UFO Club: 27, 28 and 29

I have no pictures of the beers, but here is me on the day I drank them!

Hoegaarden White - 5 Stars

Yum!  This was a good wheat beer.  It is served with an orange and looks very similar to Blue Moon in that regard.  But it is much better than Blue Moon, which I am not a fan of.  It is a very smooth beer and smells very good and fragrant of the orange.  The beer is very yellow and is bigger than your average beer at 11oz.  Definitely recommend this one to everyone.  I want more in fact!

St. Bernardus Christmas Ale - 4 Stars

Okay - first things first.  If I was ever going to go somewhere and knew that I would only be able to have one beer, this would be it.  Why?  Because it has the alcohol content of two beers at 10 ABV!  You can double time it while maintaining some class with this beer.  It is dark but delicious.  It also has that spice-y thing going for it that a lot of Christmas beers have.  Very good!

Shiner Holiday Cheer - 5 Stars

This was a great beer day.  I enjoyed all my beers which I rarely ever do.  Shiner Cheer is once again dark but not to thik and smoother than you would like by it's color.  The Shiner brewery is only about an hour away from San Antonio and I do plan on visiting it with boyfriend some time.  I once got a chance to go in college as a chemistry club field trip, but I didn't.  Yes, I was in the chemistry club, and what? haha but yea I want to go now that I am a beer drinker and see what it is all about.

PS - My friend Jennifer asked me if I even like beer after reading my blog. haha, it's funny that this would be the next post where I genuinely like all the beers I had.  Jennifer - I do like beer! See!

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

UFO Club: 19, 20, 21

A couple of weekends ago boyfriend and I went to my hometown for a birthday party and since there is a Flying Saucer in Houston, of course we had to stop by and this is where I enjoyed beer 19, 20 and 21.  I had never, ever, been to a bar in downtown Houston but it was quite fun!

Flying Dog Raging Bitch 3 Stars

What a name right? haha gotta love it!  I must say that a uniquely named beer is quite intriguing when looking for a beer to try from the list.  And this one turned out okay.  It was a strong IPA flavor and after taste, which isn't my favorite but they are growing on me.  (I can't believe I just said that!)  There is a fruity-ness to this beer but I can't really figure it out.  She is a bitch though.....that sweet fruity taste followed by a strong IPA draw...BITCH! Also, she is 8.3% ABV which is pretty high for a beer.

Independence Oatmeal Stout 4 Stars

These pictures crack me up!  Okay so I didn't think I was going to like this beer because it is a stout so I took a 'scared' picture.  But then I tried it and I surprisingly really, really like it - hence the thumbs up picture!  Also, sorry about the OOC nail polish!  I highly recommend this beer for people who 'don't like stouts', very yummy.  It does have an oat-y flavor but definitely no oatmeal.  I was wanting a little sweetness to it but it wasn't to be found.  Also, this beer is served in the glass as shown - and this glass usually means bad news bears but not this time.  This disproves the glass theory!

Stone Arrogant Bastard 1 Star

This picture is so bad because this beer is so bad!  BASTARD - I should have known right?  I was in a name calling mood when I started drinking this day I guess, who knows really!  This beer was way to strong and dark for me.  Look - it is pretty much black!  It was actually very hard for me to get through this one.  It's name fits it perfectly, Arrogant Bastard is right.

I also got my best friend Melody and her husband Daniel to join the UFO Club!  Melody wasn't even sure she liked beer before this trip and now she is in a beer drinking club - I'm good people!

Boyfriend and I want to visit every Flying Saucer in the nation!  How cool would that be?

Very...that's how cool!

....

xoxo

UFO Club: 16, 17, 18

Last week I found myself back at the Saucer trying three more beers...later than I should have been there, but hey Michael wanted to meet up and who can resist that request really, haha....and here they go!

