St. Paddy's 2010 TnDC Field Trip #14

Came to Asheville for St. Pat's this year and it was a blast. Junk met the Melon and I over here for a little R&R and a few pints to boot. Lobster Trap, the home of Oyster House Brewing was our 1st stop. Had a flight of Patton Ave Pale Ale, IPA, Moonstone stout and an offering from French Broad Brewery of their Kolsch (we think). The Patton Ave Ale is made with bittering of Chinook, Columbus and Magnum followed by Simcoe and Cascade. At about 5%abv it was a nice brew. IPA was good! No info on the website concerning recipe. Then there was Moonstone Stout, yikes! Junk and Melon quaffed this stuff up. Made as a dry Irish stout with 5lbs of fresh oysters (shell and all). Low abv at 4.5% with calcium and seas salt this one is not supposed to taste like oysters. However, for me it did twang of a certain fishy brininess. Not across my teeth again. Stopped into Bruisin-Ales , a boutique beer shop with over 800 types of brew. Met the owner Jason Atallah and bought a few brews, including some that will appear on the blog soon. I even got a free pint glass. To finish up the night our choice was Jack of the Wood. The Irish music was phenomenal and the company couldn't have been better. We only tried one of their beers, 11th annual Green Man Stout, 6 or was it 7 pints of it:) Salud