Date: May 15-16, 2018
Tag Team Partners: Tim, Alyssa, Pluto, Admiral, Kris, Gary
(Blogger's Note: It's been a while since I've posted. Between a long few weeks at my day job, and lots of things going on the past month, I've been pretty busy working lots of hours for multiple days in a row and traveling around the country. The next few posts will be subsequent, but were from 1-3 months ago. I apologize for the delay, but sleep and bills need to happen/get paid.)
While hanging out in the Pittsburgh area, we had a lot of different beers while doing a bunch of different things. The 15th, we went on this totally amazing hike, and also cooked some breakfast. The 16th, we decided to meet up with some people to go bar hop downtown.
Starting off at the house in Isabella, we started the day with both Tim and Alyssa teaching me how to cook hashbrowns with some Seagrams Cherry Cola Hard Soda. After getting an original hashbrown made, I decided to make a dessert version which wasn't too bad, but a bit on the sweet side.
Next, we loaded up the backpack with some Keystone Premiums and the leftover Rivertowne from the night before, and set out on a hike in the hills of Western Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful day, and probably the only challenging issue was the fact that the water level was pretty high, so some of the trails were marked off a good amount.
Pretty deep cracks in the land.
The distance from land to water was about 6 feet, the picture doesn't grant it due justice.
The hike itself was pretty amazing, with some pretty stunning visuals of the water levels. You could really see the different layers down by the water.
Taking a look straight on down the river.
After climbing one of the bigger paths on the hills, I turned around to take a picture down.
Further beyond that, we climbed to an even higher part, and continued to look back over the scenery.
Here is a shot of Tim in the distance as we began to descend back down the hills, and head home for the day.
A great look back at just how far we had come, and the road that would lead us home.
Once we got back, we went to cook some dinner. We added a whole bunch of random ingredients and made a pretty good meal from it.
The Next Day...
After waking up and eating some leftover hashbrowns, we headed out to meet up with Pluto, and headed on to Brew's Belly. This was a smaller bar, with an assortment of light beers and food. I went with ICLight. I have had Iron City before, but never the light version. As expected, it was an exceptionally light beer, but it was all decked out in the Penguin's championship design, so that made it better.
Next we headed to Darby's Pub. Once here, we started getting into more of the craft brews, as we shot some pool, and rocked out to some pretty awesome rock music. I rocked some Voodoo Ranger IPA. Totally had a blast, and plus it's a nice relaxing place to throw a few down while shooting some pool.
Later on that night, we headed downtown, to Jack's Bar where we drank some Yuengling Premium Lager and took some fun photos with the statues and posters around. Pretty cool place, and the funniest part is the stall with no door. Don't drink too much Yuengling :D . Good times!
Following that, we met up with Admiral, Kris, and Gary at Dee's Cafe, where we shot pool, drank some more beer, and had a good ol' time hanging out downtown. We even tried to shoot some commercials for Pizza! This was an awesome place to meet up with friends, and have fun. Definitely recommended.
Overall, great bar hop with amazing people, awesome night!
For more information on the following places, click the respective links below:
Isabella, PA
Brew's Belly
Darby's Pub
Jack's Bar
Dee's Cafe
Style: Lager
Untapped Rating: 2.5/5
Description: "Light beer"
Comments: Nothing that stands out too dramatically. This is a good light beer that if you want to drink several of them over a few hours, it does the job.
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Hard Soda - Cherry Cola
Style: Malt Liquor
Brewery:
Seagram's Escapes
Untapped Rating: 2.25/5
Description: "N/A"
Comments: Alcoholic flavored Cherry Cola. It's not really beer, but since it falls into the same sort of catagory as beer, it falls into the element.
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I.C. Light
Style: Lager
Brewery:
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
Untapped Rating: 2.5/5
Description: Light beer, refreshing
Comments: I've had Iron City beer before. It's the Pittsburgh version of worldwide light beers in the spirit of Old Milwaulkie, Rainier, and any other variety of local flavor light beer. It's a night one to kick back while enjoying the company of friends in that area.
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Voodoo Ranger IPA
Style: IPA
Brewery:
New Belgium
Untapped Rating: 3/5
Description: "N/A"
Comments: Nice, strong, refreshing IPA. At 7%, it will help you relax from you day, but it also brings some pretty decent hops, and a great bitterness mixed in to give it that refreshing IPA taste. Highly Recommended.
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Samuel Adams Porch Rocker
Style: Shady/Radler
Brewery:
Boston Beer Company
Untapped Rating: 3.5/5
Description: "Like Alcoholic Sprite."
Comments: This beer came off tasting more like a soda beer. It wasn't the sweet carbonated taste like a Hard Soda, but it had elements of it in terms of sweetness, and different flavor. Not too bad.
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Yuengling Traditional Lager
Style: Lager
Brewery:
Yuengling
Untapped Rating: 4/5
Descripton: "Tastes like Home. Light, and refreshing."
Comments: Certainly one of the best lagers I have ever drank, if not the best. I may have some bias on this being from the PA area, but Yuengling has never let me down. Perfect beer to go with pizza, or any other sort of food. Even better to enjoy it in the confines of Pennsylvania. For those that avoid this for political reasons, I am sorry to say, you are missing out on an incredible beer. More for me. Highly Recommended.
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Blue Collar Blonde
Style: Blonde Ale
Brewery:
Rusty Rail
Untapped Rating: 4/5
Description: "Awesome flavorful blonde, hint of fruit."
Comments: Pretty decent blonde ale, and one of the best I've had in a while. Most blondes I've had in recent memory are either far too light, or push too far into the element to create a nice, smooth, drinkable ale. This one worked well.
