The Lone Pine

irreverent-dan (60) in photofeed • 7 years ago

It's been a long time since I drank anything other than boozy winter warmers, so for this #BeerSaturday, I wanted to diverge from the regular porters and stouts. Well, at least a bit - today's beer is still boozy with its 6.5% ABV. I am presenting you the one and only Canadian Lone Pine - an India Pale Ale beer "brewed with skilled hands and passionate hearts". The latter sounds a bit cheesy if you ask me. @countrygirl?

A pine in the foreground, pines in the background.

Sawdust City Lone Pine ~ Imported all the way from Gravenhurst, Canada ~ 473 ml - $5.60 ~ 6.5% alc/vol ~ The first canned beer that I am reviewing on Steemit

To spice things up a bit, I also recorded a video of me taking pictures and notes of the beer.

The Lone Pine pours dirty blonde with a big white head, which looks as dense as my beard. It is one of the most beautiful beer foams my eyes have seen, and I literally spent 2 minutes taking pictures of it from different angles.

Lone Pine collage.jpg

This one smells fresh, and you can tell straight away that it's pumped with grapefruit and pine (obviously) hops. Flavour-wise, it starts off strong - piney and hoppy - but soon after, it turns into something unrecognizable and bland. It leaves me with a decent and long-lasting grapefruitish aftertaste. I expected more...

The Lone Pine is good but not excellent, which means that it's kind of overpriced for what it is. $5.60 is quite a lot even for a 473 ml can. 3.4 out of 5 stars.

Cheers, and thank you for reading!

Dan the beer man.

Behind the scenes - my Xperia XZ Premium filming the entire photo shoot.

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szuri (52) · 7 years ago

Above all, we really need to appreciate the continuous effort you put in your posts. :)

P:S - You have really nice veins.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Ema, I believe that's the weirdest compliment I've ever received 😁😁

szuri (52) · 7 years ago

You can count on me for obscure compliments.

As long as it leaves you smiling and happy,my job is done. :)

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

Haha, it did make me laugh out loud :) Good job! 😁

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irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Are you on discord @szuri?

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szuri (52) · 7 years ago

I am :)

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irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

And your nickname is...? :) Mine is irreverent-dan#4220

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szuri (52) · 7 years ago

I have sent you a message ^^

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geniusloci (56) · 7 years ago

Man, beerwise, I am so looking forward to be back in Germany. Nepal is just the wrong place for beer. You are teasing me with each post :D I am going to send you some bottles from my friends private brewery :)

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Haha, I feel you, man! And now that you said that, I so look forward to you being back in Berlin 😂 Sending me some beer would be the coolest thing ever!

outrayjust (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

The video is so fun! And great photos & storytelling as always, my friend.

Of course the only beverage I’ll touch with a head like that is a chocolate egg cream. 😄

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

To be honest, this head is nowhere near as good looking as the beer head 😁

Thank you, Lisa!

outrayjust (60) · 7 years ago

Ah...we will have to agree to disagree on this one. 😄

countrygirl (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

Aw Dan.

"brewed with skilled hands and passionate hearts". The latter sounds a bit cheesy if you ask me. @countrygirl?

Yes, total cheese....I wouldn't buy it just because of that. :)

Have you tried Creemore Springs? No preservatives in it. It's the Lager I am suggesting you might enjoy. It's boozy as you say. I've had it a few times years ago and in the summer I crave it sometimes but never end up getting a bottle. It's pricey as well.

You are a serious beer taster that is for sure! Dan the beer man is a great name for you. That's your lane now :)

PS - great photos and video !

PPS - Gravenhurst....spent many many summers there. Beautiful country.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

I haven't, I don't think I ever will unless I come to Canada :) These are all the Canadians beers that I can buy here: http://100beers.bg/by-country/canada

Did you know that when I was working at the Mexican restaurant in Denmark, they used to call me "Dan the sandwich man"? 😂

Thank you, Deb! I am yet to search the net for some photos of Gravenhurst.

