beers

i enjoy drinking beers. they're my buddy. traveling to florida i was a bit concerned i wouldn't be able to find many tasty beers, but there have been moments.  i am not picky when it comes to beer, i'll drink it as long as it's wet, but i certainly do enjoy trying new beers. overall, i'm a fan of hoppy beers, pale ales and what have you.

in south beach i was afraid i was destined to be with bottled budweiser, but thanks to the internet i found a bar called abbey brewing company. i tried their immaculate ipa. it was quite good, not much on the foam side but pretty in color and overally pretty smooth. we also went to a very hip bar called the room, which served only wine and beer. it was probably one of the coolest bars i've been in. i felt like a cool kid from new york or something. pricey, but delicious beer. i tried big hoppy monster from atlanta georgia. i didn't find it all that hoppy, but it had good winey overtones and wasn't too heavy on the pallette. 

i drank some beer called prestige also, got it from a convenience store in florida city. it is a lager from haiti, and comes in bottles like red stripe. a good beer.

i also tried an ipa from some brewery in northern florida, i forget the name. it was a typical, watery microbrew.

now in new orleans, the local beer on tap is abita. went to a hole in the wall last night and tried their amber and bock, both definitley good beers for a bar to have on tap. it was like being back in milwaukee, beer wise. incidentally, at a sushi restaurant in hollywood i tried abita at random from the menu, thinking it was a japanese beer. no, it's from louisiana.  

now, this little blog will probably bore most if not all. regardless, i felt compelled to document my beer experience. i really enjoy the fact that there are so many beers in the world, and in the u.s., and they come from all over the country. 

if you like beer, try looking at beeradvocate.com. it's pretty extensive.

below is a list of