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  • Donations down, but pols not crying in their beer; Radnofsky steps through ... - Austin American-Statesman

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    Donations down, but pols not crying in their beer; Radnofsky steps through Austin American-StatesmanHouston beer distributor John Nau, a chief fundraiser for US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's gubernatorial campaign, says the sagging economy is affecting both Donations down, but pols not crying in their beer; Radnofsky steps through News-Journal.comall 9 news articles »

  • Man on beer run beaten, carjacked outside Pompano Beach gas station - Sun-Sentinel.com

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    Man on beer run beaten, carjacked outside Pompano Beach gas stationSun-Sentinel.comA man on a beer run was left nearly running for his life after he was brutally attacked and carjacked at a gas station earlier South Florida Man Attacked During Beer RunWPBFAssault, Car Theft Looks Suspiciously Like a Beer CommercialBroward New Timesall 5 news articles »

  • Ballot Initiative Asks You To Allow Grocery Store Beer/Wine Sales - KRDO

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    Examiner.comBallot Initiative Asks You To Allow Grocery Store Beer/Wine SalesKRDOA ballot initiative is on file with the state to allow full strength beer and wine to be sold at grocery and convenience stores. Beer, Wine on Ballot?State Bill ColoradoBallot measure would let Colorado groceries sell wine, full-strength beerDenver Business JournalBallot initiative submitted to allow beer, wine sales in grocery storesDenver PostConvenience Store Decisions -Examiner.comall 8 news articles »

  • Wine and Beer Permits Approved for Fayetteville Walmarts - KFSM

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    Fayetteville FlyerWine and Beer Permits Approved for Fayetteville WalmartsKFSMThe Alcoholic Beverage Board voted 3 to 1 to grant beer and wine permits to the Walmart Neighborhood Market on E. Citizens Dr. in Fayetteville and the ABC approves liquor permits for two local Walmart storesFayetteville FlyerPanel oks Liquor PermitsNorthwest Arkansas Newsall 3 news articles »

  • Beer bars are blooming in Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times

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    Los Angeles TimesBeer bars are blooming in Los AngelesLos Angeles TimesBeer is the third-most-consumed liquid in the world (after water and tea), but not long ago it was still surprisingly hard to find a decent
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  • Bell’s Production Manager, John Mallett, talks Bell’s – De Proef Van Twee

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    20 Nov 2009 | 4:47 pm
    Pretty sure this is an old video but with the beer just arriving in some stores recently, I thought it was quite relevant. Haven’t bought/seen the beer yet? You can see the Bell’s – De Proef Van Twee label from a post this past July. Credit to Kalamabrew. Bell’s Production Manager, John Mallett, talks Bell’s – De Proef Van Twee[Disclaimer: Beernews.org is a leader in craft beer news and is the original source of this article. If you would like to check out more, please visit the original site. Thanks!]

  • Three Christmas beers, a Tackle Box, and a Boardhead in Press Releases

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    20 Nov 2009 | 4:16 pm
    New stuff in Press Releases this week: Clipper City Heavy Seas Yule Tide arrives Batemans Rosey Nosey Holiday Ale primed for U.S. launch Sweetwater Brewery Tackle Box variety pack makes its debut Full Sail Old Boardhead and Wreck the Halls hit the streets Three Christmas beers, a Tackle Box, and a Boardhead in Press Releases[Disclaimer: Beernews.org is a leader in craft beer news and is the original source of this article. If you would like to check out more, please visit the original site. Thanks!]

  • Clipper City Heavy Seas Yule Tide arrives

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    20 Nov 2009 | 4:08 pm
    (BALTIMORE, MD) – Clipper City Brewing Company, brewers of Heavy Seas and Clipper City beers, is proud to announce the upcoming winter release of their Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet. The Mutiny Fleet is an extension of the Heavy Seas product line with brews made in very limited release small batches, and bottled in 22 oz. “bomber” bottles. Bigger is better! Yule Tide – Belgian Tripel Ale available around Thanksgiving A strong Belgian Tripel with a slightly sweet and complex malty flavor. It’s spicy flavor comes from our unique blend of Trappist yeast and Belgian candi sugar making it…

  • Batemans Rosey Nosey Holiday Ale primed for U.S. launch

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    20 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    BATEMANS LAUNCHES ROSEY NOSEY HOLIDAY ALE IN USA Seattle, WA. November 16, 2009 – Batemans Brewery of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England and SBS-Imports of Seattle, Washington are pleased to announce the premiere arrival of Batemans Rosey Nosey Holiday Ale to United States market. Rosey Nosey joins regularly available items: Batemans Triple XB (XXXB) Classic Pale Ale and Batemans Combined Harvest Multigrain Beer. Founded in 1874, Batemans is one of the few remaining multi-generational family brewers in England. Now under the guidance of fourth-generation of family management, the Brewery…

  • Sweetwater Brewery Tackle Box variety pack makes its debut

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    20 Nov 2009 | 3:06 pm
    SweetWater Brewery offers up a “Tackle Box” of tasty brews SweetWater opens their Tackle Box just in time for the holidays ATLANTA (November 15th, 2009) – SweetWater Brewery has released the newest addition to their award winning lineup. The SweetWater Tackle Box variety pack is a hefty collection of year round brews along with a “Secret Stash” brew in each box. This new package will be released in short runs, and therefore only available for a limited time as they tease the taste buds of craft beer lovers throughout the southeast beginning in Atlanta mid November. Sure to be the…
 
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  • Call It Stout, Though It Isn’t

    27 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    As they have with so many other genres of ale, American brewers have seized on the myriad styles of stout and made them their own.

  • A Hop and a Sip to Fresh Ales

    20 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The fall harvest offers brewers a brief window of opportunity to use fresh hops, which makes for more nuanced beers.

  • Marrying the Flavors of Beer and Food

    10 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Peekskill Brewery, which opened last year, offers an array of beers and dishes that incorporate them.

  • Quitting Their Jobs to Focus on Beer

    21 Sep 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Stephen Valand and Erica Shea started the Brooklyn Brew Shop earlier this year, selling gallon brewing kits sized for New York apartments.

  • Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Then Brew. Cheers!

    8 Sep 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The Dogfish Head brewery has tried to recreate the Latin American beer chicha, traditionally made with purple corn that has been chewed by the brewers.
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  • Willamsburg Pumpkin Ale & Dog Fish Head Punkin Ale

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    19 Nov 2009 | 8:26 pm
    Episode 40. Part 2 of our druken beer review pod casting marathon. Since we are near thanksgiving, we decided to do some Pumpkin Beers. Russel and Bully review the Willamsburg Alewerks Pumpkin Ale and the Punkin ale from Dog Fish Head. Thank to AbsofBeerTV.com for sending us the Alewerks ale. Any questions or comments are appreciated.

  • Hell Or High Watermelon & Ten Fidy

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    12 Nov 2009 | 10:24 am
    Episode 39. This beer podcast is almost to 40! W00T! This week Russel and Bully go the way of the cans and review the 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat and Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial stout! Note: We did episode 39, 40, 41 all in a row with no breaks in between, so we could get to Panda Express before it closed. So if you see us looking drunk as hell, now you know why. Drink responsibly.

  • Blue Dot Double IPA & Lagunitas IPA

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    3 Nov 2009 | 11:39 am
    Episode 38. This episode of the two beer queers beer podcast takes you into the realm of the IPA’s. This weeks episode the TBQ review the Lagunitas IPA and The Blut Dot Double IPA by Hair of the Dog Brewery. Russel and Bully “Sassy” it up for this post Halloween episode and we hear some words of wisdom by Kaeo Kepani. If you have any questions or comments and even suggestions for beers we should try leave a comment or email us on the contact page. One Love. Shouts To: SWAM, The Wine Stop, Tombo Ahi’s UH Blog.

  • Treblehook & Cherry Oak Doppelbock

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    27 Oct 2009 | 1:04 pm
    Eisode 37. The craziest beer podcast to date for Russel and Bully. Not only do we review the Treble Hook Barley Wine from Red Hook Brewery and the Cherry Oak Doppelbock from Widmer Brothers. We also have to deal with Kaeo Kepani flying away ala the balloon boy, BK who wants to give us some makeup tips, and the aftermath of her putting makeup on us! And to top it off, we are featuring the guys of AbsofBeerTV.com to do our rating scale. Shoutouts: CraftBrewAdvocate.com, AstraOnTheAir.com, and Kaeokepani.com

  • SA Oktoberfest & Kostritzer

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    24 Oct 2009 | 8:03 am
    Episode 36. Still in the back yard! The cooking is done but the drinking continues for your favorite beer podcast. This week, the two beer queers review the Sam Adams Oktoberfest and the Kostritzer Oktoberfest. We also take a special look at…just watch it We hope you all enjoy this episode and as always all questions or comments are welcomed!
 
 
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  • 13th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival 2009

    Jonny Fullpint
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:42 pm
    4pm-11pm Friday December 4th & 11am-11pm Saturday December 5th Over 75 beers over 8% alcohol on tap & some cask conditioned ales! $30 gets you admission into the festival with eight taster tickets each good for one 4 ounce ...

  • Portland Holiday Ale Festival

    Jonny Fullpint
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    Portland, Oregon – The winter season holds many gifts for beer lovers in the form of big, bold ales designed to fend off the cold chill of a long winter’s night. Each year, the Holiday ...

  • Bootleggers Wildfire Wheat

    Dan
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:03 am
    From Bootleggers Brewery – A true Southern California original, this smoked wheat ale pays homage to our own California tradition of yearly wild fires. This unique medium bodied wheat ale is slightly fruity with a ...

  • Karl Strauss Toasts To San Diego Beer Week

    Jonny Fullpint
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    San Diego, CA – America’s Finest City was all about craft beer for 10 days, celebrating the first-ever San Diego Beer Week. Karl Strauss Brewing Company led the charge, participating in more than 25 ...

  • Bristol Brewing Old #23 is Back!

    Jonny Fullpint
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:08 pm
    If you know us, and let’s face it, if you’ve been reading the eNews for long you probably have a pretty good idea of what makes the Bristol crew tick, you already know that Barley ...
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  • Birthday in Beer: Sean Wilson

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:09 am
    If you live in North Carolina and you're a fan of good beer, you're a fan of Sean Lilly Wilson —even if you didn't know you were!Since 2005, beers of up to 16% 15% alcohol by volume (abv) have been legal in that state, in no small measure, because of Sean's efforts as the coordinator of Pop the Cap.In 2010, he'll be opening his own brewery, Fullsteam, in Durham, North Carolina.Southern agricultural beer brewed with local farmed goods, heirloom grains, and Southern botanicals . Experiments to-date include scuppernong grapes, sweet potatoes, hickory-smoked malt, kudzu, and rhubarb.Today,…

  • In defense of the corner bar

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:13 am
    DCBeer.com recently interviewed Chris O'Brien, the Beer Activist. One question was on the state of the beer culture in Washington, D.C.It still needs lots more corner bars though. Places with local character. People just aren’t socialized to visit their local watering hole in the evening. They go home and drink their beer watching T.V. I’m as guilty as anyone. Though I often wish I was socializing for an hour or two each weeknight instead of being at home on the couch. That’s why we need good corner bars. Places where conversation is enabled rather than discouraged by loud TVs and…

  • 'Extreme' beer and innovation

    18 Nov 2009 | 2:35 am
    Al Gore became the butt of a lot of ribbing and sniping when he boasted that he had "taken the initiative in creating the internet." In today's Washington Post, Boston Beer's Jim Koch takes credit for inventing the term "extreme beer."The founder and chairman of Boston Beer Co., best known for its Samuel Adams brand, first applied the expression to his Triple Bock, a dark, syrupy ale that upon its release in 1994 became America's strongest commercial beer, clocking in at 17.5 percent alcohol by volume.But don't confuse "extreme" with "strong," Koch says. "Extreme is bringing something new to…

  • I want tasty, refreshing beer, please.

    17 Nov 2009 | 3:22 am
    Ron Pattinson is a beer historian, based in the United Kingdom. His modus is researching original brewing records. He's dogged about it. In the process, he has refuted 'standard' beer myths. Today, he ranted. I don't want innovative beer. I want tasty, refreshing beer. Beer I want to drink more than a mouthful of. Beer that's a joy to drink rather than an exercise in endurance.The Schlock of the NewBy Ron PattinsonShut Up About Barclay Perkins17 November 2009I couldn't have said it better. He did.