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outrayjust (60) · 7 years ago

Sandwich Man? At a Mexican joint?!? That’s paramount to sacrilege. Mexican sandwiches are called tortas, son 🇲🇽

Dan the Boozy Beer & Torta Man! 😉

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

No, the sandwiches weren't Mexican. They were the typical Bulgarian "принцеси с шунка и кашкавал" and the Danes were dying to eat them :D

outrayjust (60) · 7 years ago

Head. Spinning. 😄

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dijana969 (57) · 7 years ago

As I mentioned before I do not drink beer, but enjoy your blog about it. At least I have a glimpse what is all fuss about, believe it or not I tasted it only once in my life, didn’t like it and never had a sip again. I know that it is uneducated of me but had no clue that beers have aromas and flavours 🤫. Great post and photos...I liked time lapse the most!

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Hey Di, the first time I tried beer communist pilsner) a couple of decades ago, I was absolutely sure that I will never have another sip 😁 But gradually, I started to like it.

Thank you so much! I must experiment more often with video :)

allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

Love the two pines and the 'wicked witch from the west' shades of green on the can. Did you use the colour wand? Fantastic video too.

And you're a Mollydooker? Just in case you don't know what a Mollydooker is: Mollydooker. Apart from me, you're in such great company. Like Leonardo da Vinci. 🙏

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Mollydooker 😂 Such a funny word! I can actually write with both hands because back in the 80s, it was widely accepted here that writing with the left hand is simply wrong. Okay, I am exaggerating a bit, but in the early grades at school, they tried to convert me into the opposite of Mollydooker.

I almost always use the wand :) Glad that you liked them, Ally, and thank you for stopping by :)

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fotosdenada (65) · 7 years ago

Nice color, but a bit foamier than I'd expect. Really like those first two photos! Love the cell phone-on-a-tripod.

Canadian, eh? (See what I did there?) We get some Canadian brews here in Minnesota, but Manitoba's right across the border :-)

I've got to ask... Do they import Budweiser there? They had it in Spain and, well, it's cheap and gross. My opinion, of course, anyway.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

I like foamy beers, Mark, that's why I was so impressed with this one :) Yes, we have both the American and the Czech Budweiser, and I gotta say that I much prefer the Czech one. By the way, the 500ml bottles of the Czech Budweiser are made in Bulgaria.

Thanks for your comment! :)

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fotosdenada (65) · 7 years ago

My dad brews at home and, occasionally, a rogue yeast will get into a bottle or two and replace the dominant strain. He's gotten a lot better at preventing it, but the results are... spectacular! It can create a skunky smelling beer, of course, but the most impressive is the pressure and foam. One time, I opened a bottle and it shot foam out the top until there was only about a third of the "liquid" beer left in the bottle... You probably don't like them that foamy, though :-)

As for the cans v bottles debate, it's sort of like the bottles vs boxes for wine. Boxes are superior in some ways, but they don't have the same aesthetic or experience as a bottle does. When it comes to beer, though, there's no arguing that it's best from the tap!

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Haha, that's way too foamy! I remember opening a well-shaken soda bottle once, and it literally exploded in my face :D

Maybe you are right that it's more about the experience of drinking from a bottle :)

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fotosdenada (65) · 7 years ago

Well, he's gotten better, but I still get a bottle like that once in awhile. Always best to open them over the sink, just in case!

beer47 (46) · 7 years ago

Great photos! Is the first photo in the post also with the Xperia? If so, how does it get such great bokeh?

Too bad the beer was a little bland

Cheers! 🍻

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

Thanks a lot, @beer47! No, the first one is taken with my Lumix & the Lensbaby, which produces some outstanding bokeh :) The Xperia is nowhere near being as capable when it comes to image quality and bokeh.

Cheers!

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harveyword (65) · 7 years ago

Amazing shots as always, no winter warmers down here in Australia, all summer quenchers for us at the moment, another 35 degree days expected again today.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you, Harvey! Not that I hate winters, but I look so much forward to those warmer spring days :) Enjoy your Sunday!

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hanen (64) · 7 years ago

Thats a great photo. I mean the first one in the snowCan be the right one for advertisement :) Love the photos, thank you for sharing these lovely moments. Enjoy your weekend!

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Haha, I actually uploaded it to Instagram and tagged the brewery :) Who knows, maybe one day I'll attract the interest of some craft breweries, and they'll start sending me beers for free. Thanks for your comment, @hanen, I am happy that you liked them :) Enjoy your Sunday!

smawkward (49) · 7 years ago

That is a good idea... A group of friends and I won a chilli cook-off that was for Charity back in October. We tagged our local meat market on Facebook, hope next time we get a discount.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

A chilli cook-off? That sounds interesting! What did you cook?

