Shipyard Event at Hamilton's

So the whole gang went out to Hamilton's a week ago for the Shipyard Brewing Event. This by far was one of the best events I have been to at Hamilton's except the beer week disc golf one.

Shipyard sent in 100 live lobsters and Hamilton's did it up right. Low country boil, steamed claw, and grilled tails.

To compliment the free food Shipyard had brought about 11 or 12 beers with them. Seeing as I had only tried one of there beers in the past I took it upon myself to try as many of them as I could.

Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin (tap) - I have had plenty of pumpkin beers but this is by far the best. It rated extremely high on rate beer and for good reason. This didn't have a huge annoying pumpkin flavor, it was subtle, but hit the tip of your tongue just right. At 9.25% alcohol, and the fact that it was $3.50 for a 10 oz glass this was one of the top beers for me that night. This is a beer everyone can enjoy.

Shipyard Old Thumper (cask/tap) - I'm a big fan of Old Thumper. I had it once at Princess Pub and thought it was a great English beer. I was surprised to hear that it came from Maine. On cask this beer only got better. So good in fact they ran out. I did manage to have a couple before they did though. It was hard going back to it on tap when the cask ran out.

Shipyard Prelude, Winter Ale (tap) - This was a really good Winter Ale. It scored extremely high on rate beer. Actually I think it was either their #1 or #2 beer for this brewery. It was good, but it tasted like a lot of other winter beers. If we weren't in San Diego, and it wasn't Memorial Day weekend this would have probably tasted better. You need the correct situation for some beers. Ill give this beer another try around the Holidays and see how it fares.

Shipyard XXXX IPA (tap) - This was a good well balance 9% IPA. The hops didn't destroy your tongue. I would love to try a cask of this. Had a good aroma to it.

Shipyard Export Ale (tap) - This was very similar to the Thumper except it wasn't as balanced. It had a bite at the end of it. Still good, just not as good as the Thumper.