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Fresh Squeezed or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

18 Wednesday Oct 2017

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City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables, presents Deschutes Brewery‘s Fresh Squeezed IPA, The Less Desirables Beer of the Week. 20171018_132152

So, yeah, I’m a fan of Deschutes and I must be to have an IPA this soon after Caitlin leaves the podcast, right? I have had a few friends say that this is on point and, well, let’s see what all the hubbub is, right? It’s 6.4% ABV and its IBUs are 60. That’s pretty up there. So, here’s hoping that Deschutes will continue to dazzle me with this one.

BeerAdvocate has it at 4.26 out of 5. Untappd has it at 3.97 caps out of 5. That’s really good, as you don’t usually see much over 3.75 on Untappd. Have you had it? What did you think? If you’ve not had it or just have a hankering for more, head down to City Beverage and grab your own sixer and test it out. Tell them that this is the beer of the week and get 5% off your order.  Tune in tonight to hear what Danielle, Bethany, Connie, Jason and I think of it. You can see Groot likes it.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“A juicy citrus and grapefruit flavor profile. As if fresh Citra and Mosaic hops were squeezed straight into the bottle.” – Deschutes Brewery

Black Butte Porter or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

04 Wednesday Oct 2017

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City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables, presents The Less Desirables Beer of the Week, Black Butte Porter, by Deschutes Brewery.

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Groot says he’ll fight you for it…

 

So, Caitlin isn’t here any longer and we can have the dark stuff again. Truthfully, I’d trade the dark stuff to have her back but she had to move on. I’ve had a few Deschutes brews and I think they do a great job. It’s dark and a porter (my favorite kind of beer) and from a reputable brewery, then, yes! Let’s do it! It’s 5.2% ABV so not too heavy.

BeerAdvocate has changed its overall scoring system which I think is fantastic. It rates each beer on its own merit and not compared to other beers. On The Less Desirables, we still rate it against the style, but yet on its own merits. So, the new rating system has it at 4.18/5. Their rating starts around 3.75, considering that anything ranked by a drinker at that percentage must actually like the beer. So, this is a good score. Untappd has it rated at 3.83 caps out of 5.

Have you had this beer before? What did you think? If not, or you just have a hankering for more, head down to City Beverage and grab your sixer. Tell them that it’s the beer of the week and get 5% off your order. This weekend is their annual tent sale so they will have a ton of beer and wine, much of the beer and almost all of the wine opened for sampling and you can save up to 60% off of cases of beer and wine. It goes from 9am-6pm and they’re at 915 Burke Street!

Tune in later this evening or early tomorrow to hear what Danielle, the UNCSA folks coming in and I think of it!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“This is the beer that started it all. A rich, creamy mouthfeel complements a layered depth, revealing distinctive chocolate and coffee notes. Full of flavor, yet easy to drink.” – Deschutes Brewery

 

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 9/30/17

01 Sunday Oct 2017

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Before we went to Hoots Beer Company‘s anniversary/Oktoberfest release, The BCPF and I still made our routine morning happen, including walking, farmers’ market, Mary’s Gourmet Diner and, yes! Underdog Records. We got some good stuff, too. Here’s what we picked up!

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So, yeah, a good haul. We didn’t get to listen to as much as we usually do on Saturday, but we didn’t have a lot to wash because most of the used stuff was in really good shape, and Jonathan had cleaned some to gauge his pricing. While we were there, a young lady came in and asked Jonathan about getting into vinyl. I get excited about that. She was probably early- to mid-twenties. Jonathan is great for that kind of guidance. And, when you get into the collecting aspect, use Discogs to archive, and chronicle your collection.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory. Falling on my head like a new emotion. I want to walk in the open wind. I want to talk like lovers do. I want to dive into your ocean, Is it raining with you?” – “Here Comes the Rain Again” (Lennox/Stewart)

A Zinzendorf Anniversary or: Beer Dads on Site

29 Friday Sep 2017

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Tomorrow, September 30, one of the coolest breweries in WSNC, that would be Hoots Roller Bar and Beer Company, will be unleashing their fantastic Zinzendorf Oktoberfest, the FOURTH annual release of it, and they will be celebrating their fourth anniversary as well. Cool how all that happens at once, right?21740999_10209881300284884_7775695707539999009_o

Well, many of you may and many of you may not know that Hoots is the “presenting sponsor” of The Beer Dads podcast and is the “liquid reward” for The Man Who Walked the Town blog. So, in honor of this celebratory occasion, The Beer Dads will be doing a remotely recorded podcast at Hoots tomorrow starting around 6:30 pm. We’ll be talking with any of the Hoots people we can nail down and we want to talk with patrons, friends and fans of Hoots beer! Well, that and fans and friends of The Beer Dads.