  • Clamps & Gaskets: Roundup for Week 45

    16 Nov 2009 | 3:54 pm
    Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories that I have not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com, but that, nevertheless, I find interesting or germane. Most of the pieces deal with beer (or wine, or whisky); some do not. But all are brief, and many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas.This is Week 45: 8 November - 14 November 20092009.11.14A Google-based map of beer bars and brewpubs in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area: http://bit.ly/Hlo7I 2009.11.14Beginning in 2013, 35-yr old music and book copyrights revert from businesses to composers, performers,…
 
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  • KARL STRAUSS TOASTS TO SAN DIEGO BEER WEEK

    Sean-o
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pm
    San Diego, CA – November 19, 2009 – America’s Finest City was all about craft beer for 10 days, celebrating the first-ever San Diego Beer Week. Karl Strauss Brewing Company led the charge, participating in more than 25 events across the county, ranging from beer dinners and cask nights, to beer festivals and dessert pairings. “San Diego Beer Week was overwhelming in the best possible way,” says Paul Segura, Karl Strauss Brewmaster. Karl Strauss kicked-off Beer Week at the Brewers Guild Festival with several of their special releases and one-off creations, including crowd…

  • Beer Profile: Life and Limb – Dogfish head and Sierra Nevada Collaboration

    Sean-o
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm
    Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada team up to create a collaboration brew Life & Limb is a collaborative effort, the brainchild of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong, dark beer that defies style characteristics— brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman “farm” at the brewery in Chico, CA. The beer is alive with yeast—a blend of both breweries’ house strains—bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch…

  • Marshall McNellie’s Pub Ale wins the Thirsty Beagle Challenge

    Sean-o
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Marshall McNellie’s Pub Ale Wins Thirsty Beagle Beer Championship Marshall McNellie’s Pub Ale has won the second annual Thirsty Beagle Beer Championship Series! Thank you to all the loyal local beer drinkers, family, and friends for your vote over the past few weeks. This is truly a validation of our passion to offer local craft beer to Oklahoma. Read the article below. Cheers! Follow this link to the competition results: http://blog.newsok.com/thirstybeagle/ The Thirsty Beagle, of the Daily Oklahoman is hosting a Beer Championship Series, featuring a 64 beer bracket similar to…

  • Beer Profile: Gritty McDuffs Christmas Ale

    Sean-o
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:44 pm
    GRITTY MCDUFF’S BREWING COMPANY WRAPPING UP 2009 WITH “BEST NEW ENGLAND BEER” RECOGNITION AND RELEASE OF CHRISTMAS ALE Portland, ME — Gritty McDuff’s (www.grittys.com), Maine’s oldest brew pub since Prohibition, is capping off another successful year with release of its seasonal “Christmas Ale,” and a nod for its “Best Brown Ale” in Santé magazine’s annual Food+Wine+Spirits Review. Available now through December 31, Gritty’s Christmas Ale is a robust bitter that will be served on draft at Gritty’s three Maine brew pub locations (Portland, Freeport and…

  • Brewery profile: High and Mighty Brewery

    Sean-o
    15 Nov 2009 | 5:59 pm
    I’ve had seen High and Mighty Brewery at some local fests and I’ve purchased their beer in the stores. This is a very interesting article about the brewery. Beer… A High & Mighty Liquor – Julius Caesar High & Mighty brews are made with righteous conviction. We’re not just brewers – we’re beer-evangelists. We’re the Clergy of Zymurgy, the Priests of Yeasts, the Joyful Congregation of High Fermentation. Every High and Mighty offering will be a powerful wallop for the spirit. Drink one and you’re going to say “Smite me again,…
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  • How cute are they?

    9 Nov 2009 | 4:17 pm
    As the jobless rate climbed toward 10 percent this summer, Erica Shea and Stephen Valand, quit their advertising jobs, took $10,000 in personal savings and started selling their 1-gallon home brew beer kits from a stand at the Brooklyn Flea Market, testing the theory that beer is recession proof...Personal commentary: they worked in advertising, live in Brooklyn, and in a crappy economy the QUIT their jobs to do THIS?! ...Valand said in September online sales through their website - www. brooklynbrewshop.com - surpassed in-person sales at the market for the first time and the couple would…

  • Excuse me, your beer is showing

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    An article in AdAge this week claims, "What Your Taste in Beer Says About You:How Choice of Brew Relates to Personality, Politics and Purchases."Being a marketing/advertising/stats nerd as well as a beer nerd means that I read it with a grain of salt and still think they nailed it. This is what marketers are looking at when they craft their messages. Who do they think you are? What are they saying to you? How does that make YOU feel? ;)My favorite part of the article, of course, is this, because it is the most flattering to me. And because I DO love the Dos Equis campaign:People who drink a…

  • Extra rice, please

    4 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    Last night my husband & I finally went for birthday sushi, only 2 days after my birthday. While we were debating what to eat, my husband considered ordering a stout. I wrinkled my nose at him. A stout? With sushi? Ew. There is a time and a place and a combo for everything. I am sure someone will comment about an amazing stout & fish/rice pairing they like. I just can't do it. Every time I go for sushi, I drink one of three beers: Kirin, Sapporo or Bud Light. Because they are similar to my undistinguished palate. Not exactly the same, just not dramatically different. They are all…

  • Boulevard Brew News

    9 Oct 2009 | 9:11 am
    I am not late on this due to laziness, for once. I attended the Boulevard Brewmaster Luncheon today, featuring food and beer pairings from KC Hop's restaurant Barley's Brewhaus. It was amazing. As the post on BeerAdvocate promised, it was a power lunch for my taste buds. The lunch also included a quick tour of the brewery, which is truly a work of art. I have not been over there since the bottling line was installed where the old basketball court had been. Hours after lunch, I am still full from this outing. And after lunch I went back to work instead of taking a nice long nap, which is what…

  • Great Guinness - Win!

    24 Sep 2009 | 2:05 pm
    Raise your glass for a Guinness Toast! The famous Guinness story began in 1752 when Arthur inherited 100 pounds from his godfather. It wasn't until three years later that 34-year-old Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease for his new Dublin brewery 250 years ago on September 24, 1759, and began brewing stout, a very dark beer the world knows and loves today.Today is Arthur's Day, and a global toast is organized to take place at 17:59 Dublin local time around the world. That is about 7 hours from now, or midnight for us Midwesterners. I won't be up that late tonight, I am afraid, but the…
 
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  • Day 5: Photos And A Big Prize Announcement

    Alan McLeod
    Sipping a moderately good San Marino amber ale, I am all a giggle on a Friday evening. The first entries are coming in and we have a big prize announcement. Once lucky winner in the world will receive an autographed copy of Pete Brown's excellent 2009 release Hops and Glory. I have no idea if he will personalize the message for the deserving recipient. Maybe he will note the most recent Barnsley score. And here are the first ten photos.Aaron Chamberlain of Austin, Texas provides these five entries:And Patrick Hirlehey of Waterdown, Ontario sent in these five pictures:Good work and a great…

  • Somewhere Below The Sea... Waiting For Me...

    Alan McLeod
    Interesting to read about the state of beer and... err... other beverages which have spent decades below the sea in shipwrecks:Take the case of the divers who opened and drank one of eight bottles of beer they recovered from the Loch Shiel off the Welsh coast. Jim Phillips, one of the divers, told reporters: “It was flat but it had not been contaminated by the salt water even after all those years on the sea bed. We later had the find valued at £1,000 a bottle, so that was certainly the most expensive pint I have had.”OK, sure the article is mainly about wine but maybe that is one pint…

  • Day 3: All Quiet On the 2009 Xmas Photo Contest Front

    Alan McLeod
    Was it something I said? Did you all have photos of that beer and that dinner you had back last March some place and you are really ticked off at the photo context prohibition on your art form? For some reason, the email has gone cold. Cold as the grave. Never you fear, though, as the prizes are still rolling in. Shipyard, ever the staunch supporter, has asked the most delightful question:How many prizes would you like?Beautiful.So you have some work to do. Go through your 2009 eligible beer porn photos and start sending them in to beerblog@gmail.com. Send in your gift requests as well. And,…

  • Is This The Day The Beer Fan Pushes Back?

    Alan McLeod
    I must say that when Martyn and Ron both decide that enough is enough on one day, well, that is a day to be noted. First, Martyn:I paired Atlantic IPA with another beer I knew would be towards the hop bomb end of the shelf, Sierra Nevada Anniversary 2009. This year’s Sierra Nevada anniversary beer is in the style of an American IPA, with pocketfuls of American hops, Chinook and Cascade. It’s still strongly hoppy and bitter, with passionfruit and ginger coming through, but the complexity is subtler, the integration better – and the price barely a quarter of Brewdog’s Atlantic.Then…

  • The 2009 Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest Is Launched!

    Alan McLeod
    It was 12 months today that I last wrote those words... except for the 2009 of course. Hard to believe that this is the fourth annual photo contest. Here are the 2008 winners, here are the best from 2007 and look way back here for the best of the first year in 2006. That is the 2009's Grand Champion from Matt Wiater of Portland Oregon to the right.There are a few changes. Mostly, there is not going to be an attempt to get a prize for every contestant. Last year's experiment in democratic egalitarianism just about killed me. No, this year it's going to be me as you, the beer pornographer. Pure…
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  • The Winter Wonderland Of Beers…

    Andy
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    With all of the sustained and even explosive growth craft beer has enjoyed over the last decade, perhaps no area has been more active than seasonal beer. Brewers have long understood the importance of appealing to the changing consumer drinking patterns that accompany shifting weather patterns, which fuels the active seasonal beer market. From the Boston Beer Company’s diverse seasonal portfolio all the way down to the local brewpub, craft brewers rely upon an ever-changing litany of brands to spice up their sales programs and continually spark the interest of consumers. In distinguishing…

  • Is Lord Hobo Open?…The Website.

    Andy
    9 Nov 2009 | 9:48 am
    So anticipated and long-awaited is the opening of the Lord Hobo beer bar in Cambridge that someone has put together a bit of a spoof website playing upon the delays. Surfing on over to, IsLordHoboOpen.com and you’ll get the answer that many diners and beer lovers around Boston and Cambridge have been asking for about six months. Hopefully this website will be short lived in its utility. Long delayed by a series of unfortunate events, from a liquor license fiasco with the Cambridge Licensing Commission, to ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, to a physical structure that by many accounts was…

  • WWFD: What Would Fritz Do? (about the slow death of seasonal beer)…

    Andy
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm
    It’s in light-hearted moments with a beautiful, brimming pint in front of me that my thoughts turn to days when things were not nearly so cheerful for flavorful beer lovers. In those dark days, which largely passed before my legal drinking age, things were grim. With the tales of our beer elders ringing in my head, I picture a Orwellian world where brewers painted with only a single, bleak color, one in which a fizzy yellow monotony reigned until craft brewers, as in Apple’s classic 1984 parody ad, threw their mash rakes through the glass ceiling of low expectations. In distinguishing…

  • Pennichuck Brewing Back On The Mat…

    Andy
    2 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pm
    After announcing its closure only to take it back the next day, Pennichuck quietly acknowledged that it is indeed going out of business. Or at least in its present form… The owner has now taken to Craigslist to sell off pieces of the brewery. Pennichuck Brewing Co is realigning all company assets. We have multiple listings for Glass ware, grain, tools, growler bottles, 12 oz bottles, 22 oz bottles, photo copiers, brewery equipment, milk crates, Desks, chairs, computers, beer, pallets of boxes, 6 pack carriers, If it was in the brewery and not listed here call or email to see if we have…

  • But Who Will Think Of The Innocent Pumpkins…

    Andy
    30 Oct 2009 | 4:47 pm
    Fall is a fantastic season if you enjoy change, beautiful scenery, and crisp outdoor happenings. Fall is a terrible season if you happen to be a gourd… Somewhere around mid-Autumn, the Great Pumpkin Slaughter begins. And perhaps ground zero for the decimation of innocent pumpkins is the Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The brewers blow through dozens upon dozens of 10-barrel batches of the pub’s Great Pumpkin ale. And to make each batch, the brewers have to hand-cut 150 pounds of pumpkins. This is a near-thankless task that the dedicated brewers (Will Meyers,…
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  • The business of beer (redux)

    Stan Hieronymus
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:05 pm
    This time from the Business of Big Beer. Jeremiah McWilliams of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes about the possibility AB InBev could damage the Budweiser and Bud Light brands with line extensions, in the latter case Bud Light Lime and now Bud Light Wheat. . . . critics argue that Anheuser-Busch’s line extensions may encourage once-loyal drinkers to wander away from the company. Line extensions, they say, remind drinkers of the endless variety on the beer menu, and may lead them to try offerings from other brewers. Consultant David “Bump” Williams, who called the strategy of adding…

  • Trader Joe’s beer wins international award

    Stan Hieronymus
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:37 pm
    We’ll get to the Trader’s Joe beer in a moment, but first other news from Nuremberg, where the European Beer Star Awards were handed out today. American breweries won 25 medals, second only to Germany. Boston Beer (Samuel Adams) grabbed four, including one gold, while Oregon breweries Deschutes and Caldera won three each. Deschutes took gold for Bachelor ESB and Abyss, while Caldera had the top IPA, besting Firestone-Walker’s Union Jack (which has been winning everything recently, including this competition in 2008). Sixteen different American breweries won medals.

