Sunday afternoon, sop and i went to a KCPW beer-tasting shindig at The Bayou.

The Bayou is a local private club (it’s a long story but if you are really interested in utah liquor laws, feel free to ask) with around 200 different beers: my kind of place. It is co-owned by the owner of the local homebrewing place, The Beer Nut, so there is some definite beer love going on. I’ve only been to the Beer Nut a couple of times, but they helped me make wine from the grapes in my old backyard that did not suck one bit.

We got to sample about 16(? - you expect me to remember the exact number?) different beers, tasting the differences between malty and hoppy beers, american-style, belgian-style, etc..

The beer as i remember it:

Anderson Valley: Wheat

a very clean, american-style wheat beer

Ayinger Brau Weisse

traditional german-style wheat beer. One of the best german wheats i’ve gotten in the states; i’ll be buying this one again!

Pinkus Pils

well, a pilsner. Less bitter than most pilsners on tap in germany, which put it higher up on my list, actually. I love pinkus’ organic hefeweizen, btw.

Anderson Valley: Hop Ottin IPA

i would not call myself a big hop lover, but i would still consider drinking this again. I can see it being especially nice on a hot summer day

?Ayinger Alt Dunkel

i THINK we had this one. It was called “altbayerisches dunkel” (old bavarian dark beer) and was not bad, but not as high up on my list as some other darks

Rogue: American Amber

Oh yes, very nice. I was really impressed with the rogue beers this evening

?Rogue: Shakespeare Stout

as i said, rogue beers went down well…

Samuel Smiths: Taddy Porter

love the name, LOVED the beer. Not as smoky as many porters, a very clean taste

?Sierra Nevada Pale

Again, i THINK we had this one. SOP knew some people there who made a list of the beers, so this list may be updated…

Spaten Optimator

on my drink-again list. A beautiful doppelbock

Duinen Tripel

a sweet, citrusy, belgian tripel beer. Great at the end of a meal. I will be drinking this again

Lindemans Frambois

i have had this before, purchased from the local liquor store, and it is a good one. Mark pointed out that cane sugar is added to this, making it slightly more sweet than the traditional Lambec beer, but this is a great dessert beer, in my opinion

a few more images of the evening:

sop, the hand model, showing off the porter

and may i present the frambois?

Our host had egged pledgers on to call with the proposal of drinking a bud light at this event if enough people pledged while he was at the station. Apparently they broke all sorts of records that hour…

is there a time for bud light?

ooh… that is SMOOOOTH