100 Beers in 100 Days - The Professor Is In

Day 58 - Skull Splitter (and rightfully so with an alcoholic content of 8.5% by volume)

Well Beer Heads, it's time for us to move on to the next country on our beer odyssey. Today we find ourselves at the northern tip of Scotland in the Orkney Islands. These Islands were home to a 7th Viking Earl named Thorfinn Hausakluif "The Skull Splitter" who ruled here around 1000 A.D. You know, it's amazing how much history I have learned just reading the backs of these beer bottles. I bet there's enough that I could teach a college course on Beer Bottle History.

"Alright now class, everyone take your seats, and take out your Skull Splitter bottle, We will be learning about the Vikings today."

Well anyways, this is a real nice beer. It reminds me alot of one we have drank already. Maybe the Paulaner Salvator Double Bock. In fact, I'm pretty sure it is so you could just read about that one here and pretend that I was also talking about this one. It must be real tasty because I drank that pretty fast. I will rate this a 7 on the beer scale since that's what I rated the other one.

Class dismissed!

100 Beers in 100 Days - Day 57

Day 57 - Old Speckled Hen



To quote Iron Chef, "You get more cluck for your buck with Old Speckled Hen."

We like it. It isn't St. Peter's Golden, but it's pretty good. It's smooth, drinkable, light on malt, and a solid 7 on the beer scale.

Now go drink yourself a cluckin' bottle of Old Speckled Hen with your blogging friends.

100 Beers in 100 Days - The Gates Of Heaven

Day 56 - St. Peter's Golden Ale




As I opened the bottle, a light shown down from Heaven and cast a majestic glow over the pilsner glass I was pouring this beer into. I gazed up at the source of the light and there was St. Peter at the pearly gates looking down upon me. He was surrounded by Angels and they were singing a glorious chorus. And a peace fell across my world at that momment.



This may be my favorite beer from England. It's got some great hops, and some spice I can't quite make out. Iron Chef says it's a little nutty with it's full body. I lopve it and will rate it a 9.



Amen brother!

100 Beers in 100 Days - Breakfast Of Champions

Sorry about leaving everyone hanging yesterday. I couldn't bring myself to blog after spending pretty much the whole day on the computer dealing with Blackberry trauma. It seems the numb skulls programmers at Blackberry accidentally omitted some necessary files when creating the software installation CD. So here I am back in action and ready to do two beers today.

Day 54 - Young's Oatmeal Stout



I was a little hesitant at first about this beer made from oatmeal, but then I figured what the heck. Oatmeal beer has gotta be a better breakfast than that lumpy white junk from Quaker. So I cracked open the bottle and took a big swig. It's thick, and malty. I can taste some bitter-y coffee flavor to it as well. Not just any coffee, but that nice roasted Juan Valdez stuff. which is good since coffee goes good with your morning oatmeal. If I was a big fan of these thick, dark beers I would probably rate it higher, but since I am not I will give it a 6.

Top of the morning to ya!

Day 55 -Old Peculiar

(I don't feel like getting a pic of the label. It's rather plain anyways.)

In Masham England they make beer that matches it's peculiar name. It's got a little bit of a fruit taste, yet it's also yeast-y. I can't think of much else to say, so I will just leave it at this.

Cheers!

100 Beers in 100 Days - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure

Day 53 - Melbourn Brothers Strawberry Ale




Today Beer Heads we find ourselves in the Town of Stamford in the English county of Lincolnshire. It's a fine town. One where all the bloggers know how to create widgets that can count clicks from unique computers. And where they can blog about beer forever without growing tired of it. Which makes it one that I wish my town were more like. But, I imagine it's also one where people spontaneously combust. I say that because it's a town where beer spontaneously ferments.


Today's beer is good in an odd way. Odd, in that it tastes alot like Boone's Farm Strawberry Wine. And this is odd because the same flavor in wine form is considered rotgut, but in beer form, it tastes kind-of like those Belgian Ales with juice added to them. I will rate this a 6 on the beer scale.

Cheers!