  • What does ‘innovative beer’ mean?

    Stan Hieronymus
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:36 am
    Ron Pattinson started it: “Innovation. I’m starting to truly loathe that word. Especially its inappropriate use in relation to brewing. And the subtext that, by definition, “innovation” is a good thing. I’ll be honest with you. I don’t want innovative beer. I want tasty, refreshing beer.” So Alan McLeod asked: “When is enough enough? When is too much too much?” And Stephen Beaumont answered: In Defence of Innovation. What the heck are these two Canadians and a guy blogging from Amsterdam talking about? As Pattinson has written many times…

  • Beer pricing: Old Rasputin vs. Old Rasputin XII

    Stan Hieronymus
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:27 am
    Welcome to my fool’s errand. Last week in the responses to my “The business of beer” post I started a quick exchange with Alan McLeod. I made a reference to a Beer Advocate thread I didn’t have a link to at the time and Alan asked another question I started to answer off the top of my head before I decided collecting a few more facts seemed in order. As a result I’ve got a mess on my hands. I still don’t really have a definitive answer to to Alan’s questions/statements because it likely doesn’t exists. So here are the facts. Do with them what…

  • And the best brewery in the country is . . .

    Stan Hieronymus
    15 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm
    PASTE magazine, cool enough to have struck a free music download deal with Oskar Blues, made “The 25 Best American Breweries of the Decade (2000-2009)” its list of the day Saturday. And Sunday they gave us “The 10 Best Fashion Designers of the Decade (2000-2009).” I won’t spoil it and tell you who top designer might be. But, what the heck, Josh Jackson taps Dogfish Head Craft Brewery as his top brewery. I’ll pass on repeating why I’m not keen on these lists but if you want to look here are all 25.  
 
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  • Volo Cask Days - Final Details

    Bar Towel News Editor
    25 Oct 2009 | 2:47 pm
    The final confirmed beer lists and other details on the week of events that make up this year's Cask Days at Volo have been announced. In addition to the main ticketed event on Friday October 30th and Saturday October 31st,...

  • Black Oak Oaktoberfest & 10 Bitter Years

    Bar Towel News Editor
    25 Oct 2009 | 2:29 pm
    Etobicoke's Black Oak Brewing has a new seasonal beer available now, and another limited edition beer to follow next month. Black Oak Oaktoberfest is an unfiltered organic Oktoberfest beer made using all German ingredients. It's now available on draught at...

  • Upcoming Beer Events in Toronto & Elsewhere

    Bar Towel News Editor
    7 Oct 2009 | 10:11 pm
    There are a slew of beer events coming up in Toronto, as well as a couple happening elsewhere that will be worth the trip. Here's the full list: Thu Oct 8 - Great Lakes Project X @ Great Lakes Brewery...

  • Grand River Beer Dinner at Golden Kiwi

    Bar Towel News Editor
    23 Sep 2009 | 9:48 pm
    The Golden Kiwi in Cambridge is hosting a dinner on Oct. 3rd at 7pm featuring the beers of Grand River Brewing. One of the entree servings will be served with a Black Cherry Pils that brewer Rob Creighton has done...

  • Collaborative Beers Coming From Great Lakes, Cameron’s and Church-Key

    Bar Towel News Editor
    22 Sep 2009 | 10:13 pm
    Great Lakes Brewery (Toronto), Cameron’s Brewing (Oakville) and Church-Key Brewery (Campbellford) have announced that they will be working together on a pair of collaborative brews. Crafted by John Bowden of Great Lakes, Jon Graham of Cameron’s, and John Graham of...
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  • Uh Oh!

    Captain Hops
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    You’re not really drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on Written by levinebar Thing of the day: You Can’t Fall Off the Floor Sponsor: NetFlint.comStart your own beer blog! Best Value in Domain Names and Website Hosting Related haiku:OuchCelebrationIt’s Getting ChillySeasonalFocus

  • Brewery Tour

    Captain Hops
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:03 am
    All is revealed as He peeks behind the curtain And sees how she’s made Written by Sparky. Thing of the day: Pennsylvania Breweries Sponsor: How to buy a used car. Related haiku:World Beer Tour: Big Rock BreweryOne Man’s FightSupport Your Local BreweryMonday Night BreweryWeyerbacher Hops Infusion IPA

  • Arm Chair Brewing

    Captain Hops
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Just arm chair brewing On my office computer. Three days ’til brew day. Written by Captain Hops. References: BeerSmith software let’s you dream up all kinds of cool home brew recipes. Mixing and matching ingredients with the tool and seeing the instant gravity, IBU, and color calculations is so much fun it’s like virtual brewing. You can practically taste it. Thing of the day: Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles Related haiku:Past TimesIt’s not a party until someone opens the homebrew.Out In The Lawn ChairDomestic BrewingBig Day

  • Corner Bar

    Captain Hops
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:36 pm
    Down to Ale Mary’s For a pint of Unibroue And big ass steamed shrimp Written by Captain Hops. References: Ale Mary’s, Unibroue Thing of the day: Baltimore Ravens NFL 32oz Beer Mug Glass Sponsor: How to buy a new car. Related haiku:The Brewer’s ArtLa Fin Du MondePurple PassionAlcohol AbuseFootball Saison

  • Birthday Treat

    Captain Hops
    16 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Shelia’s birthday treat Dinner at the Stone Brew’ry With Ballast Point Stout Written by Pete Bishop. Thing of the day: Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional’s Guide to Beer Related haiku:Happy Birthday, Captain Hops!After Dinner TreatBirthday CelebrationHappy Birthday, Holly!Happy Birthday
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  • Monk’s Blood dinner

    john
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:45 pm
    Paxton proves to be all that and more. the man can cook. we could have stopped right after the plate of meat & cheese and been totally happy for the rest of the night. but it didn’t stop there. instead the five senses of taste got uh-salted for the next 3 hours. the thesis of cuter the critter was proven to be true once again. and after all that we made our way to the alley for the after after. the menu simplified: Meat and Cheese plate Waterzooi (soup) Lamb Ravioli (one giant rav) Duck. we got fries with that. Waffles all the above paired with beer. one of those beers was about to…

  • Monk’s Blood

    john
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:59 pm
    it’s all the buzz on the Twitter. Monk’s Blood from 21st Amendment that is. lots of blogs are writing it up. there’s some really great pictures of the release party on Beer and Nosh. although the salt shaker shot looks contrived. just saying. another person has translated the side of the can giving us a clearer copy paste-able version. now we can all start chanted. cue that board on head…. ouch. it’s been fun tasting this beer evolve from a 1 time never beer to a second take better and finally to it’s third time is a charm masterpiece. it’s complex…

  • T-Day Two Point Oh

    john
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pm
    Green Bean Casserole. Cranberry in a Can. Sweet potatoes with Melted Marshmallows. Curry Fruit which wouldn not be so bad if it wasn’t all from cans. Sausage in the stuffing which was in the Stovetop Stuffing. Smash potatoes not from smashed but from a box… all of our mothers were colletively terrible cooks. okay, Paxton’s evidently was not. Thanks Giving shouldn’t be about just one big meal but a multiple day festival were you get to try lots of different things. it’s a chance to learn new dishes and try old things in a new way. made with beer that is. using…

  • hey, look… shirts!

    john
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:34 pm
    for whatever reason we never got around to making shirts. I don’t really know why but it doesn’t matter now. why? because you can buy a shirt if you really, really, really want to wear our logo around to pubs, festivals and parties. and it’s probably a good idea because the logo will un-nerd you enough to let you talk the the hottie over there. go ahead, you know you want to. just so everyone knows, yeah, we know these aren’t the full in-living color versions. those are coming next. let’s just say it’s a QA issue. before we release that version we need to…

  • Holiday Beer Part 4

    john
    11 Nov 2009 | 12:32 pm
    it seems like every year the holiday sneaks in sooner and sooner. this year is NO exception. sure, we’re always glad to see the new beers because they offer exciting takes on taste. but do we really have to put up with retail needs to maximize efficiency of flying off the shelves for maximum profits? can’t we enjoy dead turkey day and the birth of the invisible man’s son without having it run apon us? okay, maybe we don’t care. having it come out early means we can try some different things BEFORE we commit to bring bottles to the party. the best compliment in the…
 
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  • Flying Dog Beer Dinner at Elk Forge, Elk Mills, MD on Nov. 13

    Josh
    9 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    On Friday, November 13th, here’s going to be a four-course beer and food pairing event featuring four styles of Flying Dog Brewery’s award-winning ales at Elk Forge Inn & Spa, the premier bed & breakfast in Elkton, MD. Flying Dog brewery representative Joe Gomez will be on-hand to help guide you through this great-sounding dinner. Tickets are $30 and the two seatings are at 6:30PM and 8:30PM. Learn more at the Elk Forge website. Click the image below for a larger view of the invitation and menu.

  • November 4th Flying Dog beer dinner at Tuscarora Mills in Leesburg, VA

    Josh
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    There’s an upcoming Flying Dog beer dinner at Tuscarora Mills in Leesburg, Virginia. Here’s your chance to try Dogtoberfest Marzen and Gonzo Imperial Porter - two Flying Dog beers that won Gold Medals at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival. You’ll also get a chance to try our Double Dog from a nitro tap, which is a pretty special thing to get to try. Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 @ 7:00 PM Tuscarora Mills 203 Harrison Street Leesburg, Virginia 20175 Greeter Beer: In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen Course 1: House-made chicken brats with caraway sauerkraut and grilled apples, paired…

  • Flying Dog Beer Dinner at Brixx in Winston-Salem, NC, 10-21

    Josh
    21 Oct 2009 | 10:22 am
    Flying Dog Brewery is hosting a beer dinner at Brixx in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Wednesday, October 21 (that’s tonight). It’s close to sold out, but feel free to call Brixx to see if spots are available. The beer dinner starts at 7PM and costs only $35. 1st Course Cured Salmon with Cucumber Salad and Dill Sauce, paired with In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen 2nd Course Bratwurst Focaccia Bread with Beer Cheese Dipping Sauce, paired with Old Scratch Amber Lager 3rd Course Spinach Salad and Warm Bacon Dressing, served with Red Onions, Hard Boiled Eggs and Roasted Red Peppers, paired…

  • Shmaltz Brewing is throwing a Bar Mitzvah food and beer party Friday at GABF

    Josh
    20 Sep 2009 | 10:15 am
    Friday, September 25 8:00 - 9:00pm Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO Beer and Food Pavilion Shmaltz Brewing Company and Fette Sau present Jewbelation 13: A Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah Shmaltz Brewing Company, handcrafters of HE’BREW Beer and Coney Island Craft Lagers(TM), is turning 13! To commemorate this momentous coming of age, you are cordially invited to celebrate with proprietor/founder Jeremy Cowan, the Shmaltz posse, and Joe Carroll of Brooklyn’s famous Spuyten Duyvil and Fette Sau, the launch of Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah, our 13th anniversary ale, brewed with 13 malts, 13…

  • GABF Beer Dinner @ Brauns Bar & Grill - September 26 - Denver, Colorado

    Josh
    16 Sep 2009 | 10:05 am
    We are hosting our 2nd Annual Beer Dinner with Brauns Bar and Grill during the Great American Beer Festival in Denver at 7PM on September 26th, 2009. The cost of the five course meal is $35.95. We will accept reservations through September 24th. Get your tickets soon, this beer dinner will definitely sell out! For more information head to the GABF Beer Dinner @ Brauns event page. Buy your tickets online here. Click here to see a larger image.
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  • Guinness

    Available in cans, kegs and bottles with nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Pasteurised. Usually called Draught; sometimes called Cold or Extra Cold - same beer, but served colder. Launched in 1961. Ingredients: Pale ale malt, about 25 to 30% flaked barley, and about 10% roasted barley, with no other grains or sugars; several hop varieties, mainly Goldings (pellets and isomerized extract); a flocculent head-forming ale yeast.

