Jumping Cow Amber Ale

i was perusing through the aisle of Trader Joe's today and i stopped by the alcohol aisle. i picked up a few bottles of "2 buck chucks" and was in the mood for some micro brewed beer.

i didn't even know where to start. i didn't want to just get something readily available like Stella Artois or Asahi, but the selection was pretty overwhelming. i spent a good 10 minutes going up and down the aisle trying to pick something out. then i came across this.

it's Bitburger, a pale ale. i first had this on tap while having lunch at the "library ale house" when i was working in Santa Monica. it's far from a microbrewery, being the market leader in Germany, but i put the 6 pack in the cart anyway. call it nostalgia, but i remember it to be pretty darn good.

so 10 minutes have gone and I'm still without my micro brew. i then came across this.

the first thing that caught my eye was the logo of the cow jumping over the barrels and what sold me was their simply and appropriately named ale "jumping cow"
even the label is simple "brewed from the finest malted barely, hops, yeast and water" i don't know if it's true but I'm a minimalist and it's brewed and bottled in Paso Robles so it nice to be able to by Californian.