Hotly Anticipated Weihenstephan-Sam Adams Infinium is the real Champagne of Beers. Have I mentioned champagne is not my favorite?

Merry Christmas to all! Unless you hate and/or have no affiliation with this Christian holiday, then Seasons Greetings asshole.

Sam Adams teamed up with the oldest brewery in the world which is located in Germany, Weihenstephaner, to create a fairly new style of beer that's gaining popularity, Champagne Beer.

Lakers are losing big, hence, celebration is in order and I have just the right beverage 

It cost $20. I also don't like it. It's unique and is certainly a well crafted beer. However, this collaboration isn't as complex as the Brooklyn-Schneider brew which knocked the pants off me yesterday. The Infinium poured with super heavy carbonation and smells as malty as it tastes. I suppose what surprised me so much was the abscence of hops in this beer. It's overwhelmingly malty and tastes of apricot. Color me unimpressed.

Btw, the pilsner glasses you see in all the pictures this week with my/dad's initials frosted into them, wanna guess how long my parents have had them? They were a wedding present. They've been married 42 years. Isn't that sumpthin?! I had no idea until my dad casually mentioned that and it blew my mind.

Conclusion: Me and my brother Warren (chocolate santa car pictured above) both like the Brooklyn-Schnieder Weissbock we drank yesterday much more. The Infinium lacks complexity and is way too malty for my taste. Was worth the 20 dollar price tag? Nopers. ARMAGEDDON rating.

Put some Abita Andygator in my Chex mix

About to walk out the door at 8:45 and Walker calls me back to grab today's beer. A helles dopplebock, this is much more on the dopplebock track that I enjoy. The Weihenstephaner Doppler from Wednesday was way too dark for my liking. That being said, there's still a pretty unique nuttiness to the big fat sweet middle of this beer. My glass smells a lot like cereal. It's almost a yeasty taste, can't quite ID it. It's kinda like drinking a beer made out of corn chex. If this wasn't so strong, it might be a good light summer beer.

This beer is River Phoenix brought back from the dead. Distinctively blond, but not a blond. Difficult to pin down, from a "granola" background but fighting to be defined by a distinct liberal character.

Weihenstephaner Korbinian - Yes, That Famous Neurologist

To my surprise, I am continuing the unprecedented run of German brewed beers named for obscure German figures with the Weihenstephaner Korbinian. Korbinian Brodman (1868-1918) was a German neurologist who became famous for his definition of the cerebral cortex into 52 distinct regions from their cytoarchitectonic (histological) characteristics.

Remember the PSA: "The More You Know...Knowledge Is Power!" Not always true. This is proof. By reading the above you either A). Forgot it immediately, or B). Actually learned a completely useless fact therein allowing an important thought to evaporate into the ether. I find it interesting that German born Frederick J. Miller, Adolphus Busch and Adolph Herman Joseph Coors forwent naming culturally significant biers that are only cool if you're a librarian or teacher in order to name mass-produced and universally accepted beer after themselves. It's very...'American.'

Now here's a picture proving that someone shouldn't quit their day job to become a professional blackberry photographer.

Michael J. Fox took this blurry pic

We drank the Korbinian at Sara P's house, where she made a traditional Jewish New Year meal that delightfully acquiesced my hunger. The bier has a sour malt smell and the taste is an avalanche of malts followed by nut and coffee. Accordingly, I'm generally not a big fan of really dark biers, but if you like dark bier you might enjoy. For me, it's an ARMAGEDDON rating.

שָׁלוֹם Weihenstephaner Korbinian

Happy Jewish New Year! Drinking another Wiehenstephaner at Sarah P's for a Rosh Hashana party. Bagels, honey and apples, lox, veggie plate, the works (I guess? It's my first time).
The Weihensteph is pretty dark for what I would consider a good doppelbock. It's not very heavy in either the sweet spicy or malty caramel chocolate direction, pretty balanced and easy going. I prefer the Aventus.
This beer is Woody Allen because he's Jewish and only some of his movies are good (Aventus). Some of them are kinda dark and kinda suck.

Weihenstephaner Festbier, LABOR DAY begins

In honor of uber efficient Germans and lazy drunk Americans, over Labor Day I am continuing the German beer theme which began Tuesday at Library Ale House. I picked up a wheelbarrow's worth of German bier at Beverage Warehouse, thanks to my half-day Friday and enjoyed the fruits of my labor (or lack thereof) catching up on Rescue Me. It's melodramatic at times but Leary is the shit.

Texas Longhorns are #5 baby!

Weihenstephaner is the same brewery from Tuesday's post and this is their Marzen, or festival beer (like Oktoberfest). Marzen means 'March' and usually applies to a beer brewed in the late spring to use up the last of the previous fall's hops and malt before brewing ceased for the summer. Efficient, right? It's been around a while, since the 1860's (interestingly Oktoberfest started in 1810). The beer is a lager and has nice gold coloring. The idea of a Marzen is to be all about the malt, but balance the bier out with hops. Z malts were there but the hops didn't check in. It has good drinkability though and I could be persuaded to drinks 3 steins of this before lunch in late September/early October in Munich. 3 steins = 9 beers and would be apocalyptic for me; accordingly, ARMAGEDDON. 

Weihenstephaner Vitus, Where Have You Been?

We went to Library Ale House to celebrate Jay's soon-to-be-departing presence and encountered a beast of a beer (and glass, which I hope to collect many of someday). Introducing, the Weihenstephaner Vitus.

This beer goes up to 11

I say introducing because I've haven't seen it in bars before (maybe I'm blind), though it should be because this beer is fantastic. It's a strong wheat beer, which basically translates to a hefeweizen that has a higher than normal alcohol content, hence the 'strong.' It is full bodied and has an excellent flavor profile. There are hints of banana and actually tastes sweeter than most hefes. This beer I wanted more and more of. Thankfully, my inhibitions were on sabbatical and I made the most of a delicious night.

Though I didn't know ye before, I'm glad I do now because this is one of the BAD BOYS.