Frisco Friday -- Report for 8/15/08

Frisco was the usual affair, though a bunch more people came out because it was my last day at Windermere/Essex/Northrop Grumman. My first beer was Wolavers All-American ale. This beer didn't strike me as having that much flavor. It had a light mouth feel, was amber in color, and was easy to drink. It was ok I guess, just nothing spectacular. After that me an John split the new Stone Vertical Epic for 08-08-08. At first, John and I both got the dreaded pool water flavor. Not sure how else to describe that flavor, I'm sure there is a proper term for it. The pool water flavor went away quick and it warmed nicely. It reminded me of a very light Belgian tripel with more hop than usual and a detectible peppery bite on the finish. This makes sense because apparently it was at least partially inspired by Duvel Tripel Hop. Overall pretty good. Shortly afterwards I rode over to Perfect Pour to get two bottles to cellar.