New Belgium Hoptoberfest 1 Star

Okay, so this isn't beer, it's more like rubbing alcohol.  And I'm not a pansy for saying that...try it for yourself and you will say the same thing.  We all tried this one and none of us enjoyed it.  It is medium dark (real technical)....this has a name but I don't know.  Actually, boyfriend says it is a pale lager but this beer is anything but pale.  That is definitely amber. Okay, New Belgium's website says it is a Golden Ale.  Fail.  Interesting...made with 5 hops (Centennial, Cascade, Sterling, Glacier, Willamette) and 4 malts (Pale, Rye, Oats, C-80, Wheat).  And no, I have no clue what that actually means.

Spaten Optimator Dopplebock 1 Star

This beer is dark and malty with a very odd second flavor (you know that flavor that hits while your swallowing and then kinda lingers around, lingers like B.O. after gym class - it's always just kinda there).  My stomach was thinking Cheeky Monkey the whole time I was drinking it, so you know it is bad.  I had those uncontrollable stomach clenches near the end of the this pint.  made me feel like I was sea seak.  (I got my swim trunks, and my flippy-floppies...I'm on a Mothereffin' boat!)  Also, my great friends made me laugh while I was drinking this beer and it went all up my nose and all over my face.  It doesn't feel any better up the nose as it does on the tongue, none.

 

 Shiner Oktoberfest 4 Stars

OMGsh this beer is good, and it is amazing after drinking two one star beers earlier in the night.  Finally, a beer I can stomach, let alone drink!  A true Oktoberfest that is very balanced and smooth and allows for easy drinking.  This beer is brewed in Shiner, Texas (what what) so it is also a local brew.  By the way I learned today that when you type 3 dots like this ... it is called an ellipses.  Imagine that!  Anyways, this festive Marzen-style (what does this mean? German for March beer, a lager) seasonal has a deep amber color and slightly toasted flavor. Very good.

October is almost over and although that doesn't mean bye bye to Oktoberfest brews it saddens me that it is closer.  Boo!

iPhone Love

Have you ever heard of the band Atomic Tom?

I recently discovered them while surfing around on iTunes and purchased their latest album.  Well today I was surfing around the good 'ole internet and look what I stumbled upon...

amazing! yes!

love Atomic Tom and iPhones please!

UFO Club: 10 11 12 13 14 15

Last week I was able to drink 6 more beers.  I must say that I have been on a pretty quick start BUT I also must admit that I cannot keep going like this.  For one, my stomach hurts.  My poor body is not used to digesting so much beer.  My body....and my liver are important to me so I will protect them.  And secondly, this feat isn't exactly budget friendly.  Yes, I always drink the special when I can but with 200 beers to be drank you inevitability have to drink random $12 beer.  DUMB!  And believe me the $12 ones don't taste any better than the ones that are $3. At least that is what I have found so far.  

So here goes the reviews.....

Warsteiner Dunkel: 3 Stars

This was the Fire Sale so of course I tried it since I have yet to try it, Fire Sales are $3 a pint.  Dunkel is the same as a dark lager.  This beer tasted a lot like the Breckenridge Vanilla and I must say, dark beers are really starting to grow on me.  I can't even believe that I am liking them as much as I do.  Especially when I taste some awful beers they don't seem so bad at all.

Cheeky Monkey: 1 Star

Worst drink I have EVER in my life tasted.  I was literally gaging as I was drinking this.  Boyfriend says I have a lot more of these to come and that terrifies me!  This drink is Victory Golden Monkey with a splash of grenadine.  I thought I would enjoy this, Victory Golden Monkey is a pale ale (thought I liked them all) and a little grenadine - why not!  WRONG!  Sweet, gross beer.  It had a lingering flavor that just wouldn't go away, can't get rid of this taste.  Yuck!

Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen: 3 Stars

Pretty good wheat beer.  Another genre of beer that is growing on me.  The bottle is pretty cool on this beer.  Honestly, this beer is okay.  Just okay.  It is not memorable and I do not remember much about it, which means it is not bad but it's not great.  It is good - would drink again for sure.  I think it is a little more appropriate in the warmer months.