The festivities for Hoots will be from noon until midnight. During the daylight hours, there will be bands playing on the stage and a fantastic BBQ guru serving food with games and other hilarities. And then, as the sun goes down, the night goes on to a DJ and the Bahtmobile food truck! Also, I know there’s a dunking booth during the day and that’s always fun, right? There is tell of some archival Oktoberfest brews from years past that Hoots has had in storage so it will be “vintage!”

So, tomorrow from noon until midnight, come have some great beer, great food, great music, fun games and, oh yeah, say hi to the Beer Dads. Hoots is located at 840 Mill Works Street. There will be several available parking lots up and down Northwest Blvd so don’t be afraid of parking. Come have a grand time!!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“We are hosting an all-day festival celebrating the greater Winston Salem community & the coming of the fall season. There will be live music, food, flea market, games, a dunking booth, raffle prizes, contests, brewery tours, and of course the release of the 4th annual Zinzendorf Oktoberfest!” – Hoots Roller Bar & Beer Company

A Happier Goodbye or: End of an Era

27 Wednesday Sep 2017

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City Beverage is the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables and we think you need to go buy the beer of the week (which happens to be The IPA from White Street Brewing Company). But, as great as City Bev is, I’m not talking about that in this post. Yesterday, I talked about a sad passing but today I’m talking about a happier ending.

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The Less Desirables as of tonight.

 

Tonight’s episode of The Less Desirables will be Caitlin’s last show as a full-time co-host. She was my first “work wife.” She has always brought a certain brand of “Yankee Snark” to the show and can take it as well as she can dish it. She’s cooler than most. She keeps me in line. She was a great compliment to both me and Eugene, as he was our co-host at the time. When Eugene left, Bruce came in and she was the “same ol’ Caitlin” with him, welcoming him but not holding back on him. When Bruce left and Danielle came along, she was the perfect compliment to Caitlin’s ability to take shots at the “fat man (that’s me).”

Caitlin had guested on the show a few times to promote the Winston-Salem Jaycees. Eugene and I had lost Brian to progress and decided, after several guest co-hosts, to find a permanent co-host. We had a meeting and decided we wanted to approach Caitlin to take that spot. We noticed her “talents.” She informed us that she was just a year from leaving. We said we were okay with that because we wanted her as long as she could give us time. Her first show as a full co-host was May 6, 2015. We didn’t announce her as a full-blown member until a month later, giving her time to get her feet wet. We could have announced it right away, really, because she was ready, then. That’s right, May 6, 2015. That’s TWO years. We got two years from her. And I couldn’t be prouder to have her. There’s an intro that says that she is “clearly the smartest person in the room” and I can’t remember any time that that wasn’t the case. She’s brilliant and she is an asset for the Army to have. She is an asset for the Winston-Salem Jaycees to have. She is an asset for The Less Desirables to have.

So, thank you, Caitlin, for TWO great years of snark, insight and keeping the show going. You’ve been a driving force for us. I don’t think I’m speaking out of turn but thank you from me, Danielle, Bruce, Eugene, Brian and all the guests that have been on the show since you arrived. We love you and know you’re going to go places!

Dear Reader, give tonight’s show a listen.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I also have ‘Glee Radio’ on here!” – Caitlin describing what her playlists look like on her second show here.

Shortest Ever? or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

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City Beverage is the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables. This week, well, I’ll just leave this here:

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Fiddlin’ Fish is the brew-child of Stuart Barnhart of Winston-Salem and his cousin David Ashe of Richmond. Together, they share a passion for cold beer and a love of the outdoors.” –  Fiddlin’ Fish Brewing Company

Tropic Plunder or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

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City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables, presents Tropic Plunder IPA from TW Pitchers’ Brewing Company, The Less Desirables Beer of the Week.20170913_161045

To my knowledge, I’ve not had a single brew from TW Pitchers. I don’t know what to expect. From their website, it seems they’re about some shandies. Okay, well, let’s see what they can do. I know they’re from San Francisco. That’s about it. I know this is an IPA with Passionfruit and a hint of Lycee. I know it’s 6.1% ABV. That’s where I stand in the knowledge of this beer. Groot probably knows more about it than I do.

