Indigo Imp

It has been a very long time since I have posted something on this blog. There have been a lot of Miller Lite and Guinness jammed in that period, but last night I had a new beer from a new brewing company in Cleveland - Indigo Imp.

I had a nice beer called the Jester. It is a pale ale fermented with a special blend of Belgian style yeast, has a pleasant clove and a banana flavor with a slight hop bitterness. It was great to try this new beer, and even better that such good stuff was coming out of a new brewery in Cleveland.

Ever since Crooked River folded, Great Lakes Brewing has dominated the Cleveland Craft brewing scene. It is true that Buckeye Beer puts out some decent beers, but nothing as complex and lovely like the Indigo Imp selections.

They have a small selection right now, but it will be nice to watch this brewery and see if they can grow their selection and locations.

Great Christmas Ale

It has been a long time since I have posted. I haven't been very adventurous on the beer front. However, Christmas Ale from Great Lakes has arrived. It is some super yummy stuff.

This year, it seems like they have minimized the fruit and rounded out the flavors of the beer. It is some wickely good stuff. This year's batch is going to sell out super fast. I need to get a couple of six packs to tide me over!

Great Lakes Celebrates 20 Years!

Just a few miles away, The Great Lakes Brewing Company has been serving lovely beers to Cleveland for 20 years.

Rumor has it they are going to have an all day happy hour this Thursday - Yipee!

Coast Brewing IPA

While I was sampling the culinary scene in Charleston, I managed to have a few of the local brews. One of the best ones was the Coast IPA.

It has a nice hoppy finish. What made it even better is that I enjoyed it with my friends at a great beach bar called Poe's Tavern on Sullivan's Island - a short hop from Charleston and very close to the ocean.

The burgers were amazing - making the beer that much enjoyable.

Palmetto Amber

While I was in Charleston, I decided to sample the local ales. I think it is one of my favorite parts of going to a new town.

There is a local brewing company named Palmetto. They have several types of beers. While I was there I tried the Palmetto Amber. It was a good beer. However, I noticed a few places had stopped serving it on draft.

I really liked it, but I wonder if the surge of Magic Hat is driving the local brew off the tap.

Updates to WLWTOB

My old co-workers have been giving me crap because I have not been very good on the world tour this year. Now that it is summer time, I am setting a vow to devote more time to drinking my world tour beers.

Just wanted to have a post to let everyone know I am serious. The Winking Lizard is going to see business picking up. I will also be making more of an effort to have regular blog posts as I go along.

West Side Market

One of the best features of the area where I live is the West Side Market. It is an old market building that houses Cleveland's oldest public market. In 1902 the city purchased a site for a new market that stands today.

The market house cost $680,000 to build. It was designed by the firm of HUBBELL & BENES was dedicated in 1912--a massive yellow-brick building with an interior concourse providing room for 100 stalls, an outdoor arcade with 85 stands, and a large clock tower.

The photography was taken on Saturday during the busiest time of the week for the market.