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Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Benefits of a H.S. Education

Ahh children... You raise them, nurture them, give them the benefit of your knowledge, (or lack there of) send them out into the world to find their way. When they do find their way back hopefully they will bring back knowledge, experience and good beer. Well, we raised our kid well. On a recent whirl-wind trip of Italy my freshly (high school) graduated daughter knew to forgo the Gondolier T-shirt and Colosseum paper weights, and bring back the ol' man Venetian suds.

Pedavena poured a clear yellow gold color with a firm two fingers of thick foam. The nose was light and grassy, with just a hint of sweet malts. Maybe some mild yeast undertones as well. The taste started with dry biscuit notes with a lite fruitiness. Sharp grassy hops dominate the rest of the way finishing slightly dry. 5.0% abv with high/moderate carbonation. It was OK... I've never had a stellar Italian beer so my expectations for Pedavena weren't too high. But the kid did alright. Ollie my cat seemed to like it, gave it two paws up! Wadaya want, he's a wine drinker...

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Sounds very nice. My son knows my husband and I like special ales and being online alot he showed me a website The Drink Shop which is great for beers and ales even if it is a lot less galmourous than a beer bought back from Italy

Anonymous said...

Very nice. I hope she enjoyed Italy. And of course, job well done for bringing back a beer.

Mikey said...

The Drink Shop has some very nice stuff. Too bad they don't deliver to the U.S.

Dona125 said...

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