What beers are you serving your guests at your 4th of July Picnic?

Originally posted by cquiroga
Started with Prima Pils. Very solid stuff, but I prefer my pilsners hoppier and drier.

Then Consecration (Batch 002)-- damn good, but I think the bottle last week was a little better, and I like this batch on draft even more. A little too much alcohol and a little too bold here, but still good.

Someone just busted out one of my bottles of Hurlimann Samichlaus ’95, so we’re settin’ this party off now, I suppose. Damn good stuff, but it’s super-rich and very sweet, and I wasn’t really going to open it unless/until we got several hours in (and probably into the night) and we were looking for a dessert-like drink. But someone asked about the Samichlaus beer glass I was serving their Consecration in, and I brought one of the old Hurlimann bottles out of the fridge to show them what it was. Then I went to the bathroom, and the next thing I knew, I had a full glass of ’95 Hurlimann Samichlaus waiting for me on my return. Doops. Really raisiny and with lots of flavors of molasses, brown sugar, and even a kind of curry-like spice component-- leathery, like rum-raisin cake or artisan bread. Always a favorite, but this shit is NO summer beer. Oh well.

Probably next up will be a super-fresh bottle of Avery Maharaja


Also have lined up:

Russian River Beatification Batch 002
Alpine BORIS Imperial Stout
Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme ’07
Anchor Porter
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Bell’s Batch 7000
GI Bourbon County ’07
Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt
Ayinger Celebrator (for the brats!)
Isastegi Sagardo Naturala basque cider

Definitely won’t get to all of ’em. But they’re there if we get that far.

Originally posted by obguthr
My tribute to America is serving Brooklyn’s version of the Hopfen Weiss instead of the Schneider version.