  • Duvel

    This surprisingly strong ale is named after the Flemish word for devil. Also known for its large, creamy head.

  • Delirium Tremens

    The allusion to the pink elephant a consequence of a delirium tremens the day before, is not a chance. The reasons are multiple: first of all, the beer possesses a degree of high alcohol; and, on the other hand, irresponsible consumers sometimes suffer devastating effects of a too much consumption of alcohol. This beer became the classic of the brewery, appreciated especially for its qualities degustatives, as well as the mystery that hides itself behind the gray partitions of his characteristic bottle. This blond perfect one stresses the qualities of an exceptional houblon as well as of…
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  • Beers To Try (And Why) This Thanksgiving

    blogaboutbeer
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am
    Needless to say, I’m a big advocate of beer rather than wine ’round the Thanksgiving dinner table. And I’ve written about it at Thanksgiving time every year the blog’s been around (last year’s post here). And the fact remains, if you want to wax traditional this holiday, than wine has no place at the Thanksgiving feast. The Pilgrims, after all, drank tankards of ale with their meal. It’s even been suggested that the reason the colony ended up where it did was because the Pilgrims had run out of beer and needed to set up shop somewhere quickly so they could…

  • The Case Against Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic

    blogaboutbeer
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:46 am
    This is a guest post by Russ Phillips — one half of TwinBeer.com (the only international beer blog run by identical twins). Check out his blog posts here and follow TwinBeer on Twitter @TwinBeer. If you’d like to contribute a guest post to BlogAboutBeer.com, please feel free to contact me. Cranberry Lambic, two simple words that push the tongue out of any beer lover’s mouth. The fruitcake of beers, Cranberry Lambic is one of those beers that stay in the back of your fridge for way too long. Eventually you break down sometime in March and either pour it out or give it to an…

  • Paste Magazine Announces 25 Best American Breweries of the Last Decade

    blogaboutbeer
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    It really hadn’t hit me that the end of a decade, the first decade of the twenty-first century — one in which I graduated from high school (early in the decade) and college (late in the decade); one in which I turned twenty-one and one in which my love of Better Beer blossomed — is only a few weeks away. It’s really hard to believe. Anyway, that’s neither here nor there. What’s more important is what made me realize that thought in the first place: the Paste Magazine 25 Best American Breweries of the Decade (2000-2009) list, which was released just a few…

  • Why Can’t I Buy an Individual Bottle of Beer in Washington D.C.?

    blogaboutbeer
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:13 am
    I’m just back from an exhausting five-day whirlwind trip through our Nation’s Capital where unfortunately my beer-buying opportunities were limited. Mostly because many of the craft beer stores I visited all had one major flaw in common: they didn’t sell individual 12 ounce bottles. While most of the stores I visited had very good selections of beer I can’t find here in Maine — saw lots of Bells, Troegs, Oskar Blues, etc. that I wanted — none of the stores would let me break up a six pack for an individual bottle or even to create my own mix-a-six. When…

  • Bottle of Beer from the Hindenburg Goes to Auction

    blogaboutbeer
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    The world’s most expensive bottle of beer is heading to the auction block this weekend. And is expected to fetch a winning bid of anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000. A price which makes the cost of the Sam Adams Utopias look like chump change. The bottle is a 62-years-old bottle of Lowenbrau which had been discovered (and signed) by a New Jersey firefighter in 1937 at the site of the historic Hindenburg disaster. The gentleman who was the Fire Chief in Matawan, N.J, at the time of the disaster recovered six bottles of Lowenbrau and a silver pitcher while cleaning up in the wake of the…
 
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  • New comments on old posts

    Bailey
    15 Nov 2009 | 1:24 am
    We get the occasional comment on old posts, usually where people have stumbled across them through Googling a specific term. For example, because we’re one of the few sites online to even mention Starkey, Knight and Ford (a defunct West Country brewery) we’ve had some interesting comments from people with memories to share and questions to ask. Amongst the recent comments, Jon Rose asks if anyone remembers his grandad, Bill, who used to drive steam traction engines for SKF, and David Harper recalls living next door to the brewery as a child. There is also a debate brewing about…

  • Rants and eulogies

    Boak
    14 Nov 2009 | 2:58 am
    Pete Brown has written a superb rant about the many headed beer industry. Read it here. And then, for something completely different, a nice pair of posts on Pencil and Spoon, one where Mark writes about his long suffering missus, and then the right of reply from the long suffering missus herself.  Other long-suffering beer widows have commented. This could run and run.

  • Help: pubs with a dartboard?

    Bailey
    13 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pm
    Does anyone know of any pubs in London with decent beer and a dartboard? Bailey’s folks are in town and itching for a game. The William IV in Leyton is our back up plan if we don’t get any other ideas.

  • Brilliant Beer on a Boat in Bristol

    Bailey
    10 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    The Grain Barge is the brewery tap of the Bristol Beer Factory. First key fact: it’s a pub on a boat, bobbing about just across the harbour from the SS Great Britain. Second key fact: the beer is bloody marvellous. The bitter is thirst-quenchingly good (brown, but certainly not boring) while the Red is a little sweeter and maltier. Sunrise is a wonderfully fresh golden ale. All three are dry but also full-bodied, and reminded us strongly of JW Lees beers. Do they both use sugar in the brewing process? Could it be that? We’re trying to get our heads round this issue more generally…

  • Traps for drunk people

    Bailey
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:24 pm
    The White Lion Hotel in the centre of Bristol is an outlet for Gloucestershire’s Wickwar Brewing, which is what lured us in. The pub itself is very strange. It has a tiny public bar and, when we were there, the clientele comprised hard blokes, mad northern ladies in hats, and French labourers drinking Grolsch. And (surely this is more trouble than it’s worth?) there is a rickety, wobbling, narrow spiral staircase leading to the gents toilet downstairs. It nearly did for Bailey and we can’t help but wonder how many people have died happy clattering drunkenly down it over the…
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  • Temperature Study

    Wilson
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:38 pm
    A friend of mine requested a few months back that we do a temperature study as one of our beer tastings. So, this month we did a temperature study as one of our tastings. From my perspective, I knew what the answers would be and looked forward to tasting the confirmations, but I tell you, the true joy of conducting this little experiment was watching all the light bulbs flickering over the heads of those in attendance. It was a great deal of fun, and I recommend that if you’re strapped for ideas for a “next step” tasting for some of your new converts, you consider giving…

  • Mutability

    Wilson
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:42 am
    “Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley On a related note, Bell’s Oberon morphs into a lager when served with tomato sauce. And I don’t mean that in a bad way.

  • Hard Luck

    Wilson
    7 Nov 2009 | 7:42 pm
    We’ve befriended the local pastor. They’re not all neo-prohibitionists, after all. For some time now, we’ve been plotting a cider making day, as this good fellow has an apple orchard. Today was the day. He was the apple guy. I was the yeast guy. Jake and Tom supplied the muscle. Using a cider press that’s over 70 years old on a beautiful fall day, the four of us put out about seven gallons of our own special blend of cider (50% Jonathan, 30% Wainwright Gold, 15% red delicious and 5% Granny Smith). Lemme tell you, fresh stuff right out of the press is heavenly. Five…

  • Willie Wild and Sophie’s Mild

    Wilson
    7 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am
    With a thirst for a beer and a band, Wonderful Beer Wife and I trekked to Des Moines last night to catch one of our favorite bands, Old Crow Medicine Show, at the beautiful Hoyt Sherman Place. There were errands involved, because sometimes a guy needs yeast and potassium metabisulfite. But we mostly headed straight for  Court Avenue Brewing Company, a brewpub I feel like we’ve neglected. We tried their Memoriale (saison), Black Hawk Stout, Bon Pere (their Brewer’s Reserve biere de garde) and Sophie’s Mild on cask. They were all good, though the saison was a bit pithy. The…

  • Clarence returns

    Wilson
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    A couple of years ago I mentioned missing my good friends Heather and Paul around Halloween, as we’d always get together, take the kids trick-or-treating and have a good beer or three. Somewhere in that post or the following comments, Clarence popped up, and I later received an email from a curious reader asking for a picture. There wasn’t a digi-fied one to be found at the time, so we made a point of taking a photo of him last night when he emerged from hibernation to join us at some friends’ house. He started out sporting Virginia Shine, but settled into the beers he was…
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  • Imperial or should we come up with a different name?

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:09 pm
    Let it be known, I'm all about the beer. Lately, though I seem to be getting tired of a trend that I see forming in the craft beer camp. Imperial. It's a word that is popping up in front of more styles of beer than I can count. Years ago there was one imperial beer and that was Imperial Stout. Now, don't get me wrong, I love a strong beer. I love my Belgians, I love my barleywines, I love my uber IPAs. I even enjoy all the different Imperial beers that have been served my way. I guess what I am getting at, is it's pretty cool to see an Imperial Pumpkin Ale or an Imperial Double Bock, but have…

  • Hop it up!

    18 Aug 2009 | 5:31 am
    I started growing hop vines in my backyard garden. I did this because I am a home brewer and thought it would be neat to add my own home grown fresh hops to the kettle. My other reason was that as an avid beer drinker and brewer, the hops, which happen to look really cool, would serve as a conversation piece and attention grabber. As it turns out, my hop vines are now the most interesting and physically imposing plant in the garden. Now, into my third hop season, the vines are pretty massive and yield a lot of hops. This year I came up with an innovative use for my fresh hop cones. The hop…

  • Can or Can Not. That is the Question

    14 Jul 2009 | 7:43 am
    I haven't written a beer blog in quite awhile, but that certainly does not mean I have not been drinking beer. First my usual beer related ramblings and then on to the beer!I refuse to drink beer out of an aluminum can And the reason has nothing to do with taste, convenience or my ability to single handedly crush one with my bare hand. My reason is about the protective liner inside the can. Have you ever heard of Bisphenol-a, also called BPA? If its name is not in the forefront of your mind, it should be. BPA is a chemical used in the production of plastic. It is also used in the production…

  • Finally, a Real Irish Pub

    13 Nov 2008 | 10:05 am
    I love an Irish pub. Even before I lived in Dublin, Ireland, I used to think the USA version of an Irish pub was the best place to quaff pints. Once I moved to Dublin, I found out how unauthentic the USA version of the Irish pub really was. When my stint in Ireland was finally over and I moved back home to southern New Jersey, I tolerated the phoney Irish pubs that were built here as "tourist" attractions. Authentic Irish furniture, expensive beers and no real Irish atmosphere.Well, my drought is over. Wandering around Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, I was about to walk into the sister…

  • The General Lafayette Inn & Brewery

    6 Jul 2008 | 8:13 am
    About 10 years ago or so, I surprised my wife on our wedding anniversary with a weekend trip to a romantic Bed and Breakfast. Prior to our trip, I sold the idea to her by giving an historical account of the Inn's participation in the Revolutionary War. I mentioned to her how a wise General named Lafayette outsmarted the British with a brilliant maneuver that is still being studied in history books today. I told her that the Inn was originally constructed in 1732 and was also rumored to play a part in the Underground Railroad that helped to free the slaves. I even spoke of the possibility of…
 
