Friendship Brew (Green Flash/ St-Feuillien)

    It is late October and free time will soon be taken by the leaves. I have a lot of trees and every fall it becomes a battle. A battle between the trees and my ability to think about how to best get them up without spending every waking moment beside a rake.
   We recently had a very in depth meeting about Belgian beers and the goose island rendition of these beers. As I was raking/blowing leaves this past Saturday I was fantasizing about being a Belgian farmer working hard to support the house hold. I was getting really thirsty, thirsty for some liquid nutrition.
    Belgian beers are the gutter punk of beers. Their real attitude is fucken ferment, whatever, it's boiled, it's sterile, it's better than this piss water. There has recently been some new personalities who have published articles about the benefits of drinking beer to regain mineral, vitamin, and water loss due to physical activity. This is old news to the Belgian farmer, keep running and drinking yuppie (old news).
    I don't really know much about the two breweries who got friendly on this brew. I have had friends who have suggested that I try the hop bombs that put green flash on the map. St-Feuillien is a Belgian brewery that has been around for almost 1000 years. The subtle adjustment of yeast over the years that this brewery has been around is responsible for the incredible flavor. San Diego based Green Flash brewery is best known for their "west coast" IPA's and hop bombs. This brewery is not afraid to produce beers that will assault your palate and have been know to put their own spin on Belgian classics.
     I shared this beer with a true friend in the company of good family. I really appreciate how awesome that they are and they allow my family to meld into theirs and use their kitchen as a backdrop for my low rotation blog. Luck is coming our way folks and we know just what to drink when we can celebrate.