re: FBD Monday Funday edition

Also, nice little beer package arrived today.

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This beer blows RuinTen away. Hell, it blows most IPAs away.

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Agree, one of the best new IPAs I have tried lately.

I just wish they made it year round. I've also been drinking a lot of there 1500 pale ale. Its becoming more common to see it on tap in bars, which is awesome.

I'm about to order 2 bottles

The lovely Missus Me suggested we go to the Oregon Brewers Festival this weekend. I thought about it for a while and decided, "Why not?".

It's all summer beers. IPAs, Pale Ales, Session Ales, Saisons, Berliner Weisse's, etc...

Drake's is going to be there, but not with Aroma Coma, but with a beer called 7x70 IPA. Anybody know about this one? Tokens are $1 and gets you a 4 oz pour of anything. A pint will be 4 bucks. Sounds like it will be a pretty good time, right on the water front. 88 brewers.

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I think this is the right approach when digging into craft beer. I would create the mix and match sixer like this:

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That is a great advice Jax.

FBD is a THA--last one from my AL trip a few weeks back.

SBD - Hop Rising

Dear Leader,

As you requested. Threw this together at work and didnt proofread. Hope it makes sense.


2 Grapefruits
3 limes
Tomato, purple onion, garlic cloves, cilantro, pablano or jalepeno pepper, avacado

Use the juice and zest from the grapefruit and lime to marinate the tuna. I use about 1-2lbs of tuna diced up or sliced thin. Try to get all the fish covered, but you will probably have to stir it a couple times. Let it marinate for at least 3 hours.

Chop up the veggies and herbs to whatever consistency you like. Mix them together and add a little salt, pepper and cumin for taste. Have used jerk seasoning before, it covers the fresh flavor a little though. Some people will hold out the avacado until the end, but I like to stir it around a lot so it breaks down a little and spreads the buttery flavor. If it seems dry add some EVOO to help.

Drain off the excess liquid from the tuna (if there is any) and mix in with the veggie/herbs. Usually let that sit together for at least an hour, but you can eat it any time.

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7x70 IPA

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Drake’s IPA. Denogginizer. Hopocalypse. Aroma Coma. Aroma Prieta. It ain’t exactly a secret that we’re kind of known for our hoppy beers. Back in September, we started experimenting with some new IPAs- all a bit leaner, hoppier and more in line with a modern, pale, unapologetically hoppy West Coast Style IPA than our classic, balanced, original IPA. The more clever of you may have made some guesses as to where we were going with that project, but if you hadn’t, we’re happy to tell you that as of April Drake’s is releasing a new, year-round IPA called 7×70 IPA (“Seven by Seventy” IPA) starting on draft only and eventually heading to store shelves near you later this year.

7×70 IPA clocks in at 7% ABV and 70 IBUs (hence the name) and starts with a citric burst from the Amarillo, El Dorado, and Citra hops in the boil. A lean malt bill that lets the hops really shine through with only 2-row and a touch of lightly toasted pale malt. The dry hop features a second boost of tropical citrus from Calypso hops, as well as a slap of pine from the Simcoes.

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As you requested. Threw this together at work and didnt proofread.

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Thanks ft. I am gonna make it in FL in a few weeks.