Las Vegas - various

This weeks beer of the week comes to you from Las Vegas. We are here with an assorted group of family members following a family wedding in California.

I am fortunate to have two members of the travelling team join me for this post, Corey and Sarah.

We chose a venue, "Pour 24" a bar within the New York, New York complex. Open 24 hours with 24 US micro brews on tap.

Unfortunately, we only had time to try three...

First beer, Corey's choice. Sin City Amber - an "Oktoberfest style" lager. Not bad. The verdict was drinkable, starts with a fairly clean taste, but gets increasingly malty as you progress through the drink. Nice colour, clean flavour, with a nod toward the malt.

Second beer, my choice. Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA. This is one my favourite American style IPAs. Our local speciality beer store imports it, but at $25 for a six pack.....The 60 minute comes from 60 hop additions during the boil process. Corey's verdict - "refreshing smooth after taste". This beer has the classic IPA hoppy bitterness combined with a punch of cut grass, garden freshness. A great beer.

Third beer, Sarah's choice. Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat. Definitely the most intriguing beer of the session. It was described as having a "coriander" flavour. We all disagreed. I got "anise with a tinge of citrus", Corey, once again with "refreshing".

Sarah wins best description of the session with (variously) "liquid bread", "blueberry muffins" and "fruity pebbles". It should be noted that "fruity pebbles" required a lengthy discussion as I had no clue what fruity pebbles were. A breakfast cereal.... apparently.

Conclusions?

1. I need to get over my distrust of wheat beers and get out and try a few more. 2. Its always way more fun tasting with companions. I think Corey sums it up best - "refreshing".