Ska Pinstripe: 3 Stars

Again, this beer was on the Fire Sale the night that I had it.  It had a very similar flavor to an IPA, which I am not the biggest fan of.  It was great for being the special though because I would not have liked paying full price for a slightly less than average beer.  I am not looking forward to having to plow through more IPA and IPA-esque beers.  By the way I didn't have this in the bottle, I had this on draught..so I know nothing about that cool looking bottle.

Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale: 2 Stars

This beer is brewed in Yorkshire, England.  It is very dark and very bitter.  It was also heavy so it took me awhile to get through.  Have you ever heard the saying, 'it made me grow hair on my chest'?  That saying was made for this beer.  I can only imagine big, burly men loving this beer.  The nutty flavor definitely is the star of the show here, which I did like but the supporting cast lost me.  Funny insight - I totally took like this exact picture at the bar and CANNOT find it for the life of me.  Boo!

Ace Pear Cider: 3 Stars

While at the Saucer I tweeted that I was there and my BMPR friend wrote me and said to have a Pear Beer for her - so I did!  I DO take request, see?  Also, it has come to my attention while writing this post that my rating of 3 Stars is very broad.  Because this cider is good, very good, but it is way to sweet to have often.  I think that a 5 Star beer should have great taste and longevity, a beer that I could order and order.  I would order this cider.....it taste like candy, but only on select occasions.  For instance, I would never drink this with food.  As a dessert, it's great!

Yum Yum!  Until next time my friends!

UFO Club: 7 8 9

So I have a pretty big announcement to make, besides the fact that I am back to blogging.  It's going to sound a little crazy but......

I joined the UFO Club at The Flying Saucer!

What does that even mean you say?  That means that I will be trying 200 different beers and you will get to hear all about each and every one of them as I fly through this endeavor as quickly as possible.  The deal goes like this, you drink your 200 unique beers and you get your name on a saucer at the bar! and a little party of sorts to celebrate with some friends!

I joined the club for a few reasons.  Before I met boyfriend I really just drank Coors Light or whatever the college party host supplied.  One of boyfriends goals in life is to introduce new craft beer to all the Coors, Miller and Bud Light fans in the world. He joined the club awhile back because he wanted to find new beers he liked.  I would consider that I reason for me joining too.  Boyfriend has introduced me to many beers that I love and I would definitely say I'm not a Coors Light girl any more. (Girlfriend Points!) Also, I was trying to convince my friend Michael to join and he was like wait your not even on it.  So we made a bet that we would compete to see who could drink the 200 beers first if we both joined, basically my competitive nature was immediately game and I was game!

Michael and I on the night that we became proud card carrying members of the UFO Club!

Beer 7: Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, 3 Star

This beer is brewed in Denver, Colorado and scared the crap out of me.  I am usually not a fan of darker beers so I choose this beer to get it out of the way, but I was pleasantly surprised.  It is a lot lighter than I expected, not heavy like most porters.  Vanilla smell was very evident and potent and smelled beautifully but it did not come through as much on the taste.  

Beer 8: Lindemans Peche, 3 Star

Where is the beer and alchohol is all I gotta say?  This taste just like a Peach Soda.  So if you are into that sorta thing and aren't much of a beer fan this might be a good option to you.  I would love to have this beer in the middle of the hot summer by the lake, but only one.  I then would like some real beer please.  So girls that say they don't like beer, stop being so dang dramatic and try this one!  This beer did cost me $11 dollars though so find a good Sugar Daddy.  

Beer 9: Wells Bombardier Bitter, 2 Stars

Sign number one of nastiness - bitter ale.  Steer clear of those words please!  It wasn't horrible but I will never drink this beer again, I will tell you that much.  Bitter ale's just taste really freaking awkward.  I can't even describe to you what this tasted like, not because I don't remember, but because there are no words for the weirdness this provokes.  I will say the alchohol in this beer was more evident than in the other two I had this night.  And that's all I have to say.

So yay!  Back to blogging I am!  If you have a beer recommendation for me let me know and I will definitely try it next!  Also, if you would like more info on the great bar - The Flying Saucer - where all this craziness goes down, click here!  You can get details about the UFO Club as well.

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