BeerAdvocate has no rating for it at all. Untappd has it at 3.6 caps out of 5. Have you tried it? What did you think? If you haven’t or just have a hankering for more, head to City Beverage and grab your sixer. Tell them that it’s the TLD Beer of the Week and get 5% off your order. Tune into TLD later tonight and hear what Caitlin, Danielle, Chad and I think of it.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“This tasty IPA is loaded with mosaic and citra hops and blended with a touch of passion fruit and lychee post-fermentation. Juicy IPA, IPA shandy…call it what you want – we call it delicious and seriously crushable.” – T.W. Pitchers’ Brewing

Oktoberfest Festbier or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

06 Wednesday Sep 2017

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City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables, presents Oktoberfest Festbier 2017 from Sierra Nevada Brewing, The Less Desirables Beer of the Week.

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Sierra Nevada Brewing. Lately, their stuff is knocking my socks off. My favorite beer of the summer is Sidecar, the orange pale and now, coming off this week’s The Less Desirables, I really dig this Oktoberfest. I’m a big fan of fall beers that aren’t pumpkin based and this is no different. You’re asking, “how do you already know?” And the answer is that I’m writing this later Wednesday night, after I’ve already had it. It’s malty and has a great color. It can stand directly behind Spaten and Paulaner, the two world-famous Oktoberfest brews (Spaten being the first tapped in Munich for the actual Oktoberfest). It’s great stuff. It’s 6.1%ABV.

BeerAdvocate has it rated at 89 (Very Good) with no Bros Score. Untappd has it at 3.76 caps out of 5. Have you had it? What did you think? If you’ve not tried it or just have a hankering for more, head to City Bev and tell them this is the beer of the week. Pick up your sixer and get 5% off your order. Tune in to see what Danielle and I thought of it. Caitlin was off for the night and our guest, Doug, had to run after the conversation part.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Each year, we partner with a different German brewer to explore the roots of Germany’s famous Oktoberfest beers. This year, we’re collaborating with Germany’s Brauhaus Miltenberger, whose approach to the classic style we’ve long admired. The result is a festival beer true to their style—deep golden in color with deceptively rich malt flavor and balanced by traditional German-grown whole-cone hops.” – Sierra Nevada

 

A Different Kind of Piggyback or: Beers and Dads

05 Tuesday Sep 2017

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There was no The Man Who Ate the Town podcast this week because I extended my long weekend even longer. But, you should still check out one of the other The Less Desirables Network shows that was released today, The Beer Dads. It was a good episode in which we bring back Beer Dad Jon’s daughter and her boyfriend, Steven Dinkins. Hear the episode HERE.

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Three guys having a beer and talking about being dads” – The Beer Dads

Unfiltered Wheat or: The Less Desirables Beer of the Week

30 Wednesday Aug 2017

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City Beverage, the Official Beer Sponsor of The Less Desirables, presents Boulevard Brewing Company‘s Unfiltered Wheat, The Less Desirables Beer of the Week. 20170830_142201

Spencer, at City Beverage, said that this is their #1 selling wheat beer. I know Boulevard does great beer and I am looking forward to this one. It’s only 4.4% ABV so you can drink a few and not be compromised in your inhibitions. The IBUs are only 14 so it isn’t bitter at all, either. Sounds like my kind of beer. Being that it’s unfiltered, there will be sediment and other stuff floating around in the glass. I’m good with that. The trick is to pour 75% of the beer, swirl the bottle (or can) and empty the rest of the brew into the glass. Get all that stuff in the glass. Drink up and enjoy. I don’t know how Caitlin will take to this, but that’s just something we’ll have to wait to see, right? Right.

BeerAdvocate has something strange. The majority of the votes were at 79 (Okay) while the Bros Score is at 87 (Very Good). I don’t see many times where the Bros have a higher rating than the base because they’re pretty fastidious in their ratings. So, we’ll see how we compare to them. Untappd has the beer at 3.59 caps out of 5. Have you had this beer? What did you think? If you haven’t or just have a hankering for more, head to City Beverage and grab your sixer. Tell them this is the TLD beer of the week and you will get 5% off your order. Tune in later tonight or early tomorrow to see what Caitlin, Danielle, Terri and I think about it. Groot already wants his own bottle.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer is a lively, refreshing ale with a natural citrusy flavor and distinctive cloudy appearance. This easy drinking American-style wheat beer has become our most popular offering and the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest.” – Boulevard Brewing Company