If you don’t live in Minnesota and weren’t celebrating MN Craft Beer Week last week, you can celebrate American Craft Beer Week this week!

In honor of American Craft Beer Week, I thought I’d share with you my personal favorite craft brew right now. It comes out of this brewery in Wisconsin:

Talk about craft brewing, eh?! You’ve seen Central Waters Brewing before on this blog, when I wrote about barleywine.

It’s not always easy to find Central Waters beers in Minnesota, but they do distribute here. So when I saw both of these available at the same time, I decided to pick both…

And do a little side-by-side tasting…

But then I realized rob had a leftover bottle of this…

So we had to do a little tasting of all three.

Let me just say that ALL of these beers are absolutely extraordinary.

There is one that wins out for me, but only by a narrow margin.

Yes, the Central Waters Brewer’s Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout from Amherst, Wisconsin is my favorite American Craft Beer right now.

I need to take a brewery road trip.

  And now it’s time for….

Food

Dinners:

• Monday – San Marzano Tomato Pasta
• Tuesday – Dinner either in or out – TBD – with a friend
• Wednesday – Andouille Sausage with Red Beans & Rice and Creole Roasted Veggies
• Thursday – Chops with Butter Sauce and Pesto Green Beans
• Friday – Cheeseburger Wrap at Carbone’s – It’s our Final Poker Tournament and I am so lucky to have snagged a seat at the Final Table!
• Saturday – 5k Race – Yes, we signed up for a 5k the morning after our Final Poker Tournament. Crazy? Probably. Brunch afterward – I’m guessing here.
• Sunday – TBD

Lunch:

• Leftovers – We’ll have a lot this week!
• Snacks – fruit, nuts and dark chocolate

Breakfasts:

• Overnight Oats
• Magic Smoothies
• 90-Second Egg Sandwiches

Fitness

We completed Couch to 5k – Week 8 last week. I haven’t run a full 5k in a year and a half. I thought about trying one on tonight, but fear I’ll wear myself out for Saturday’s race. Runners, thoughts on this one? I can do a shorter run on Wednesday and rest Thursday and Friday.

• Monday – Run – 5k
• Tuesday – Yoga
• Wednesday – Run – 2mi? 20 min? Not sure if I want to do a time or distance run.
• Thursday – REST
• Friday – REST
• Saturday – Challenge Obesity 5k Race
• Sunday – Yoga

What is your favorite craft beer right now?

Cheers~
Carrie