, so I'm going to bang this fella out and get to bed (THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID).

Last of the Missions

Well Mission, this beer barely beat the crest of the wave here. It's not too hoppy (and you say you're from California?!) but it's not underwhelmingly bitter; it has some caramel tones and body but nothing startling; it's not that bad but unfortunately you're not that good either. ARMAGEDDON rating.

Mission, you're from San Diego and I expected better this week. I mean, we even gave you the benefit of the doubt when you're first 2 beers were terrible, writing in our little interweb journals about how we thought something had happened during distribution - it couldn't be the beers fault. But like fools who blame the other guy when his girlfriend cheats on him, we should know better. You were really just that disappointing. I feel like Nev in CATFISH.

Mission Amber - my nipples are no longer hard for Mission beer week

David takes one look at the beer and deadpans "Of fuck this isn't gonna be good." HAHAHA. This is the first week really we've really dived into brewery and I'm thinking that we rolled snake eyes. 

My sign says Gerber

This beer isn't fucked though. Is our theory about the other two Mission beers wrong? We thought that it was the bottles, but after this one I'm thinking the other beers were just that shoddy. Regardless, this Amber is not a stellar beer. Crazy carbonation and it's super malty. I'm beginning to think that Mission would rather shock you (like a genre horror film) than seduce you with drinks across the bar and roses from an pestering Spanish woman. This Amber is better than the other Mission beers but still not special. My boner for this weeks tasting has officially deflated and I can only hope the New Belgium Lips of Faith will restore it. THE ISLAND RATING.

Blonde Mission(ary) UnAccomplished

Did I mention I like Blondes? Especially Belgian. No blonde jokes will be found on this website. However, see this fellow here:

Blondes have more fun, but not here

As reported yesterday, David and I think something's disastrously wrong in with the bottle/beer. Something has gone wrong, probably on the way to the store. Maybe it go too hot. Maybe too cold. Because it's not just right. Another really sour beer taste. Nothing is mentioned in the beer reviews of this, so we can only assume this is a 'corked' beer, for lack of a better term. This has become a sad week at the PlattiBrooks House of Sweet Love and International Pancakes.

UPDATE 10/5 - Wish I had two more thumbs so I could give this blonde 4 thumbs down. PEARL HARBOR rating.

Mission Brewery Hefe Hefe

Not to be confused with the Mission St based Paso Robles which we've been drinking recently, this is a fairly well known San Diego brewery. We tasted and wow! An explosion of orange peels. Not just orange, but the rind too...And then the sourness. Really, really sour. Hmmm, something isn't right here.

Sploosh

So I'm really excited because David bought three Mission beers this week and three Lips of Faith, so we're planning on tasting a flight (so to speak) of beers from two particular breweries. Great choice David. While the reviews online aren't particularly good, they're not overwhelmingly bad like this beer. We're going to taste another Mission tomorrow and let you know. Holding out on judgment until all the facts are in, NO RATING.

UPDATE - 10/5 I'm behind on my writing but catching up fast. We concluded that there was nothing wrong with the bottle, this beer turns out to be the opposite of dank - poopish. It just wasn't good. Despite a label I liked, PEARL HARBOR rating.