OK, so I have not blogged in a week. Sorry. Quick recap. I had a quite week until Friday. Friday I went to a place called Finz in Salem MA. Yuck. Bad service, bad food, and bad beer. The beer selection was quite lame, but worst of all they had a waitstaff that knew nothing about beer. Finz had on tap the Harpoon St. Patrick’s day special beer ( I believe it is called Celtic) and I was told by the waitress that it was like an IPA. It was a red! That is not even the worst part about it. When I traded my crappy holiday red in for the standard Harpoon IPA you could tell that they NEVER CLEAN THEIR LINES. Ug. I realize that I am a beer snob, but hey if you are reading this, it is the name of my blog.
Thankfully on Saturday we went to Portsmouth NH. We started off at The Portsmouth Brewery, which I am only so-so about, but they had this amazing Flemish red. It was a terrific beer. I don’t think I would wait hours in line for this one like many people do for the Kate the Great beer (noted on Beer Advocate to be one of the world’s top 5 beers), but definitely worth a trip. We had a few other types all decent.
Next it was off to Fat Belly’s for a nice Red Hook ESB & Long Hammer IPA. Since we were only a mere 5 miles from the brewery itself, the beer was wonderfully fresh.
Third stop of the night was over to an Italian restaurant, where the staff was fantastic. We had great beers (can’t recall which ones, but I do recall a good selection), great food, great scotches, and threw dollar bills on the ceiling. I would go back Rosa’s in a minute.
Last stop of the night was…. Well I can’t recall the name, but I can recall that we had more Red Hook.
So all in all it was a good weekend. This week I am gearing up to taste some southern beers as I am off to Nashville TN on Friday. Not sure what I am going to fine, but it will be fun to try.
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