Mission Pizza and Elysian Loser Pale Ale

Stopped in at Mission Pizza in Fremont for lunch recently. What a nice surprise this place was. 20 or so craft brews on tap. Appears they rotate the taps frequently as well by the collection of tap handles throughout the place. My new all time favorite place in Fremont, with all due respect to my sister's place.



Slice of pepperoni and a Green Flash Hop Head Red. Heck of a combo right there.



Place also has live country & bluegrass music Friday & Saturday nights. Awesome.

As well as a fine collection of beer cans, bottles, tap handles, and KFAT stuff. KFAT was an old time Bay Area country station my pops & uncle would listen to while swillin Bud Light. Thankfully I didn't inherit their taste buds.



On tap during my visit were 4 different Green Flash brews: Hop Head Red, West Coast IPA, Imperial IPA, Barleywine. Sierra Nevada Bock. Abita Purple Haze. Schmaltz Lenny's RIPA. Uncommon Siamese Twin. North Coast Pranqster & Old Rasputin on Nitro. As well as many others. Well worth the trip.





Check out Mission Pizza here http://www.missionpizza.com/index.html


I'll be back for sure.

Oh yeah. Elysian Brewery in Seattle has brewed Loser Pale Ale in honor of 20 years of Sub Pop Records. You can read my review from Beer Advocate here: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/700/44568/?ba=bbothen a little over the top with many Sub Pop artist references, but hey I was happy.

That's the all time great Mudhoney on the label.

Red is in the fermemter

4 weeks away from drinking a homebrewed American style Red ale. Yet to be named.



7 lbs Ultralight malt extract
1 lbs Crystal malt
2 oz black roasted malt
1 oz Magnum bittering hops
1 oz Vangaurd flavoring hops
2 oz Santiam aroma hops