Well here we are, the end of the year and the last beer review of the year also!! I had better not have chosen a couple of duffers!!
I hope you are all having a splendidly festive time, and if Christmas is not your bag then a Skully Pantsmas to you!!
But wait, this is no time for random imaginings of me in my pants. This is a time for beer! So what do we have?
From the Goose Island Beer Company we have the 312 urban wheat beer. A 4.2% little number. The yellow of the can blazed out on the shelves and given I have been quite fond of Goosey beers in the past I walloped it straight into my basket.
It pours a pale cloudy gold with a fair bit of fizz. It looks a bit washed out in the photo but in real life it was a fine looking thing. I popped seventeen boners when I saw it!!!
How does it taste? Oh man, I think it's great. I really do. It is smooth, creamy and mellow. The wheat flavour is quite subtle. It is incredibly easy to drink and is exactly the type of beer that I would drink piles of in one go. Some people might not like it because of its smoothness but hey, I flipping love it!! I will give it an 8/10!!
Well what can rival that. The next one is a prize winner apparently.
A 4% watermelon gose from the Thornbridge Brewery. It won a homebrew competition in 2017. Oooo, sounds interesting, I don't think I have had a watermelon beer before.
Well this is even cloudier than the last. And it reeks of old socks when I open it. That's a very good thing as you can smell the fermentation. This will be the real deal, I can sense it!
The fizz fades fast thankfully and we are left with a slight flat, rusty cloudy thing, a bit like lambs urine.
The taste... It's fantastic. It's sour, it's slightly bitter and it's subtly watermelon'y. A really good mix of watermelon and beer. Who would imagine such a thing could be any good? I love it! 8.5!!!
Hotdonktabulous!! I feel amazing. Now I just have to polish off the rest of my beers, oh yes, I have more. Tonight the world will end in fire. Or something. Maybe I will just get slightly tiddly and go to bed early with the room spinning :0)
I hope you all have a great new year!! Remember to raise a glass to the famous Scot, Boaby Tadger, tomorrow evening!! It's a tradition!!
Thanks for the review... that goose looks good and I will look for it next time I am picking some up.
A pleasure! It's an easy drinking mofo. Some might not like it because it's quite a simple uncomplicated thing but I loved it for that!
I can tell you really enjoy the beers and celebrations. Happy New Year!
I do! It's awesome. Big happy new year to you tomorrow!!!
With that last beer, I'll never have to eat fruit again!
Haha! Definitely, just five of them a day and you are laughing ;0)
Way to end the year!I'm glad they both didn't go below 8 whew! There's a Filipino dish called Sinigang, which is like a sour stew of vegetables and pork/chicken/beef. It's touted as the national dish, but I still prefer Adobo. But, I digress. Usually, the souring agent involves tamarind or lemon or lime or whatever, but recently, a new trendy souring agent came out, which is something you wouldn't normally associate with sour. They used watermelon! Who knew, right!?
Because of that, I truly believe watermelon is capable of many wonderful things. Glad to see beer is counted among them haha!
Wow, I completely never knew that!! I think I might still prefer adobo too right enough. It's a fine thing!!!
It was a good tasting and no mistake. I was mighty glad.
All in all our was a good pre new years Eve Eve!!
I once had a goze, and I didn't like it at all. The bartender (who knows I like beer) came up to me with a glass holding a bottom of goze, as he told me: we've had something new come in. He clearly indicated that he didn't like it. I tasted, and it was horrible, due to the saltiness. (salt is a standard ingredient of goze)
Glad to read that there are other beers in that style which are palatble.
I'd also like to state that Goose Island Beer Company belongs to ABInbev.
I think this one is done in the style of a gose rather than being a strict proper one. As a result it is definitely sweeter and fruitier than ones I have tried in the past, in fact it is a fine thing. Definitely with a whiff of the homebrew about it. I didn't know that about goose!
very good choice dear friend @meesterboom, wheat beer I always liked, but here there is almost no and the brands that are available are very expensive, the one of watermelon I have never heard in my life, I will definitely have to go out and look for it.
Thank you very much for this great update.
Have an excellent beer afternoon
Wheat beers are fantastic aren't they!!!
Cheers to you @jlufer on this happy evening
chico, sold!
you don't need to write anything at all
the gif and your pic at the end says it all ! ^ ^
Happy New Year to you and your family and cheers to that flippin' great brew you're sippin at!
Hehe, you know me, Ido try and get the feeling of joy into a picture! :OD
I hope you have the best new year ever tomorrow! May 2018 be THE year!
yes both say it all :D!
thanks! ^ ^
Wow a beer of watermelons... I would love to try it, even though the beers leave me a little crazier than normal and give me the courage to do the impossible hahahahaha
Crazy is good, especially if it letsy ou go for the impossible! ;O)
hahahaha I do not share your opinion ;)
;O)
That Goose Island 312 is one of my favorite brews out there! It is extremely popular here in the United States. The brewery is located in Chicago! I heard they have a cool brew tour there!!
It's excellent isn't it!! My first thought was I am getting more of this!! It's been a while since I had a beer that I thought I'd a good one too drunk lots of if that makes sense.
Chicago is one cool town!
@meesterboom, no drinking allowed though for me but cheers to the new year
None? I hope you are well!! Have a great new year mate!!
lol. I am very okay. Wish you same mate!
Wow 😮, GOOSE 312 is a rich beer, so it means we’re marching richly into 2018.
Enjoy yourself @meesterboom.
I’m still your humble follower and friend @maxdevalue.
Hello dude!! Yes indeed, 2018 is going to be quite the year!! Here's to ya!