Fingers crossed :)

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smawkward (49) · 7 years ago

We kept our chilli simple and used smoked sausage and ground beef. There was about 60 other teams and most were doing crazy things to their chilli. I didn't do the actual cooking. I was the sample cup filler guy.

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Yummy! Sometimes, keeping it simple is best :)

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hanen (64) · 7 years ago

Thats a good idea! I wish you success with that :)

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irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you! :))

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tattoodjay (73) · 7 years ago (edited)

I have never been a fan of canned beer prefer bottles but some look so interesting you have to try them

Tip!

beer47 (46) · 7 years ago

I think there is still a misplaced stigma for beer in cans. Cans are technically a superior vessel for beer storage.

Cans are:

More airtight than bottles
Less air (sometimes zero) "air" in the head space (yes a good bottling machine should fill that space with CO2 but with a can there is less margin for error).
Allow in zero light (this makes it impossible to have a skunked, aka light-struck beer)
Much lighter (you can ship more in the same amount of truck space so better for the environment)
More likely to be recycled
Aluminum never touches the beer (until you open it)

There are legitimate reasons to not like cans in general:

Bauxite mining is pretty terrible
Cans are lined with plastic, sometimes this plastic contains small amounts of BPA (which is flavorless but still not great for you)

tattoodjay (73) · 7 years ago

All very good points indeed
I think I just grew into bottled beer or tap and it’s just habit more than anything

Not that it matters I cannot drink anymore

beer47 (46) · 7 years ago

On-tap is definitely the best of all options!

Since you can't drink, you can always live vicariously through us by reading about it. 😉 There are some non-alcoholic craft breweries opening up in the US. Although, even those beers still have a trace of alcohol. 😕

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tattoodjay (73) · 7 years ago

I do livenit and enjoy beers through posts like yours. 😎😎😎

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irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you, my friend. I also prefer bottled beer (not sure why), but I see that @beer47 has listed some serious can facts :)

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outrayjust (60) · 7 years ago

Plus think of all the things you can get in a can that you’d never find in a bottle:

Meat
Peas
Cat food
Pinapple chunks
Bologna 😳

On the other hand, genies only come in bottles.

Bottles win!

tattoodjay (73) · 7 years ago

yes indeed I thought I knew a lot but clearly I didn’t lol

vimma (47) · 7 years ago

Hehe, lovely tree landscape there!
Being a big fan of trees I can only like this post. Craft beers (usually) aren't too shabby either, though I seldom grant myself any.

Excellent start for a week to bump into your account straight away - I'm following yous this instant!

Regards,
Esa

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you kindly, Esa! Craft beers are wonderful (well, at least the majority of them are). I know that alcohol regulations are tight in Finland, so I was curious whether you have dedicated shops for craft beer? :)

Cheers!

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mdosev (59) · 7 years ago

Видеото е супер! Интересно е да се види "снимачната площадка" от друг ъгъл. Пак ми се допи бира... LOL :D

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Хахах, ще се алкохолизираме тук с нашата бирена общност :D Благодаря много! :)

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rebeccabe (63) · 7 years ago

great job!! you are a good beer man Dan

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Haha, thank you Rebecca :) 🍻

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catalincernat (56) · 7 years ago

I really like the way you are taking notes! Like a true connoisseur!

I also like the first photograph. :)

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you, my friend :) I think the notes-taking process looks super funny in fast motion :D

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chrissymchavez (55) · 7 years ago

LOVE the little behind the scenes vid!! more more more!

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

more more more!

That's the one thing I am not good at! 😂
Glad that you liked it, Chrissy :)

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Thanks, pix!

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matajingga (59) · 7 years ago

Great shot! nice concept photos :)

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thanks a lot, Hari! :)

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sid9999 (52) · 7 years ago

@irreverent-dan which camera did you use for this shots,,..
really its so detailed photographs

irreverent-dan (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you! It's Lumix G80 and two different lenses - Lensbaby 56mm f1/6 + Olympus 12-40 mm f/2.8

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