Ending the hiatus

Once again, I'm back.

Starting with the Packers' Super Bowl win, everything went crazy in sports...and other things...in the state of Wisconsin. 

Hopefully I won't be quite as distracted going forward.

I guess I'll jump back into the game by announcing this: I'm officially a hipster. 

The new "get drunk" beer of the441

...a hipster who is a member of a business fraternity, prefers fast food to organic, wears nothing but tee shirts, and is obsessed with sports.

Haha, ok.  So maybe I'm not a hipster, but since my last post, the441's official "cheap, get drunk beer" has switched from Miller Lite to PBR.  MillerCoors' strong support of politics we don't like left the apartment in a flux.  Budweiser isn't an option, and most of the other cheap stuff tastes like something died in it.

We've been drinking PBR from time to time ever since we started going to the BBC on Wednesday nights for their $1 burgers, as $1 PBRs were also a part of the special.  Definitely not my favorite stuff, but certain occasions (like my school clinching a share of the Horizon League title along with the now-in-the-Final-Four Butler Bulldogs) call for large amounts of cheap beer.  From this point on, PBR is that beer for the guys in the441 

Now I'm off to convince the roommates to start writing.


In the mean time, feel free to let us know your favorite "get drunk" beer.

"Blog? What blog? The Packers are in the Super Bowl!"

After the NFC Championship game, Phin and I took a trip to Whole Foods Market to find him a beer to celebrate the victory.  While we were there we looked around at the micro selection and found some stuff we're interested in.

On a later trip, I picked up a four-pack of Ale Asylum Tripel Nova, only to find out that the Whole Foods on North and Prospect sucks at correctly placing price tags by its beer (but I'll get to that in a later post).  After finding that the beer cost four dollars more than it was listed at, I went back and found a four pack of Sprecher Abbey Triple. I had looked it up on Beer Advocate and wasn't blown away by it's B- rating, but I figured that I'd still like it as I'm a fan of the style and of Sprecher in general. 

I understand why the people at Beer Advocate didn't like the beer very much, as it's missing a certain kick that most beer snobs probably expect when they're drinking the style.  Nonetheless, I like it a lot.  It's maybe a little too sweet, but I still think it tastes good and masks the alcohol pretty well.

This is a beer I definitely plan on going back to when I'm looking for an easy to drink brew that gives a nice buzz at an affordable price.  I give it a B+.

Have you had Sprecher Abbey Triple?  Do you agree with my take? Let us know in the comments!

Sprecher's take on Abbey Triple 
Abbey Triple on Beer Advocate
Abbey Triple on Rate Beer

Ok...so we started working on The Wall, but...

Well, Day 2 of reorganizing the wall wasn't quite as productive as Day 1.  We took pictures of maybe 12 or 15 beers and then the NFC Championship Game started.  After that, we were glued to the TV until Sam Shields (who is only about a year older than us--weird) put the final nail in the Bears' coffin.  After that we never got started working because, well...

The Packers are going to the Super Bowl!

All I can say is that celebratory Capital Blonde Doppelbock was heavenly.  Seriously.  I don't think I've ever enjoyed a beer as much as I enjoyed that one.  Hopefully I get to enjoy the other one I've stashed in my mini-fridge even more in two weeks.

Phin saw my reaction while he was drinking a He'Brew (don't get me wrong, he liked it) and decided that he wanted that feeling too.  As a result, we went to Whole Foods market.  He got a Chimay Red and I figured since we were there I'd grab a good beer too.  I went with an Orval.

Add in a couple of sandwiches from Toppers and we were both feeling pretty great. 

Holy shit, they're going to the Super Bowl!