Cheers Beers and Happy New Year
Cheers beersy!
Nice one sir. Don't have any idea about beer but i can perceive enjoyment in the air.
Happy new year in advance.
@seyiodus.
Enjoyment is in the air definitely!! Cheers to you lady!!! :0)
Cheers to you too.
I like the sound of the watermelon one, the first one looks like a wee sample haha
I always think most of them look like wee samples lol!
What a way to finish the year, two of the better beers you have had to sample and report on for us mere mortals.
Happy hangovers for tomorrow.
It's a good run up to the end of the year for sure! Now we are on the home stretch!
When I get up tomorrow you will still be celebrating. Lucky lad.
Just popped round the corner to see if there is still a beer drinking tradition in Scotland.
Glad to see there is! :-)
The spinning of the room, a thing I try to stay away from as it is more than often followed by the hugging of the bowl.
Cheers mate and a splendid new year to you and those dear to you!
Ah the hugging of the bowl. Aye, that is one that I stay far away from if possible!!
The beer drinking is a tradition that is here to stay ;0)
Happy new year to you too mate. Not to long now!
Keep the tradition, lose the bowl hugging. :-)
2018, here we come!
OMG you crack me up...upvoted and resteemed
Cheers lass!
Watermelon beer....hmmm can only be a healthy addition to your diet. Hope you have a lovely day and a wonderful new year. Be blessed.
I am sure it will be the key to making me a healthy and fit individual in 2018!
When is new year for you, are you ahead it behind us. We still have sixteen hours to go!
I think we are one hour ahead of you so I also have a few hours to go...just scared I might not be able to wish you a happy new year by then...lol
For the next beer post, you must pour me some. Simply tip the bottle over, above your keyboard. Press enter to send the beer and I will have a cup ready on this end.
Happy New Year!
Consider it done!!! The keyboard is right sticky anyway!
And a Happy new year to you too when it comes!
While I don't drink beer, I really enjoy your reviews - you always look like you're having so much fun with it! However, I will raise my small glass of Bailey's to you in celebration of the new year!
Ah the old Baileys. I quite like aBaileys!!. I will raise a whisky to you!
The Baileys was so delightful I had to have two glasses of it! I hope you enjoyed your celebration! :)
I'll raise a few glasses to you , Meisterbaum !
New tradition ! xD
Happy new year for you and your family.
Only good things allowed !! :o8
Only good things!! I agree, that is a fine toast! Happy New Year to you and yours too!
I am just stopping in to wish you and your family a very wonderful start of your new year 2018 just resteem & upvoted
Hope you and yours have a wonderful time too mate
I'll have a few of the Goose 312, please. I don't think I would enjoy the Mr Smith Gose To because it is made with watermelon. I hate watermelon...
I aint the biggest fan of it either but this was nice in a bad sour way.
The 312 was ace though. I am getting more this weekend!
Quite fond of fruit beer myself. I think I remember mentioning Elvis Juice in one of your earlier reviews ... Looks like adding real fruit is quite the key to sucess.
Elvis Juice is magic. I have a couple in the fridge!
If they do it well it's great, some of them get it terrible wrong and it just ends up being horrible and sweet
Yeah it is and so do I (have some in the fridge). I must see if I can find this 8.5 worthy watermelon beer. It sounds fantastic.
It is a fine tasting thing!
How do i get to partner with you and to get the beer, it looks inviting@meesterboom
You could start by voting for the posts you comment on eh... Eh!
yoiiii,,, hopefully tomorrow evening will be a fantastic night for all...!!!.
I am sure it will!!
good
Evening
The Best bear is Bud 😍
I tend to run like fuck when I see bears!! ;0)
Woww :) It looks delicious .. Your photos are so crazy :) Be happy all the time. Last day of the year .. :)
I hope I do!!!
Happy New year ;)
Looks like you had a lot of fun writing this post! Happy New Year! Resteemed : )
Cheers! Happy New Year. Beer makes the world go round.
Good your post I like to visit it
Hey @meesterboom I'm new on steemit and I read somewhere that if you want to laugh you must read the blogs of yours. And I'm laughing loudly in my room. Regarding your post in my opinion you had enjoyed the most while drinking Goose 312 as your facial expressions tells everything:
And the 2nd one Mr Smith Gose to which is made by melon is looking good but you didn't like it much.
Waiting for your next blog on Happy New Year 2018. Thanks @meesterboom!
By the way your scores 8/10 and 8.5/10 confused me. Your gif shows you're too much excited while drinking goose 312.
The goose was good but the gose was better :0)
I don't know who advised you to check me out but perhaps they might also have told you I don't take kindly to people that comment on my posts saying they enjoyed them but yet they don't vote?
I mean come on, you seem like a nice guy, what's with that?
What is an upvote's value when my life at steemit is not more than a week and my SP is almost zero...? I need lots of support to grow here from seniors like you @meesterboom!
By the way you too look like a very nice one!
See, that is where you are far wrong. It is not about how much your vote is worth it is about you voting.
If you comment and dont vote people will just think you are a spammer
So these are your ethics for minnows @meesterboom. Where are the Rules mentioned in steemit that one should must upvote on a post while commenting....? I will must write a post on this issue and will definitely mention about your behavior(That you demand upvotes on your post forcefully) and I'm sure community will decide. Thanks
Oh really. Is that a threat?
My my, I do love it when someone gets caught out in spammy behaviour and gets all self righteous.
You will do great here, I am sure of it.
Let me be clear I do not demand votes on my posts. But I despise people who come onto a post and comment solely on the hope of getting a comment upvote.
Sound familiar? And don't threaten me it's pathetic.