Movember

It’s Movember and I'll be growing a moustache to raise funds and awareness for men's health. It's going to be a hairy journey and I want you to be part of it.

Fight for your right to change the face of men’s health, enlist for Movember and JOIN MY TEAM now.

 A moustache is the mark of a man, and today it is a symbol to spark conversations about important health issues. So guys, pledge to grow a Mo today, or ladies, join the team to support my Mo.

 Find out more about why you should join me by taking a look at THE CAUSES WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. 

Thanks for supporting Gen Mo and helping us change the face of men's health.

United We Mo!

Movember Wrap-Up

Well, Movember is over (yeah, yeah, I know it was a couple weeks ago;  I've been busy mourning my lost moustache), and I would call it a succes.  The Beer Barons were transformed from this sad bunch:

To this glorious moustachioed crew:

In addition to the three Beer Barons, we had four other members assisting us on our Beer Barons Movember team.  Between the seven of us we raised $740, meaning out team was ranked 4,823 nationally.

I'd like to congratulate the rest of the Beer Barons team for helping to change the face of men's health.  I hope to see you all (with your moustaches) next year.

Mustache Ride Red

"Who wants a mustache ride? ... Ooh, I vant von!!!!"

You will vant von soon too! So Movember is done and over with. My mustache looked like a cross between a 70's porn star and someone from the TV show Cops, but it was all for a good cause and my wife hasn't left me yet. We have raised all the money that we can. Thank you to everyone who joined the team or donated. Since it is all over, I wanted to make sure we threw some love to those people who put together a good brew for the cause.

Flat 12 Bierwerks did a great job with their Mustache Ride Red. It was damn good. This is a bourbon barrel vanilla amber. It had 6% ABV and 42.7 IBUs. The Flat 12 amber tends to be a hoppier amber than the average red. This worked out great for this beer because it had been barrel aged with a hint of vanilla, and the hop profile did a lot to even it out.

The beer poured red with a nice faint dusting of pure white head. It looked like a snowfall on a beautiful sunset. It was not a ton of hops, but enough to make a wicked grown up milk mustache. It had a bready aroma with a hint of the bourbon barrel and a nice earthy hop scent.

The beer was sweet and malty with hints of caramel and obviously the vanilla from the barrel and the vanilla beans added in fermentation. It was sweet and smooth and went down surprisingly fast for a 22 oz of beer. There was almost no alcohol flavor, it was just like drinking a malty soda. There was a slight bourbon oakiness that was pretty intense at the end of the beer. It mixed well with the flavor of the earthy hops and made for a very strong finish to an overall great beer.

I know it may be a while before you can get your hands on this, but make the effort. Its a great beer for a great cause.

Thanks to Flat 12 for putting it together.

I give it 4 beer head mustaches.

O-Dawg: 4 Heads, I would give it another half head if it was off of the Nitro tap... My god there are certain things that Flat 12 does right... and this is so right its wrong... in all the right ways!

Stiff Upper Lip

Creation: Stiff Upper Lip
Style: Brown Lager
Masterminds: Sun King Brewery
Location: Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana
ABV: 4.9%
IBU: 30
Hops:
Availability: Seasonal 2012, Draft ONLY, Month of Movember
Drinkability: Great tailgating beer
Awards:

"The Official Beer of Movember Indy. Stiff Upper Lip is a brown lager with a toasty malt base, just enough hops to keep it honest and a crisp lager finish."  Sun King Brewery

Served Cold: right out of The Bräuler. Pours with a light amber color with minimal head.

Very subtle carmel sweetness, cereal malt nose. It shouldn't put off any self respecting man, but don't be shocked if it isn't life changing.

Starts off with a clear crisp lager taste that has a toasty maltness to it. I would drink this over other lagers I have had.

Finishes with the usual clean crispness that the red blooded American male has come to accept with tailgating lager beers...

Leaves the mouth with a slight sweet tartness that gives way to the toasty malt characteristic noted earlier. It sticks around for almost a minute.

Serve Warm(er): On second thought, don't.

O-Dawg: 2.5

Postmortum:
Stiff Upper Lip is an every man's beer. Not too hoppy, not too malty, crisp & clean with a taste profile any man could drink. That being said I think it is a great beer for the month of Movember!!! Please have a pint/purchase a growler and a koozie/T-Shirt to help support Sun King's Movember efforts. Cancer kills... I have had too many friends & family members affected by cancer in it's many and varied forms to not assist in finding a cure/raise awareness. Carry on Mo Bros and Mo Sistas!

The Big Guy: I like big rebuttals and I cannot lie...

OK, now this may not have been life changing but it had a great balance of sweet malty goodness, with a hint of smokeyness and a bitter hop finish. IBUs were respectable for a brown lager. Sweetness was nice. Maybe not going to completely change your life, but most beers won't, if you're normal. If you don't like this beer you are supporting cancer.

I give it a 4.

Professor Beer:

A solid brown lager, though nothing extraordinary about it.

Though I'd give them an extra point during Movember.

Movember

It appears that Movember is upon us, and the Beer Barons will be participating this year.  Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.

Men’s health is a cause that we care about. Our commitment is to grow a moustache for the month of November and by changing our appearance, raise vital awareness and funds for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.

To highlight the importance of what we are doing, take a look at these statistics: 

• 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
• This year 242,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed 
• This year 8,290 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer

If anyone would like to help support our efforts, there are several ways you can help.  Join Movember and become a fellow Moustache Merchant. You can grow a moustache as a Mo Bro, or join as a Mo Sista to show your support and help recruit other Mo growers to the team.  If you join Movember, you're welcome to join the "Indiana Beer Barons" Movember team, the more the merrier.  You can also support our efforts by making a donation to support our moustache growing efforts.

The Indiana Beer Barons Movember Team: http://us.movember.com/team/585657

The Big Guy's Movember profile: http://us.movember.com/mospace/4335453

Professor Beer's Movember profile: http://us.movember.com/mospace/1283454

O-Dawg's Movember profile: http://us.movember.com/mospace/4337865