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  • CISCO BREWERS’ “LADY OF THE WOODS”

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    I’m pretty intrigued with two facts about this beer – no, make it three. First – CISCO BREWERS are from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Me, I’ve been to Martha’s Vineyard a couple of times, and it’s great, but Nantucket was always explained to me as the poor, windblown, redheaded stepchild to not only Martha’s Vineyard, but Cape Cod as a whole. A place where only whalers, clam-diggers, and salty old sea dogs with 3 yellow teeth live. So having a first-rate brewer from there is something of a surprise, but I guess nothing should surprise me in the continued explosion of craft beer…

  • IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE ANCHOR CHRISTMAS

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    If it’s November, it’s time to plunk down $1.79 for a bottle of ANCHOR BREWING “OUR SPECIAL ALE”, a.k.a. ANCHOR CHRISTMAS ALE, as I’ve been doing every year since time immemorial. As legend has it, this was the first holiday beer produced in the United States in the modern era, and it’s one of the few that actually changes up the recipe every year to produce something unique – and often wonderful – for the 2-3 months it’s on the shelves. There may be other holiday annuals that I like better than this one, but I’m never going to let a year pass without imbibing a bottle of…

  • MY WILD, WILD BOULEVARD NIGHTS

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    I may have mentioned in an earlier post that I was working in Kansas City (well, Overland Park, KS) last week. Well, after a long, hard, sweaty, backbreaking day in meetin's and whatnot, one needs a cold-to-room-temperature beer or three to let it all hang loose and shake off the shackles, am I right? Given my location, I thought it was a fine time to aggressively explore the beers of BOULEVARD BREWING, based right there in Kansas City. It wouldn't be the first time. No, we actually did some damage to Boulevard beers a few years ago on another visit to KC, and then again when we traded for…

  • FLOWERS ARE BACK! MEET THE WEED EATER

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:57 am
    FLOWER POWER, man. From ITHACA BREWING in upstate New York. You know as well as I do that there’s really no such thing as a West Coast, East Coast or Michigan IPA any more. There’s just great, good and not-so-good. Unfortunately this ITHACA FLOWER POWER falls on the short side of the ledger. Sure, I liked its bottle artwork – maybe that’s worth a half-point right there. And check the picture – it certainly “presents well”. But after the superficial stuff it gets a little shaky. Definitely one of the more bitter IPA’s we’ve had in recent months, with accents of citrus,…

  • LIVEBLOGGING THE BOULEVARD BREWING "NUTCRACKER ALE"

    11 Nov 2009 | 7:08 pm
    I'm doing something so outrageously dorkified right now, something I've never considered doing before simply because I was afraid you'd make fun of me: I'm "liveblogging" a beer. That's right, the BOULEVARD BREWING "NUTCRACKER ALE" I'm only halfway done with is being consumed in a hotel in Overland Park, KS at this very moment, and I'm writing about it as I inhale a salad I picked up at Whole Foods at 8:45pm at night.Here's how this turn craaaaazzy of events came to be. I work in the wireless industry, and if you know anyone who does stuff in wireless, you know that the sun, moon & stars…
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  • Great Beer, Historic Aircraft, and a Worthy Cause

    Bryon
    31 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    I've been asked to once again assist in the planning of the 5th Ever Not-So-Snooty Beer, Wine & Cheese Tasting Adventure. (see info on last year's event) I'll be reaching out to local breweries... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Quoted in Air Force Times

    Bryon
    11 Oct 2009 | 6:38 am
    I'm told I was quoted in Air Force Times' "Off Duty" section regarding my hobby of homebrewing as it connects to my military service. I have not seen it yet, but I hope I came off OK... Anyone see... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Results from Dad's Resolve WitBier

    Bryon
    25 Aug 2009 | 6:39 am
    Dad's Resolved Witbier is already 2/3 gone! Over all the beer came out pretty good... I wish I added some of the peppery seasoning (coriander) that is traditional with WitBiers, I think that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Dad's Resolved Witbier Bottled

    Bryon
    15 Jul 2009 | 1:45 pm
    Dad's Resolved Witbier was bottled last Friday, on the 10th... I figure the beer should be ready for a try around the end of the month, hopefully early enough to serve as a treat for yours truly and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Dad's Resolved Witbier

    Bryon
    30 Jun 2009 | 1:06 pm
    Father and son, brewing up a batch of Dad's Resolved Witbier... "Looks like dirty water, but it smells good..." Dad kicking back with a cold one while the wort boils... I decided a week or so... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

    Al
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm
    ©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #324 Anniversaries are important. They are benchmarks to help us gauge where we stand, and more importantly, they help us to see where we have come from. Each fall, we like to celebrate our anniversary by releasing a very special beer. A beer that represents our past while looking forward to our future. For the past 29 years, we at Sierra Nevada have had a commitment to using the finest raw ingredients, and the freshest, most flavorful hops in all of our award winning ales and lagers.

  • Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager

    Al
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    ©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #323 This dog enjoys his days in the sun… Old Scratch Amber Lager is a malty, mellow beer that is fermented at medium temperatures to develop both ale and lager characteristics. “Gold Scratch” raises the standard in the amber lager category. Pretty copper color, clear, with a good sized off-white head. Rich and malty aroma, with a bit of floral hops. Medium-bodied and malty but easy to drink. This is one of my fall-back beers. Flying Dog Brewery – Old Scratch…

  • Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale

    Al
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    ©Hop Talk – Use of this feed on other sites without express permission is prohibited Beer-a-Day #322 The young pup of the pack… Tire Bite Golden Ale is a refreshing, light, warm weather slammer with a flavorful hop edge. Brewed using exclusive imported German hops, this beer draws craft beer drinkers back from the “dark” side of the cooler. It’s been unseasonably warm this November, so what the heck. Light gold with a white head that drops quickly. Aroma is very light, perhaps a bit floral. Taste is a bit fizzy and, well, inoffensive. I generally love Flying…

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  • Hoppy Brewing Stony Face Red Ale

    beckel
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:22 pm
    I had seen press releases for Hoppy Brewing Company out of Sacramento, CA before but never really knew a thing about them until recently when they started distributing to my local market in Minnesota. Hoppy Brewing was founded by a gentleman named Troy who previously worked with satellites and software development industry and after learning to homebrew  in 1991 decided it would be more logical to enter the growing Craft Brewing industry. So with the help of many others Hoppy Brewing released their flagship product Hoppy Face Amber Ale in 1994 by utilizing some excess capacity of another…

  • Beer Here Dark Hops

    beckel
    1 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm
    I found this bottle of Dark Hops from the brewers of Beer Here who hail from Norway a month or so ago on the shelves of The Four Firkins. I also picked up a bottle of their Pumpernickel Porter but that will be for another day. I know very little of the Beer Here Brewery but if you can read Norwegian perhaps you can learn a bit more about them at their web page above. The Dark Hops bottle states that it is a hoppy black ale and lists it’s ingredients simply as “water, barley, rye, sugar, hops and yeast”. While also noting that “hops were harmed in the making of this…

  • Goose Island Sofie

    beckel
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:43 pm
    It’s been many weeks since I purchased this bottle from The Four Firkins but it has patiently waited in my fridge for this day of consumption. I haven’t been able to post lately as my Hard Drive decided to stop receiving power leaving me shit out of luck. Of course my < 1 year old drive was easily under it’s manufactures warranty so I was able to RMA it and finally the other day it arrived.  All I have to say is back up your data boys and girls. But lets move on to something positive. A number of exciting events occurred this month including Surly Brewing hosting an…

  • He’Brew Rejewvenator - Year of The Date 2009

    beckel
    8 Oct 2009 | 10:41 pm
    Here I have the second edition of He’Brew’s Rejewvenator which celebrates the year of the date. The folks at He’Brew seem to enjoy experimenting with fruit and beer and I for one always enjoy experimentation, particularly when it works out well as it seems to for Shmaltz. As if over 400 gallons of date juice wasn’t enough to impress this ale is also brewed with three yeast varieties, Lager, Trappist and Abby as well as Warrior, US Goldings, Cascade, Amarillo and Mt. Hood Hops, 2-Row specialty malt, Munich, 2 varieties of dark crystal, and CaraVienna Malt. So if that…

  • Furthermore Fallen Apple

    beckel
    7 Oct 2009 | 4:53 pm
    Here I have a very interesting brew from the fine folk of Furthermore Brewing from my neighboring state of Wisconsin, making this almost a local brew. I am not the biggest cider drinker but I definitely enjoy it and am obviously always curious to try new things, so when I saw Alvey of The Four Firkins post that they had this odd concoction in stock I couldn’t help but pick it up. According to the brewers Fallen Apple is “Brewed with our favorite season in mind, this blended delicacy is a celebration of falling leaves and falling in love” or style wise a Cream Ale brewed with…
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  • Dale Van Wieren, beer geek nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

    jackc
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:16 pm
    Saturday evening. 5pm. Sly Fox Phoenixville. A meeting of the man and the moment. Dale Van Wieren is going to drink a beer or something. Let me look at my notes…. Aha! Not just a beer. His 10,000th beer that he’s tasted and logged in his….um…log. The details are here. There are two ways to deal with this: you can embrace the vibe, join in the celebration and  refuse to be judgmental, or you can gasp, go with you sternest demeanor and, eyes turned skyward, scream out out the world “My God! This man has spent the equivalent of at least half a year swirling a beer…

  • What are they thinking?

    jackc
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    Matt Guyer just called and asked me to add this store note to the Beer Yard website. I be confusered (copyright once upon a time by C. Pietrantonio) by the thinking here. I’ve seen it happen before, but it seems particularly egregious this time. Two of the nation’s best-known and most popular craft breweries get together to create a collaborative beer and there is great ado in the press and throughout the beer world. Okay, sounds good. Then only 33 cases—a mere 33 cases, I repeat—are shipped to arguably the best beer market in the nation (let’s not fight about…

  • The Firey next time….

    jackc
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:46 pm
    …will be making wine in Phoenixville. Joe Sixpack has the scoop (even if he did stop listening).

  • When titans clash.

    jackc
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:52 pm
    In the new issue of American Brewer shown to the right, America’s Most Beloved Beer Writer (© Jack Curtin’s Liquid Diet 2009) and I engage in a spirited debate about the Pros and Cons of Extreme Beers. Lew chose the Pro side (I gave him first choice) and it was left to me to defend session beers against his vicious attacks. I can hear the gasps from here so allow me to assure you that I I would not make something like that up. American Brewer is a craft brewing industry trade magazine for brewers, brewery owners and management. It’s available by mail only and not often seen…

  • Yakima Twilight. As good as I anticipated.

    jackc
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pm
    I am just about finishing up my first experience with Victory Yakima Twilight from a bottle and figured I’d better get this post started before I go get another one because who knows what will happen after that? If you are detecting a “first bottle of…” pattern in today’s postings, give yourself a checkmark in the paying-attention column. And give me one in the right-thing-to-do column as an acknowledgment that I spent the morning and early afternoon visiting at the Beer Yard. And if you are really paying attention to the stuff that goes on around here, be…
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  • CNN Vital Signs Features Pints for Prostates

    29 Oct 2009 | 10:51 am
    During the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, I had the chance to sit down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to talk about Pints for Prostates and how we use the universal language of beer to reach men with an important health message. CNN also sent a crew to Colorado for the Denver Rare Beer Tasting and Great American Beer Festival. The interview started airing internationally today. You can check it out here:

  • Tuesday Tasting: Prager 2004 Royal Escort Port

    27 Oct 2009 | 5:50 pm
    Tuesday Tasting is a regular feature of Lyke2Drink that explores some of the best beers, wines and spirits on the market. This week we head to Napa Valley to sip a great port.A few months back a couple of bottles arrived at my door from Prager Winery & Port Works in California. I have to admit that I don't regularly drink port and, in the heat of the North Carolina summer, I decided to place the bottles in a wine rack and wait for cooler weather. The time has come to crack open one of the bottles.Prager 2004 Royal Escort Port is a dark ruby red 19 percent alcohol by volume wine that is made…

  • Beer Tap TV Covers Denver Rare Beer Tasting

    27 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
    Erik Boles and the fine people at Beer Tap TV have posted an interview they did at the inaugural Denver Rare Beer Tasting last month. Check out this video to see how they are helping the Pints for Prostates campaign reach men through the universal language of beer.

