01/13/09
So the Teeter around the corner is having a grand opening party and to our surprise they have 4 wine tasting and 2 beer tasting stations setup along with a bunch of food stations. If this were a wine blog I would talk about the 10 or so that we sampled but instead I will stick to the beers. 
We skipped the Leinenkugles station, too many people, and went to the other one. They had michelob beers and then a few microbrews. The first beer I sampled was the Kona Brewing Company Long Board Lager. This is a refreshing beer, that I am sure would taste great on a hot day, smooth beer with a subtle hop flavor. The second beer was the Kona Brewing Company Pipeline Porter. This has instantly become one of my favorite beers (I am drinking one right now). This is an exceptionally smooth and dark porter, you will think it is a stout, that has been brewed with some 100% kona coffee. Two of my favorite things mixed together. A lovely dark beer and coffee. They probably serve this in heavens pub!
The last beer we tried was a Long Hammer IPA. This is a hoppy ale from the Redhook brewery. Long Hammer IPA is formerly known as Redhook IPA. It is a good tasting beer but nothing about it jumped out at made me want to buy some.
After wandering around Harris Teeter for 2 hours drinking and eating, we didn't need dinner after this, we picked up a six pack of Pipeline Porter and a bottle of wine so we could keep the party going once we got home.
While we waited for the Porter to get cold we split a bottle of Trader Joe's Vintage Ale 2008. I bought a case of the 750ml bottles and go to them often.
Once cold we had a couple more Pipeline Porter while watching The Daily Show! It was a good night. Thanks for the free samples Teeter.
MYOB Totals
Beers 13
Countries 3
Continents 2
Cheers and More Beers!
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