We headed up to La Vista to visit the new location of Nebraska’s newest brewery. Lucky Bucket Brewing Company has been Brewing since 2009. We were excited to visit the brewery as they also house Sòlas Distillery. Sòlas is currently the only Nebraska distiller with a product on the market (Joss Vodka).
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Episode 131 – The Guinness Challenge
Posted By John on March 13th, 2009
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day we started the Guinness challenge. We rounded up three versions of Guinness. Two of them were draught. One in bottle one in a can. They were supposed to be the same, but we found out they each were a bit different.
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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Guinness Draught (Bottle)
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St James Gate in Dublin, Ireland
Notes: Thin and smooth. The malt hits in the end with tastes of chocolate and coffee. Ranked in #3 in the Guinness Challenge.
| John: B | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B- |
| Marissa: B- | Anne: C |
Beer: Guinness Draught (Can)
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St James Gate in Dublin, Ireland
Notes: Creamer than the bottle. Formed a nice head. The malt in this version was more apparent in the front of the flavor. More flavors of coffe and chocolate. Ranked #2 in the Guinness Challange.
| John: B+ | Brian: B | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: B | Anne: B |
Beer: Guinness Import Extra Stout
Brewery: Guinness Brewery New Brunswick, Canada
Notes: The clear winner. It is thinker and robust coffee flavors with playful chocolate flavors throughout. It was the clear winner of the Guinness Challange. Funny Canadian Guinness beats Irish Guinness. Who would have thought.
| John: A- | Brian: B+ | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: B+ | Anne: B+ |
Beer: Smithwicks Irish Ale
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St. James Gate in Dublin Ireland
Notes: Great roasted malt flavor. Very enjoyable.
| John: B | Brian: B | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: A | Anne: B- |
Do you have a suggestion for a beer we should try or any other comments? Send them to info@brewcast.net or call 402-817-0351 and leave us a voicemail.
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