Farmhouse: oasthouse IPA

IPA stands for Indian Pale Ale, a beer designed by British to survive the scorching climate of India so that they could enjoy ale even while there. Americans have created their unique version of it which has nothing to do with India. Oasthouse's IPA is a typical example, a much stronger beer compared to British IPA with much more flavour, lots of hops and stronger colour. And the label design just clicks. A good beer to finish off the weekend!

St Feuillien

Belgians are just one bunch of dirty bastards. Basically, it seems to me that they get some barley and water and let it rot. Out comes this "natural ale", a double fermented mushy drink with strong flavour. (Ok, ok, I know that is more complicated than that). Beautiful, I love it.

Rogue Ales: Morimoto Soba Ale

"It better be good..." I grundged to myself while buying this beer - it was devilishly expensive for a beer imported from Oregon (no, it is not Japanese!). Morimoto is a Japanese surname and soba are, as far as I can tell, Japanese noodles. The blurb on the back says "The delicate flavor of our roasted Soba brings a nutty finish to this light and refreshing ale." The taste is very strange, but good. If you ask me, it reminds me of apples, rather than nuts. Like Hoegaarden mixed with a bit of water and apple juice and some groovy after-taste. All in all a balanced taste, but not sure if I wouldn't get bored of it after a while. Might try it again!

Stone Brewing: Arogant Bastard Ale

"This is an agressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth." This is the arrogant bastard statement on the back. It carries on with the usual crap about small breweries and large corporations producing shit. This is a common theme in the states - I don't see why beer from large corporations should be bad (take Fullers for example), but in the states this seems to be indeed the case.
It has reached 98th percentile on ratebeer. It is indeed quite good, though I wouldn't rate it above 1845 which managed to reach "only" 95th percentile...

Lagunitas: Kill Ugly Radio

This is my first post from the States. And this is actually the first beer I bought in the States, while still in the hotel. I just bought and drank it again, this time in my own flat and the beer is still excellent. A small edition Frank Zappa themed beer, hoppy, balanced taste. Strong beer at 7.8%. Some serious beer can be had in the States if someone can be bothered to look for it!

Adnams Explorer

This is a very interesting beer. It is heavily hopped with hops from what they call "the New World". And this New World stuff makes a very refreshing beer with some fruity-peach taste to it. It was the last beer I tried in UK and I am updating this post from a cafe in SF. It was a sign of good things to come. :)

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Shit, shit, shit beer. Watery lager reminiscent of home. Even Maja confirmed this. Regardless of how much I like Slovenia, beer is something we can't do.