Dedication

I'm a pretty dedicated fellow. I mean really. It'ts after 11pm, and I need to be up in a matter of hours for work, but I am drinking not one... but two beers. With purpose. The obvious one is the Bells Third Coast Beer to continue the Bells week on CDR. The not-so-obvious one is the homebrew IPA I have in the other glass. Why? Because I care about my football team.

I can't remember if I have mentioned the kegerator system my roommate/brewmate and I have on a previous post, but we have one. Dual tap. And it just so happens that we have a brew called the Tomahawk cHop Garnet Ale that is currently fermenting. If we empty one of the kegs this week then we will be able to have the TcGA ready for Gameday this Saturday. [In case you live under a rock, this week we are graced with the return of college football.] And being good Seminole fans, it is only right that we make (and have available to enjoy) a beer that serves as an Ode to our boys on the turf. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Now, back to the brew du jour. This Third Coast Beer is an American Pale Ale and is the lightest beer that Bells makes. It's kind of hazy, and I feel like it wants to be a wheat/hefe but isn't. Yesterday I mentioned that I don't like the phrase 'grassy' when it comes to describing beer... but I think this one has that same quality. I'll defer back to the grains they used.

Overall this is an 'alright' beer. Bells has so many others that are really bold in their flavors and not every one can be the best. Unfortunately I need to rank this one on the lower end of the scale, but that isn't to say it's not enjoyable. It's not too bitter, and is very crisp. Thinking this would be great during the Summer.

One thing that I did not know was what the 'Third Coast' was. Turns out that the it actually refers to the entire Great Lakes region. Being a former Michigander I come with great pride of the Great Lakes (and pretty much all things Michigan.) So I'd be lying if I said I didn't dig the homage to the homeland. Also, Fun Fact alert: the label on the TCB is actually 1 of 24 labels that map out all 3,288 miles of the Michigan coastline, which touches 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. [per Bell's website]

Bells
Third Coast Beer
American Pale Ale
4.8% abv
"...a truly quaffable beer."