BROOKLYN BREWERY - OKTOBERFEST Smell is all sweet roasted malt, kind of subdued. Taste has some caramel up front, followed by the bready malts. Little to no hop prescence. Decent Oktoberfest beer, represents the style well, just a little on the thin side, but very drinkable. Another good offering from Brooklyn.
PAULANER BRAUEREI - OKTOBERFEST MARZEN This used to be a seasonal beer, but now is brewed year round. Very pleasant smell of caramel and malts. Taste is bready and the caramel is not as noticeable as it was in the smell. Also has a slight bitterness that balances it out nicely. Great representation of the style, well there is nothing really outstanding, it is exactly what it should be. Nice to know its now available year round as i really enjoyed this one.
RED HOOK ALE BREWERY - OUT OF YOUR GOURD PUMPKIN PORTER Smell has some malts up front, followed by some spices, cinnamon, maple and a little pumpkin. Taste seems a little thin for a porter. Alot of spices up front and can notice the maple too. Its kind of weird in that the pumpkin is barely noticeable to me and based on the name i expected a little more of it in the flavor. Its easy to drink, but just seems a little off to me.
On a side note, i love the Oktoberfest style beers, and it is the season for them, so i will be trying a lot of them in the next few weeks, also a good handful of pumpkin beers too.
VAN HALEN - 5150 First VH album with new vocalist Sammy Hagar. I loved VH and i loved Sammy solo and i really enjoyed this album but i think they gradually got worse after this one. At least they gave us this one. Favorites: Good Enough, Why Cant This Be Love, Dreams, Summer Nights, Best Of Both Worlds, Love Walks In, and Inside.
3.5 miles on treadmill
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