"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

All Wisconsin Beer Day

the441 will be celebrating All Wisconsin Beer Day in honor of today's NFC title game.

Here's what we've got in the fridge for the occasion:

Capital Blonde Doppelbock
Sprecher Winter Brew
Capital Winter Skal
O'so Hopdinger
Miller Lite
Sprecher Black Bavarian
O'so Rusy Red
Furthermore Hopperbolic
Capital Supper Club
Capital Weizen Doppelbock
Miller High Life (if it gets to that point, but it probably won't)

Go Packers!

Three Sheets has found a home

So it appears I'm a little late to the party...

Three Sheets will begin airing on Spike in February.

I first heard about Three Shets from a Beer Thread on an NBA message board.  After that, I started watching it on Hulu.  So far, I'm through the first three seasons of the show.  I like it; the host is entertaining and the content is interesting.  Unfortunately, all of the beer except for some featured in the Belgian episode and a few brewpub exlusives scattered throughout the episodes are pretty blah.  Zane, you travel to the other side of the world and drink a Corona? 

I understand that a reason for this is that the show is meant to expose people to beers they probably haven't heard of that are readily available in the U.S., but if you're going to expose people to the world of beer beyond Bud and MillerCoors you can do a hell of a lot better than Baltika 7, Birra Moretti and Stella Artois.

On top of that, it seems that Drinking Made Easy--a show about American bars, breweries and distilleries that Lampley started while Three Sheets was in limbo--is furthering the idea that America has bad beer.  In my hometown of Milwaukee, Sprecher and Lakefront are the top micros.  Drinking Made Easy--Milwaukee focused on the original breweries in the city: Pabst, Blatz, Schlitz...basically the cheap stuff that gives Milwaukee's micro scene a bad name.

With that said, I'm excited to have Three Sheets back on the air after Brew Masters seems to be on its last legs.