  • Is Cheap Whisky a Scottish Birthright?

    25 Oct 2009 | 11:56 am
    Living in Scotland means that you can get a decent bottle of Scotch at your local supermarket for under $12. That may all change because of a Scottish government plans to combat binge drinking and it has distillers upset.A plan would set minimum per drink charges for alcohol sold in supermarkets. That would mean that supermarket-brand Scotch would increase in price to $18 a bottle, effectively raising the price to what some branded Scotch labels sell for at retail.Whyte and Mackay, a 160-year-old distiller, says the new minimum pricing plan would have a major impact on its volume. Distillers…

  • Rock Art Brewing Should Send Flowers to Monster's Lawyers

    14 Oct 2009 | 6:42 pm
    Be honest. How many of you had heard of Rock Art Brewery in tiny Morrisville, Vermont at this time last week?This small brewery was plodding along like many of the craft brewers in this country. Making some pretty good beers, building a loyal following of beer geeks and fighting for shelf space against companies that can afford to run ads during weekend football games.Then some lawyers from Hansen Beverage Co., which markets Monster Energy Drinks, decided to come to the rescue. You see Rock Art has been selling a brew called The Vermonster for the last couple of years. Hansen says that could…
 
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  • When in Leicester...

    Pete
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm
    More from The Red Hand, this time from 1955. And this picture deserves a post all of its own.Nowadays, especially in magazines, it's de rigeur to make a potentially humdrum snap a little more exciting by giving it a cheeky caption that in some way takes the piss out of the photo's subjects.The Red Hand occasionally manages this - apparently without actually trying to be funny.Take this one: the photo is worthy of any caption competition. But you'd be hard pressed to beat the one that accompanied the original snap.Yep, what you're looking at here 'has been described' as 'Leicester's most…

  • Purity and Simpsons - a match made in a very posh kitchen

    Pete
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:16 am
    Back in September I was invited to a beer and food matching dinner at Simpsons restaurant in Birmingham by Purity Brewing. It was an intimate gathering for twenty in a private dining room with chandeliers and silver floral wallpaper.To the best of their knowledge it was the first serious beer and food matching dinner in the Midlands, after restaurants in London, Leeds and Manchester have started getting quite into it. The fact that it happened the week the brewery announced a like for like annual sales increase of 84% gave the whole evening a triumphal air. "We're passionate about beer.

  • The Red Hand Part II

    Pete
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:14 am
    Later in the same magazine from which I scanned yesterday's pictures, there's another side entirely to the Ind Coope & Allsopp estate.Yesterday's pics seemed to offer a window onto the golden age of the pub as a centre of the community. But this age was passing even as it was being recorded. A few pages on, we get a big feature on the new jewel in the company's crown: the Hotel Leofric in Coventry. The magazine uses the word 'splendour' to describe it. What word would you use?While it was being prepared for opening, the manager slept on a mattress on the floor. 300 men were working on it,…

  • Museum Brewery Queen's Ale Part II

    Pete
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:48 am
    I'm getting shoddy. Just found my tasting notes for the Queen's Ale I mentioned yesterday. We opened a bottle in the brewery at around 9pm, twelve hours into our two day brewing session. It poured a dark chocolate brown with an acne-yellow head. Look, I know that makes it sound unappetising, but that's the colour it was. Maybe it was just the weak light in the brewery office.There was a dusty old ale aroma at first, followed by sherry, port, chocolate, chicory, and hints of leather and wet autumn leaves. And then, on the palate it went berserk. It did the whole lot - the sweetness and acidity…

  • The Red Hand cometh

    Pete
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:18 am
    I got my scanner working again. This means I can scan in some pics from a couple of magazines I picked up from a tat stall (sorry - "breweriana" emporium) at the Great British Beer Festival in August.Since doing Hops & Glory I've been fascinated by Allsopps - the forgotten man of Burton. By the mid-fifties they were Ind Coope and Allsopp and their days as the brewer of the first Burton IPA were almost forgotten. The industry was undergoing massive change, and you get a snapshot of this change in the pages of The Red Hand, the staff magazine they published. Some of these are fascinating,…
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  • Beers and links for the weekend

    Stan Hieronymus
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:46 am
    - Pennsylvanian Dale Van Wieren has recorded every beer he’s drank since 1971 and tomorrow he’ll knock back No. 10,000. Don Russell has the story. - Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest returns. You’d already know this if you were reading Beer for the Holidays. - A six-pack of holiday beer suggestions: Samuel Adams Holiday Porter, Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve, Goose Island Christmas Ale, Stoudt’s Winter Ale, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale and Alaskan Winter Ale. - Women of Craft Beer: A Quick List. Pioneers, brewers, advocates and more. - How do you know beer’s…

  • Smuttynose beer Wood/Barrel champion in Chicago

    Stan Hieronymus
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am
    Smuttynose Brewing Co. won Best of Show honors at the 7th Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beer last weekend in Chicago. The New Hampshire brewery claimed top honors with its its Farmhouse Ale, a saison aged in a neutral oak barrel with Brettanomyces Claussenii. Runner-up was Goose Island Beer Company Bourbon County Brand Stout, an imperial stout aged in 6 to 13-year-old Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. The festival attracted 1,500 drinkers, who sampled more than 135 beers from 53 different breweries, representing 18 states. The winning beers: Classic Stout/Porter (8 entries): Flossmoor…

  • Hindenburg beer could fetch $8,000

    Stan Hieronymus
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am
    A blackened bottle of beer found in the wreck of the Hindenburg zeppelin is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction, according to the BBC. The bottle was found by a fire-fighter cleaning up the American airfield where the German airship exploded in 1937. The bottle will be the most expensive ever bought if it meets its estimated price of £5,000 ($8,337) on Saturday. The airship was engulfed by flames as it landed in New Jersey, killing 38 people and injuring 60. New Jersey firefighter Leroy Smith found six bottles of Lowenbrau beer and a pitcher intact on the scene of the crash. He…

  • Got $300 million? You can own Pabst

    Stan Hieronymus
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:36 am
    Pabst Brewing Co., which owns the Pabst and Schlitz beer brands as well as nearly 40 others, is up for sale again. The Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to find a buyer willing to pay around $300 million, according to the New York Post, which cited unnamed sources in a Monday article. The foundation also put the company on the market in 2003 but did not find a buyer. The action apparently is the result of a deadline imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. Federal tax laws don’t allow charitable foundations to own for-profit companies. The IRS…

  • Flying Fish Exit Series, oysters included

    Stan Hieronymus
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:44 pm
    Back in 1995 you could watch Flying Fish Brewing literally come to life on the Internet. The world moves on, including to YouTube. Witness this tribute to the brewery and its Exit Series of Big Bottle Beers from Jeff Linkous, freelance editor, writer, video producer, photographer, graphic artist and beer fan.
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  • Made in North Carolina

    E.S. Delia
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:41 pm
    Back in March, I created a brief blurb about the explosive growth of locally brewed beer in Asheville, North Carolina, and the support it’s received from a relatively small but adamant populace. With potentially four more brewing operations opening there in the very near future, don’t be surprised if Asheville takes the crown for best beer city in America. Recently, I got a chance to survey the landscape of our beer-loving neighbors to the south a little further when a friend from Asheville brought with him some fresh growlers from some prominent regional breweries. The first one…

  • Chronicles of a Homebrewer

    E.S. Delia
    19 Oct 2009 | 4:26 pm
    Things haven’t been all quiet on the homebrewing front, I’ve just been neglecting to sit down and actually pen something about my recent adventures. But I’d like to use this space to provide you with an update regarding recent goings-on in my brewing laboratory kitchen. At the beginning of August I had a hankering for some easy-drinking, thirst-quenching Best Bitter. So naturally I brewed a batch to sustain me well into the fall. Personally, I’m a huge fan of Maris Otter malt and opted for that as the base, with a half-pound Victory included for some biscuity…

  • A Word With Schneider & Sohn

    E.S. Delia
    14 Oct 2009 | 4:53 pm
    So I didn’t talk to the actual Georg Schneider or his son, but a while back I did get to sit down with the brewery’s Director of Export Sales and Biersommelière Susanne Hecht. One of the few female certified beer sommelieres in the world, Hecht has been with Private Weissbierbrauerei Schneider & Sohn ever since taking a part-time position tending bar at the brewery while studying in college. A native of Kelheim, the Bavarian town where Schneider consolidated their brewing operations in 1944, Hecht went on to graduate from the sommeliere program at the Doemens Academy in…

  • On “Gifting” and Beer Journalism

    E.S. Delia
    7 Oct 2009 | 10:40 am
    Yesterday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal featured a front-page article explaining the Federal Trade Commission’s crack-down on private companies donating “gifts” to bloggers. The quotations are employed for effect, because one man’s “gift” is another’s “marketing tool.” It’s plainly obvious that the goal of these gifts is to generate a buzz about a product through the various channels that the internet provides. It’s a quick and easy way to get more eyes focused on whatever you’re selling, and it’s a…

  • Blind Tiger Ale House

    E.S. Delia
    4 Oct 2009 | 1:56 pm
    Amidst the bustling streets of Manhattan lies a beer oasis of sorts, a place to go when you’re sick of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with complete strangers on the street and would prefer sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with complete strangers drinking good beer. If you happen to find yourself in Greenwich Village, the Blind Tiger provides such an escape. After meandering the streets of SoHo, we decided to take a much-needed break from the crowds. Well, as much of a break as we could muster anyway. Inside, the Tiger offers the feel of almost any other American corner bar with a great beer…
 
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  • Whirlwind Tour of a whirlwind tour -- Monday and Tuesday

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:39 am
    Here's what I did the past four days.Monday -- Visited Roy-Pitz Brewing in Chambersburg. Ryan and Jesse's brewery looks like something from the early 1990s -- in a basement, lots of used equipment, hand-written signs -- but the beer's better than that. Everything but the Gobbler Lager was pretty good stuff (the Lager had suffered from a production problem and was borderline). Not crazed hopheads, and having more success in Chambersburg -- a craft black hole almost as bad as south Jersey -- than the last hometown brewer, the late lamented Arrowhead (please, don't anyone tell the state how far…

  • 5 more Giant Eagles cleared for licensed beer sales in western PA

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:07 am
    The beat goes on. Looks like the supermarket beer sale genie is loose, and no one is going to be able to put it back in. Whether Sheetz will be able to overcome the irrational prejudice against selling beer at a gas station or not remains to be seen (what is the issue: you drive to bars, distributors, State Stores...is it something about gasoline fumes that makes you helpless against the insane urge to drink while driving?!!!). Meanwhile, PA consumers are getting a tiny little taste...of normalcy. I challenge anyone to give me a good reason that supermarket beer sales are bad for consumers.

  • It's late, and I'm tired

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:47 pm
    Just wanted to let you know why I haven't been blogging recently. Over the weekend I was helping my mother-in-law move out of the home my wife's family lived in for over 40 years (and helping finish off a sixtel of Victory Sunrise Weiss), and there was no Internet connectivity. Monday morning I left at 6 AM for Pittsburgh, visiting Roy-Pitz Brewing, Red Star, and City Brewing on the way to an event at the Teutonia Mannerchor in the evening.I got in late, and slept till this morning, when I had an excellent breakfast at Pamela's diner (Tex-Mex omelette) and headed up I-79 to Voodoo Brewery,…

  • More on Full Pint Brewing

    13 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    Much more detail on the planned Full Pint Brewing in the Pittsburgh Business Times. Ambitious plans, but some excellent brewers and experienced businessmen; good chance of success. Thanks to Jeff "Craft Beer Radio" Bearer for the link.

