Reeves and I headed up to the local Fox and Hound for Karbach Rodeo Clown drafts on the cheap. By cheap, I mean two dollars a pint, which is even less than the store will sell it to you for. Now you know. We ended up trying the Karbachtoberfest, which is the fall seasonal from the Houston brewery. More on that coming soon. As we drank we eyed a bomber from Stone Brew that we had never seen before. Anyone who knows me well knows I love Stone Brew, so we inquired and learned that it was a Stone Cali-Belgique, a Belgian IPA brewed year-round by the California brewmasters. We also learned that it was somehow only seven dollars, which we gladly paid. We poured up a glass each, grabbed a smoke, and headed outside to give it a try. As Frank the Tank said best, once it hit the lips it was so good. We started to reminisce about our time working on my old blog Spaced City until the idea hit me. "What do we love most?" I asked Reeves. "Beer and beats," he replied. So here we are.
Name: Cali-Belgique IPA
Brewery: Stone Brewing Company, Escandido, California, USA
Hops: Columbus, Chinook, Centennial
ABV: 6.9%, IBU's: 77
This brew is a combination of Stone's standard IPA with a Belgian yeast strain. The yeast gives the beer a delicious Belgian wit taste while still allowing the brew to retain the crisp hop flavor of Stone IPA that we all love. The result is a beer which is at once refreshing and heavy.
Sticking with the California theme, we have been getting down to the new Death Grips album "NO LOVE DEEP WEB" all week since it's unscheduled release by the band on Monday. This album is just as hard-hitting as their previous albums The Money Store and Ex-Military, and will get your blood flowing strong for the whole duration. Check out a couple of our favorite tracks from "NO LOVE DEEP WEB" below, head here to grab the whole thing, and keep coming back because there's much more to come. We're headed to Spec's now for some more bombers. Cheers and stay tuned.
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