UFO Club: 26

no I am not drinking beer one at a time now, although it looks like it.  I blog my beers per visit so when I only have one beer I only blog about one beer.  okay so now that that (ha!) is taken care of....

Anchor Christmas 2010 - 1 Star

I knew I didn't like it when people celebrated Christmas in November....yes I had this beer in November if you are wondering, I'm not that crazy. But I did not like it!  Anchor puts out a Christmas Ale annually, this brew (the 2010 brew) is the 36th annual Christmas Ale.  All I could think of as I drank this beer was NUTMEG!  tons and tons of nutmeg....so I guess if you are a fan of nutmeg flavor you will enjoy this beer.  nutmeg is also the Christmas tie in here in case you are wondering, I don't really get it but I don't cook Christmas dinners or desserts so maybe nutmeg is the spice of choice in those such items....i don't know.  There is a fruity bite to this beer as well, a cranberry or cherry taste - couldn't distinguish between the two.  (so I take notes while tasting the beers so I can accurately blog about my experience.  on this card i wrote anchor [female sign] less O.S.H., [male sign] better than O.S.H. I have no clue what that means now.  but if you can decipher - knock your socks off!)  Anchor brewery is located in San Francisco, home of the gays and a big red bridge! ...and other things I am sure, but I have never been!  Also this brewery takes careful consideration on how it designs it's bottles for the eight different beer varieties.  Def check out their website about the history of the design if interested!  Again this beer is cool but just isn't for me.  Too malty!  Too....ugh.....it's that after-taste that gets me every time, I can't do it.  I want to like this beer though and look forward to trying more from this brewery.

PS - this was the first time I used the Flying Saucer's new touch screen for the UFO Club receipt print....they have this in Houston so I guess it was my second time but my first in San Antonio! Rad!

xo

UFO Club: 25!

one random day, before going to the movies with boyfriend, if I remember right, we decided to go to the Flying Saucer.  And this is the day I had my 25th beer, which is a milestone if I do say so myself because that means that I am 1/8th of the way to the finish line of this journey.  so like if this was a marathon (which I kind of feel like it is in the drinking world) I would be at the 3.275 mile mark...haha okay so that sounds pretty pathetic.  maybe I will never compare my experience to a marathon again....never....

okay so drum roll for number 25 please...dump boop clap bump clunk....(in case you were wondering that was a written drum roll) that was cooler in my head....

(512) Bruin - 2 Stars

So obviously this beer is DARK!  Way dark so I was pretty scared. haha I don't know why it makes me so nervous because honestly I have liked a lot of dark beers that I have tried but still I freak a little.  This beer started out good but quickly turned on me, and hence the 2 stars.  512 brewery is located in Austin (obviously!) just about an hour from San Antonio so it is always fun to drink a local brew.  The bruin is pretty smooth with a rich maltiness to accompany it's mahogany color.  A good winter brew.  

okay so you might be saying to yourself, hmmm what happened to your hair?  how can you even talk about the bruin without addressing your crazy hair first?  okay so this is the truth.  i tried to do some cool hair-do that i saw in style magazine where you braid your hair while wet let it dry in braids and then curl the braids, take them out and to get a very voluminous do.  Well that's a load of bullshit.  All you get is 80's craziness.  So there you go!

yes i realize sometimes i capitalize sentences properly and sometimes i don't....it doesn't bother me, if it bothers you I'M SORRY...it bothers boyfriend but he doesn't say anything.

...because he is awesome!

UFO Club: 22, 23 and 24

so boyfriend and I found out something very cool about The Flying Saucer recently, you can actually take beer to go as long as it is in a bottle.  so we can go pick up some beers and enjoy them at home.  we decided to do this a couple of weeks ago (I know I suck hardcore and should have blogged about these much sooner!) for beer twenty-two through twenty-four! whoop!

Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA - 1 Star

Okay so I don't have a picture of this one!  I know that is two sucky blogger points in one post and I am very sorry for that, please forgive me.  BUT the reason that this beer is not pictured is because I could not even finish it, it was so bad.  Really guys, I haven't found an IPA that is right for me.  I just do not like them.    The Torpedo was very hoppy and had a cirtus-y flavor, with the horrible IPA after taste that make IPA's horribly gross! ha!

Real Ale Full Moon Rye - 4 Stars

So I have tried this beer before doing this club so I knew that I liked this beer.  Real Ale brewery is located in Blanco, Texas....just about 30 minutes from San Antonio.  I love trying local beers and try to find local flavors wherever I can.  This is an amber ale that is really smooth and has just the right amount of hops to not overwhelm my little baby taste buds.  A good beer if you are into pale ale's and are looking for a slightly darker beer that you will still enjoy!  Also, just ignore the messy apartment photo.  And don't judge! 

Barbar Belgian Honey Ale - 3 Stars

We went and stayed at some cabins that my aunt has in the hill country one weekend and I brought my Barbar with me to drink out there.  (Shout out to White Ranch River Retreat...a great getaway from the city that YOU should check out!)  This beer is kinda dark and very smooth with a sweet after taste.  I gave it a three stars because I got tired of the flavor, so by the end of the beer I was forcing it down my throat - half a beer would have been better.  But I must let you know that my aunt, uncle and their friends taste tested this beer and all thought the world of it, so it has some rave reviews.  

So I have like 5 post to do about the UFO Club so I am going to gain back some of those sucky blogger points and blog like crazy the next few days!  Oh and Happy Thanksgiving, a week late!  

I hope that you had great time.

xoxo