Four Beers

Last night my son picked up 6 beers from the local 6-pack store so we are back to food as a subject for the blog. The first one, "White Lightning" from the Full Pint Brewing Company here in North Versailles, was a nice light heffeweisen with a good coriander flavor. This was the first time I had heard of the Full Pint Brewing Company which, Will says, was started by the brewmasters from the old John Harvard's Brew pub in Wilkins. On their website, which is currently just a blog, you can see them moving the equipment from John Harvard's to their new warehouse. If we got the Tribune-Review, perhaps I would know about it: Full Pint Brewery makes splash in Pittsburgh beer scene. I'm going to have to see if the Trib has a headlines by email.

Then there was Stone Levitation Ale, which was nice and hoppy with a beautiful bottle, and Flying Dog's Dogtoberfest (from Frederick, Maryland - we'll have to stop by sometime on our way to DC). Will says the when we are in San Diego we'll have to visit the Stone Brewery, which really impressed him.

The best beer last night was He'Brew's Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. - A double india pale ale with rye malt, which was rich, hoppy, malty, sweet and strong at 10%. It really filled your mouth: "a whole meal" as Will put it. Fortunately we were splitting the beers into 3 so that it was only an appetizer!