Cervezabado! Three Cheers for @meesterboom!

To commemorate the first month of @meesterboom's cute little doppelgänger on this planet, I wanted to try out something that he's known for, even if it's just for one time. It's Saturday, so you know what that means!

I named this Cervezabado as an amalgamation of cerveza (beer) and Sabado (Saturday), as I plan to tag this with @detlev and @buzzbeergeek's BeerSaturday.

I've been wanting to do this for quite some time now, but I haven't been able to do so. Since @randomli and I journeyed to the land of Cheers Father to get some church stuff done for the wedding, I figured that this was a good a time as any to be doing a post like this. We went to Tap Station, a craft pub, to get a wider assortment of choices. Since we don't have large breweries and wineries nearby like the wonderful @dreemit has, we decided to make do with what we had.

Who can complain with this view as we drank though?

Yes, it's a mini volcano inside the mouth of a volcano. Oh, did I forget to tell you that the whole land of Cheers Father, otherwise known as Tagaytay is located on the mouth of gigantic dormant volcano?

And, as soon as I took the shot, the fog started to roll in.

The fog quickly became thicker until there was almost zero visibility.

The bartender gave us shots to sample the offerings. Even with the free swills, I was already feeling a slight buzz. But, I soldiered on. I kept thinking "What Would Boom Do?", so that's what I did. Even though there are quite a few winners, I decided to pick three that was a good representative for the occasion. Apologies for the delay in posting, as I was quite inebriated to write something immediately after. So, without further ado... let's brew!

Since we were in the Philippines, I decided to start off with a local brew. Enter, Manila Hipster. From the Craft Revolt Brewery, this 4.8% abv Fruit Beer was made with dalandan or Philippine Orange. I couldn't find a picture of the bottle, because I think that it's mainly distributed through kegs.

This really lived up to its name, with the good and bad connotations. It's light and fruity, with a very malty taste. However, it was a bit flat and I feel like it's missing an ingredient to really give it boost. Also, it has a bitter chocolatey aftertaste. It was good, but not worth the price. Exactly like a hipster. I give it two Mad Booms out of a possible five.

It was not the stellar start I was hoping for, considering I've sampled some winners beforehand. Just like the price of STEEM, nowhere to go but up!

The Philippines is known as the Pearl of the Orient. As to why, my inebriated mind can't seem to remember. So, that's what I went with next. From the Great Islands Craft Brewery, this 6.8% abv pale ale pours like a champ. It's very bitter, like your cold black heart after your lady love dumped you for another man. Lots of caramel and nutty notes. I wasn't quite fond of it at the beginning, but it grew on me. I feel like I tasted this before, but I'm not sure. The bottle looks nice, not too loud, but it gives that relaxing island feel.

When we started, the bartender asked us our preference. My fiancée answered that she wanted something light and fruity. I was a bit shy because I wanted to answer the same, mainly because I was the designated driver, but in reality I think I have never known my beer preference. I'm seriously considering if bitters are my jam. I give the Pearl of the Orient 2.5 Happy Booms.

I really wanted to give it a 3, but there are beers like the Black Bitch and Epic that tasted better, so I took out half of Boom's face at the last minute. These taste buds do not lie. Maybe somewhere down the road, my taste would be more for the bitter.

This was the beer the barkeep recommended @randomli to try. Out of all the selections, this had the lowest abv, at a measly 3.5%. But, since my fiancée doesn't really drink beers often, it was plenty enough for her. Of course I drank half a pint of this as well, for research purposes. She took a sip of the others as well and that's why their grades went down.

It pours bright pink and was very fruity. I was surprised that it was carbonated, and I'm not sure if this could be considered beer. After the bitter taste that Pearl left, this was a great palate cleanser. It was very whimsical, and a great "dessert beer." I have tasted Hoegaarden many times before, but never in this flavor. My lady gave this four Happy Booms.

What good would a toast be without mugs clinking? Hear hear! Three cheers for @meesterboom's twice fatherhood! May The Mountain grow up as strong and as virile like the Boom that came before!

And, a very special toast to Boom returning to the workforce. I think you need this more than I do, dude.

FYI, I don't have a red skin color. But, I got really red. I have the Asian Flush, and I flaunt it every time. In total I had like five whole points, so yeah, that's my defense. Slept it off before we headed home.

Oh, and one last note, I just discovered this on SteemSpectacles. It seems that @meesterboom is my Most Loyal Follower:

And, I am his:

Ha! Take that, people who don't bother commenting back haha! Friendships are better than connections. So what if you get upvotes in the short term? I'd rather have people who converse than just upvote.

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Let's keep @lukestokes.mhth as a Top 20 STEEM witness, shall we? :D

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