beeradvocate.com rating Brooklyn East India Pale Ale- Brooklyn, NY
Head- Dense 2 finger head
Color- Hazy dark orange
Mouthfeel- Medium
Aroma- Citrus hops, light malts
Taste/ Overall- The first IPA I ever tried about 10 yrs ago and my personal benchmark for the style. A solid IPA with what I feel is a maltier backbone than alot of other IPA's I have tried. Will always enjoy this beer and probbaly my favorite Brooklyn Brewery product with there summer seasonal coming in a close second and the lager in third.
beeradvocate.com rating Goose Island IPA- Chicago, IL
Head- 1 1/2 finger of head, dissipated quickly
Color- Hazy orange but lighter and cloudier than the Brooklyn
Mouthfeel- Medium
Aroma- Grapefruit, Grapefruit and more Grapefruit
Taste/ Overall- Since I have started trying new beers about 3 or 4 years ago this has become my new go to beer when I want something accessible yet complex. If I am watching the Jets and I don't want Budweiser I 4 out of 5 times will reach for this. Although the Brooklyn IPA will always be my first love this is the beer I have come to reach for more often which is a little disappointing because it is from Chicago but I will ignore that for now. Has probably the characteristics of a modern IPA where I believe the Brooklyn IPA probably has more traditional IPA characteristics.
My oh My, its been a while!!! On the turntable is a variety of LP's I won't discuss here but records I am reviewing for a flea market. I will have a table this weekend with the goal of selling some of my records I no longer want or need. Some explanation is required for my prolonged absence. For one I was serving on Grand Jury for the last month and it screwed with the rhythm of my ways for a while. Second I had another set of unfortunate computer issues which seized up my computer on me once again. Luckily over the years I have developed a thorough set of autodidactic MIS skills and got this frankenstein-beast of a PC running again.
I chose to return to the blog with a more ambitious post based on my recent reading of Peter Brown's Hops and Glory. It was a really good book and gave me a real education in the development of the IPA style of beer. In the process it also made me want to revisit my favorite examples of the style in a side by side taste test.
As for music I have got some interesting records as of late but the focus of this post is the records I bought when I attended my first Record Store Day. Well, to be exact, I went to J&R Music the day following Record Store Day in the hopes of picking up some of the leftovers. I never payed much attention to Record Store Day in the past. First off I tend to by used records and don't like the idea of paying a premium for exclusive releases. Secondly, basically every week is record store day in my life. But this year for some reason I looked at the list of "exclusive" releases and saw one or two I was interested in and decided to go down the following day because there was no chance of me going down there the day off. Luckily for me J&R, which is the largest independent record store in Manhattan, still had almost everything available. I ended up buying the reissue of the Genesis Spot The Pigeon EP from 1977 with material slated for the Wind and Wuthering LP but was not included. A Dillard and Clark 45 reissued on Sundazed Records. However it was the CSC Funk Band 45 which I came across that I had been unaware of which was the real great find. Released on Electric Cowbell Records based in Brooklyn this 45 includes two instrumental tracks inspired by the hip hop artist Gangstarr. Wow, I was bl;own away when I listened to this. These musicians executed this premise with a sophisticated minimalism to great effect. This is a fantastic 45 and I will definitely be seeking out more releases by this label. Enjoy the A-Side posted above A Little Weight.
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