  • Comment verification now in place

    11 Nov 2009 | 9:03 am
    The comment spam has continued to be a problem, so I've turned on the verification. It's a pain, I know, but plenty of other blogs have it, and I'd just as soon not deal with the spam. Especially this comment spam. (Believe it or not, since I put this in place, I've had someone try to spam-by-hand my post on my dad's pancreatic cancer with a 'I can sell you vicodin on-line' crapshoot. That's really low, like human-garbage low.)Carry on.
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  • Win a Kegerator

    Dave
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:10 pm
    Saw this info posted on BlogAboutBeer a while back and thought it might be of interest to SevenPack readers. The steps to win a Kegerator on February first are pretty straightforward: Follow @kegerators on twitter Simply tweet “Just entered to win a Kegerator. Just follow @Kegerators and retweet. http://xr.com/kegerator” Full details about the contest can be found at http://xr.com/kegerator. Good luck.

  • Bud Light Golden Wheat

    Dave
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    Bud Light… Golden Wheat? Got to give everything its fair chance I guess. In a slight change of pace, instead of working off notes, which I typically due when writing up reviews, I am “live blogging” this tasting. Anyway, lets see what those crazy Belgians of A-B InBev have in store for us. The beer pours a golden orange that is lightly hazy in my US pint glass. Lots of carbonation in the body that produces a large, slightly off-white head. The head fizzes like soda as it recedes, and it recedes to nothing in roughly a minute. For the brief time the head is in existence I get…

  • Weissenohe Monk’s Fest

    Dave
    15 Nov 2009 | 5:53 pm
    Oktoberfest is long over with, hell so is October, but one more Oktoberfest 2009 review for the Sevenpack readers out there. The Weissenohe had a white head made of tight, tiny bubbles. These tiny bubbles also coursed through the beer’s amber copper body. The nose had a very nice aroma of toasted bread, light malt, and a fading essence of high fiber cereal. The taste was, unsurprisingly, very malty. Tastes of high fiber cereal, pumpernickel bread, and crackers all pervaded my mouth. The beer had a light to medium mouthfeel and was smooth the whole way through. Though my description of…

  • Troëgs Java Head

    Dave
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:25 pm
    I have not had a Troëgs beer in quite some time, so when I saw this Java Head at Half Time I decided to pick it up. Troëgs has impressed in the past so lets see if they keep up the good beer record. Poured into a pint glass the beer is black in color, even when held up to a light. A light tan head consisting of a tight packing of small bubbles graced the top of the beer for a good five minutes. A lightly roasted coffee aroma pleasantly greeted my nose. In the mouth the coffee went a lot bigger, when compared to the aroma. Rich Columbian black coffee came to mind. The beer finished bitter…

  • Harpoon UFO Pale Ale

    Dave
    13 Nov 2009 | 4:21 pm
    photo credit: walknboston Harpoon recently added a Pale Ale to their UFO line of beers. The past couple of new Harpoon beers have missed their mark with me, so lets see if this UFO Pale Ale serves as redemption. The beer poured a hazy golden-orange in my pint glass. On close inspection I could see the haze producing small debris just hanging in the beer’s body. The white head stayed around a couple minutes, but went very thin afterwards. There were only sparsely spaced columns of bubbles along the glass walls. The nose was a pleasant mix of hop with grass, lemon, and citrus emanating…
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  • Beer-drinking infants

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:05 am
    Those Bavarians knew a thing or two. Especially when it came to childcare. My own attempts to bring my kids up the beer way weren't quite as successful as those of 19th-century Bavarians."The Bavarian could not have brought the science of beer-drinking to its present state of perfection if he did not begin at infancy. Nature teaches us that those organisms are the most perfectly developed that are of slow growth. To begin in later life to qualify oneself as a beer-drinker, would be to begin an art at its flowery extremities instead of at its source; it would be like expecting to be perfect in…

  • 1909 Maclay's 63/- OMS

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:49 am
    For reasons I won't explain now, I need to get this image on the web. Though it is a beer that features in my 1909 Beer Style Guide book.

  • Take it to the Bavarian top

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:05 am
    It's good to learn that there have been times ans places where a full measure was taken seriously. Not like in Britain, where you get 90% beer and 10% atmosphere or some other such intangible. (At least according to Jeff.)This is an American's report of late 19th-century Bavarian custom:"Of the quality of the Bavarian beer, and also of the quantities consumed, I shall speak farther on: I only want to remark in this place that in the measure of the beer one gets there is no humbug. The law requires that each glass and each mug shall bear on its outside the governmental attestation as to its…

  • Finished . . . . just about

    18 Nov 2009 | 7:18 am
    You'll be pleased to hear that the 1909 Beer Style Guide is complete. Well, my bit of it is. I'm still waiting for the recipes from Kristen to fully complete the book. With any look it should be out in a couple of weeks.Meanwhile I've started a new book. I need something to keep me occupied in the evening. It's called "Peace!" and will be volume X of my Mini Book Series (aah, I should have had "Mild! as volume X). No time to hang around, as I want this one ready for Christmas, too.Blah di blah di blah. Just trying to fill some space. Blah di blah di blah. I don't like the picture jutting past…

  • Scottish Mild 1909 - 1914

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:05 am
    More random beer data fun. Yes, yes, I know. Don't worry. The book is almost done and normal service will be resumed.Scottish Mild. Almost as rare as wild haggis nowadays. Yet just 100 years ago there were lakes of the stuff. Before the Scots acquired a taste for Lager."How did Scottish Mild differ from English Mild?" that's a very good question. One which the 1909 Beer Style Guide will answer fully. The short answer is:- it was sometimes much weaker,- it was sometimes a bit stronger,- the strong ones were hopped more heavily than their English equivalents,- it was brewed from much the same…
 
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  • Guinness Cupcakes... Psshhhhh. How About Southern Tier Choklat Cupcakes!

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:34 am
    Just to confirm how little I really know about my sisters (whom I've always been super close with) I find out my older sister is quite the flourishing baker, and has started a little blog called Cupcake Wednesdays. I have been bugging her to make beer cupcakes for a long time, and I think she did for my graduation party back in May. If memory serves correct she used Firestone Walker Reserve as the beer. Blame alcohol induced retrograde amnesia for the foggy details. However, I still have a couple bottles of Southern Tier Choklat, an uber chocolatey stout which I think can take a chocolate…

  • Newport Pizza & Alehouse, Ocean Beach

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:32 am
    Yesterday I had the opportunity to stop by Newport Pizza & Alehouse in Ocean Beach after work. My first interests were sparked by a review from The Beer Rover. I can see this being a densely packed party spot in the summer, but when I arrived it was the late afternoon and getting chilly which seemed to limit the amount of people hanging around. I got a spot at the almost empty bar and ordered a Lagunitas Lil' Sumpin Extra. I was pretty stoked to see this after having had the regular Lil' Sumpin a couple months ago. The bartender went over to the Lagunitas Brown Sugga tap handle and drew…

  • San Diego Beer Week

    3 Nov 2009 | 8:06 am
    I probably won't get the chance to get out to the San Diego Beer Week festivities too much with the sister's wedding on the horizon and sucky work hours, but if I can find a few minutes here is what I'd like to do.Monday 9th - The Tomme Arthur Experience @ Stone. This will be slammed, but maybe good enough to brave the crowd. For the most part I'd rather hit less popular/crowded destinations but like I said, this would probably be worth it.Tuesday 10th - Small Brewery NorCal Night @ Hamilton's. All the beer we normally don't try when we head up north (save for the awesome Moonlight brews).

  • Winter Beer Is Here

    1 Nov 2009 | 7:52 pm
    It's always good to see Sam Adams Winter Lager out in the Fall. Except for it being 90 degrees in So Cal in November. CheersSent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

  • Small Bar, San Diego (University Heights)

    20 Oct 2009 | 9:49 am
    Thanks to a tip from the J's at BoozeReviews I learned about a newer San Diego beer bar called Small Bar. It's located a few blocks north of all the great stops on 30th street on an unassuming little strip of peculiar bars. And Small Bar fits that genre. A glowing neon red sign with the words "Small Bar" greets you at the front. There is a small patio outside the door with two bench style tables (can hold around 8 people each) and as you walk inside you'll see old barrels which are now masquerading as tables along with clubby couch style booths. To go along with that neon red sign, the inside…
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  • Choices at Disney Parks in California

    18 Nov 2009 | 7:12 am
    So you are going to Disneyland, and you think that you might be out of luck beer-wise. You might be right; as far as I know, there is no alcohol in that park. However, you are not necessarily that out of luck. You see, there is a California themed park right next door: California Adventure.As it turns out, California is known for something: wine. To celebrate California's wine industry, California Adventure has a small section devoted to wine. There they have a small vineyard, and a bar that serves -- you guessed it -- California wine.While there, I tasted a couple of California Syrahs. It…

  • Quick Tip: Adjust Mash pH not Water pH

    11 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    I was listening to the second Brew Strong episode on water, for the Brewing Network, and they mentioned something interesting. Water pH is simply a balance of the chemicals in water. John Palmer, in the episode, said the following:You can look at [water pH] as a balance, like on a seesaw, of your positive ions to negative ions. You can have two kindergarteners on that seesaw, or you can have two gorillas, and you can have the same pH.In other words, you can have a lot of minerals and a little bit of minerals and have the same pH. The pH of the water will not directly affect the pH of the…

  • A Short History of Porter and Stout

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    I brew a kick ass oatmeal stout. Early on, it has been one of my favorite styles. That is when I also became interested in the history of porter and stout.As is turns out, porters predate stouts. Porters began their existence in London in the 1730s. The term porter was used to describe a dark beer that became popular with street and river porters of London. The beer got its color and flavor from the roasted malts used in its making. By today's standards, the early porters of London were quite strong, around 6 or 7 percent ABV.The term, stout, came into usage to describe stronger versions of…

  • Happy Halloween!

    31 Oct 2009 | 7:13 am

  • What I Thought Lagering Was, and What It Actually Is

    21 Oct 2009 | 8:08 am
    I have professed my love for the brewing Network for a long time. Really, it is unmatched when it comes to beer related podcasts and live shows. I was listening to The Brewing Network's Brew Strong show on lagering/aging, and it blew my mind. For years, I was taught that the whole purpose of lagering was to clean up a beer, that the yeast remained active as the temperature was dropped and it cleaned up byproducts of fermentation, like diacetyl and acetaldehyde. During the process, the temperature is dropped slowly, to insure the yeast is not shocked into submission, not doing its job of…
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  • Flying Fish Exit 1

    BarleyBlog
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am
    I’m going to start off by saying how much I love what Flying Fish is doing with their very limited Exit Series. The whole concept is pretty damned cool. I missed out on the first two releases in the series, but was fortunate enough to snag a sample of their latest offering. Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout is just that, a fairly traditional export stout brewed with real oysters. That said, I’d be stretching the truth a good bit if I said I wasn’t at all worried about the oysters aspect of this brew — let’s just say raw oysters will forever haunt me *shiver*. At any…

  • Karl Strauss Big Barrel Double IPA

    BarleyBlog
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:34 am
    I was lucky enough to get a sample of Big Barrel Double IPA, Karl Strauss’ first foray into big bottles, the other week. This double IPA uses New Zealand’s Nelson Sauvin hops which are supposed to give it an “…intense tropical fruit and white wine-like flavor and aroma.” And oddly enough, for once, I was actually able to pick up what they were putting down. Normally, when I read marketing or press sheets describing a beer, I rarely if ever come away sensing the things I’m supposed to in the brew’s nose or taste. I usually pick up the basic…

  • November Cellar Update

    BarleyBlog
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    It’s been a few months since the last update and all I can say is that I have been doing some solid stocking up for the Winter season. Barleywines, seasonals and a couple of stouts have been added to the mix. This is definitely the time of year that the number of bottles in the basement increases. Can’t wait to crack into some of the older stuff I have in the next coming months. Anchor Our Special Ale (2006 ) x1 Anchor Our Special Ale (2007 ) x4 Anchor Our Special Ale (2008 ) x10 Avery Collaboration Not Litegation (2009) x1 Avery Mephistopheles (2006) x1 Bell’s Expedition…

  • Batemans Launches Rosey Nosey Holiday Ale

    BarleyBlog
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:40 pm
    For Immediate Release Seattle, WA. November 16, 2009 – Batemans Brewery of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England and SBS-Imports of Seattle, Washington are pleased to announce the premiere arrival of Batemans Rosey Nosey Holiday Ale to United States market. Rosey Nosey joins regularly available items Batemans Triple XB (XXXB) Classic Pale Ale and Batemans Combined Harvest Multigrain Beer. Founded in 1874, Batemans is one of the few remaining multi-generational family brewers in England. Now under the guidance of fourth-generation of family management, the Brewery has prospered not only on…

  • Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper

    BarleyBlog
    13 Nov 2009 | 5:06 am
    I have no idea when or where I picked up this bottle of Thirsty Dog’s Old Leghumper. I know it was picked up recently, but for the life of me, cannot remember much beyond that. Good thing the beer is more memorable than its purchase. Appearance Pouring dark brown with a deep mahogany edge, Old Leghumper certainly looks the part. The porter had a light mocha colored head that faded quickly. Aroma This brew certainly smells robust. It’s got a rich nose with a good load of roasted and chocolate malt. There’s also a subtle coffee presence in there. Smells damned good. Taste I…
 
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  • A third of a century later

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:43 am
    I wasn't at all impressed by BrewDog's misnomered Hop Rocker lager so haven't been inclined to run out and try their other lighter offerings. But enough positive comments about 77 Lager have filtered through to me to make me go out and buy a bottle of this one.Universally described as very much a hops-forward lager, I was expecting something along the lines of Brooklyn's, but it's a much more intense experience. There's little to no restraining malt -- just super-resinous earthy hops. I kept having to remind myself that it's a pilsner rather than a full-on English IPA. The thin texture and…

  • Frankly Brunehaut

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:19 am
    More organic Belgian beer in squat bottles today. The Brunehaut range are from the Wallonese town of the same name and won't win any prizes for originality of styles, being a witbier, a blonde and an amber ale.Brunehaut Wit is intensely dry, with an almost powdery mineral character. When coupled with a strong lemon flavour the overall sensation is like drinking Lemsip, straight from the sachet. The Blonde is a bit better with pleasant peachy notes and a full body, though one which is in danger of tipping over into syrupiness.Best of the lot, though, is Brunehaut Amber. It tastes hotter than a…

  • Bitter pils

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:35 am
    Above in Dundrum, Deveney's have a four-for-a-tenner deal on Flensburger at the moment. The 50cl brown swingtop is highly prized by the home brewer, so I picked up a few packs of Flensburger Pilsener, reckoning it'd do as the house curry lager for a while. But as always: before the vindaloo, the review.It's bitter stuff, and not in a nice way. Seriously astringent with a sort of damp and musty flavour when cold. As it warms I get herbal waxy honey notes which render it a bit more drinkable, though not quite enough to make it enjoyable.Still, never fear, the chillis are here, and their heat…

  • The good, the bad and the Blondie

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:45 am
    Rounding up last weekend's trip to Liverpool with some of the better beers encountered, plus a couple of stinkers.Obviously, a trip to the Baltic Fleet brewpub had to be done -- an odd little ramshackle pub, squeezed between a busy main road and a vast building site near the docks. It looks like it hasn't seen a lick of paint in some time, and there was no sign of the Wapping Brewery, which lurks somewhere in the building. Wapping Stout was the order of the day, and a damn fine pint it was too -- strong, heavy, and brimming with big earthy hops. Just what you want on a chilly November…

  • Drinking Europe

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:34 am
    The European Beer Consumers' Union has, among its objectives, the support and promotion of the traditional beer styles of its member nations (an easy one for Ireland, that, since we don't have any of our own). So when we were very kindly invited to a tasting and rating event in Liverpool's Lady of Man on Friday night I was expecting some fairly orthodox beers from the Dutch, Danish, Swiss, Swedish etc attendees. Turns out I was wrong.Well, mostly. The locals had given us bitter because, as I mentioned in my last post, you can't have too much of a good thing. First out of the polypin was King…
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  • Weekly Beer Calendar Update: November 19th-November 25th

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Stressful holidays are right around the corner. Take some time for yourself now by checking out one (or more!) of the many local Philadelphia beer events over the next week.Check out the entire November 2009 calendar over here.Some tastings, some free, some PAYG@Bridgid's, Philadelphia, PA--- Thu. 11/19 - Exit Night (8:00pm-10:00pm; PAYG to try all three Flying Fish Exit Series beers in the same

  • Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner at The Drafting Room: 11/11/09

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    In a recession, people still have to eat. I just was not so sure that with a $69.99 price tag that the dining room at The Drafting Room would be full. Apparently I was more wrong than I was sure. (I suppose that this is where I should disclose that my meal was 'on the house' as a guest of TDR. I'm not real good about these things, since I believe either naively or arrogantly that my writing

  • Me and My Marathon

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm
    It can be a lonely road out there, even with 20,000 other runners, perfectly built for plenty of introspection. This will be my fifth marathon I've run in the last 4 years. Even though it may not be true, I somehow feel less prepared physically and psychologically than ever before.Sunday's Philadelphia Marathon will tell. Until then, I need a pick-me-up.So, if you've got any shouts of

  • Artisan Homebrewing Opens in Grand Fashion

    15 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    When you show up as late as I do, you get pictures of a party near its end; so close to its end that most people are already gone and the host is packing things up. Well, it wasn't quite that late, but I did miss the cake, the music, and the cheesemonger. I did get a chance to taste some great homebrewed beer and mead, local wine, and catch up with some old friends.So, I took a few pictures of

  • Looking forward to Sunday night on The Brewing Network

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Tomorrow night I'll be one week away from celebrating the ending of Fall 2009 marathon training after Philly's marathon. Tomorrow night I'll also be listening The Brewing Network's Sunday Session, where the Bay Area's Jay Brooks will be a guest talking about the industry and his role in documenting it.Should be a great way to spend a cool autumn Sunday evening listening to a great bunch of people
 
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  • 1096-1097. The Publick House

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    On November 8th Jadyn and I had dinner and drinks at the Publick House with some of her labmates. I had two new beers while there, one before dinner, and one after dinner. In between were Cuvee de Trolls, and Orval. We started with a mix of appetizers: Monk's Frites, Moules Frites, and the Publick Plate. My entree was the Waterzooi aux Poissons.1096. Cane & EbelBeer Stats:Brewery: Two Brothers Brewing CompanyAlcohol: 7.00%Serving: TapStyle: Rye Beer, BJCP Style GuideAppearance: 4.0 | Smell: 4.0 | Taste: 4.5 | Mouthfeel: 4.5 | Drinkability: 4.5Overall: 4.3 Cane & Ebel is a Rye Beer…

  • 1095. Frye's Leap India Pale Ale

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    1095. Frye's Leap India Pale AleThis is one of the bottle that David brought down from New Hampshire when he visited in October. I let this warm a bit and served it in my CBC Great Pumpkin Festival glass.Beer Stats:Brewery: Sebago Brewing CompanyAlcohol: 5.70%Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.Style: American IPA, BJCP Style GuideAppearance: 4.0 | Smell: 3.5 | Taste: 3.5 | Mouthfeel: 2.5 | Drinkability: 3.5Overall: 3.5 Frye's Leap pours a hazy, copper color. It's topped by a meringue-like, off-white, two-finger head that retains well, leaving plentiful lace. The aroma is predominantly hoppy with floral…

  • 1094. Balto MärzHon

    13 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    1094. Balto MärzHonJadyn and I had dinner at Christopher's on the evening of November 2nd. I had a pint of Clipper City's Oktoberfest with my dinner.Beer Stats:Brewery: Clipper City BreweryAlcohol: 6.00%Serving: TapStyle: Märzen / Oktoberfest, BJCP Style GuideAppearance: 3.5 | Smell: 3.5 | Taste: 3.5 | Mouthfeel: 4.0 | Drinkability: 4.0Overall: 3.6 Balto MärzHon pours a crystal-clear copper. It's topped by an off-white head that fades to a film, leaving speckles of lace. The aroma is fairly mild overall. Initially toasty notes are predominant, but swirling brings out aromas of caramel and…

  • 1086-1093. The CBC's Great Pumpkin Festival

    11 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    Jadyn and I went to Cambridge Brewing Company's 2nd Annual Great Pumpkin Festival on Halloween. After dinner at home, we took the T back to Kendall Square and arrived at around 10 PM. There was a fairly sizable line, but turnover was brisk, and we got in about 15 or 20 minutes later.Entry to the event was $10, but this included a GPF pint glass. They were out of them when we arrived, so we got two CBC pint glasses instead. Luckily Jadyn has good eyes, and on our way back to the T, spotted an abandoned GPF glass on a table in the courtyard of the Kendall Marriott.Beers were purchased with…

  • 1085. Founders Breakfast Stout

    9 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    1085. Founders Breakfast StoutJadyn and I had dinner at The Publick House on October 24th. I started with a Delirium Tremens while we waited for a table, and had an Atomium Grand Cru with my meal, Waterzooi aux Poissons, a stew of mussels, cod, scallops, shrimp and potatoes. I'm not normally a seafood fan, but as part of my ongoing efforts to expand my pallate I decided to give a seafood heavy dish a go. I was very pleased with my decision. The broth was creamy and delicious, and the seafood was fresh and tasty, though I'm still not a huge fan of the texture of scallops. My final beer of the…
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  • Independence Brewing

    Jeffrey
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:40 am
    From Beer Town Austin.

  • Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter Review

    Jeffrey
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:23 am
    Manny, one of the Basin Brewers, gave me a bottle of the Ken Schmidt-Maui Brewing-Stone Brewing collaboration, Kona Coffee macadamia Cococut Porter. To save time typing it over and over again, I'll call it Ambrosia. Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter Appearance (0-3): Pours up jet black and opaque, with a thick tan head that lingers and lingers. But the bubbles were a bit large, especially as it dissipated. 2 points Aroma/Bouquet (0-4): Starts with a strong roast coffee aroma. Hints of chocolate, cream in the background. I can't tell if there's coconut, but who cares? Amazing aroma! 4…

  • Jester King Fully Funded

    Jeffrey
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:17 am
    From the Press Release (photos from the Jester King site): Jester King Craft Brewery is excited to report that it has completed fund raising, found a location and purchased a warehouse. After eighteen months of planning, fund raising began in June and finished this November with $500,000 raised. A 6,000 square foot warehouse has been secured, which is in the process of being disassembled and moved to the site of the Jester King Brewery. The brewery will sit on four acres of ranch land in southwest Austin off of Fitzhugh Road. In addition to the brewery, the land will be the site of an olive…

  • Circle Brewing Company Reaches First Financial Goal

    Jeffrey
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:57 am
    Circle Brewing Company in Austin reached their first financial goal, and ordered their 30 barrel brew house. They're still looking for investors, but they are on their way!

  • Basin Brewers Kegerator Crawl 4

    Jeffrey
    14 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am
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  • A short history of hops

    zythophile
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:59 am
    One of the great unanswered questions in the history of beer is why it took 9,000 years or so after brewing began for brewers to start using hops. Today there are very few beers made without hops They give beer flavour and. most importantly, they keep it from going off. The shelf life for unhopped ale can be as short as a fortnight or so before it starts to spoil and sour. Hopped beer can last for years. But it took many millennia for brewers to discover this, though they had been using a huge range of other plants to flavour their ale in the meanwhile: the bushy, aromatic moorland shrub bog…

  • Hopping mad at bitter untruths

    zythophile
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:57 am
    Actually, I’m not mad so much as grumpy and depressed, after reading an article by a beer writer I know and admire that contained this piece of nonsense about the hop: In 1079, the Abbess Hildegarde of St Ruprechtsberg in Baden referred to the use if [sic] hops in beer. No she blahdy didn’t, because as the American writer John P Arnold pointed out in 1911, when this error was already being repeated, the Abbess was not yet alive in 1079: she was born in 1098 and died in 1179, something that is very easy to check. And actually, as I wrote in Beer: The Story of the Pint six years…

  • BrewDog Atlantic IPA: is it worth it?

    zythophile
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:25 am
    It’s apparently fashionable now to be sticking one’s boots into BrewDog, since the Aberdeenshire duo revealed they had reported themselves to the Portman Group, the alcohol industry watchdog, just to get the publicity. I’m always happy to join in a fight if the other side is outnumbered, so let’s have a go at them for gross historical inaccuracy over the publicity for their Atlantic IPA. Unless you’ve been stuck in a dark bar with no internet access for the past year, you’ll know this is the brew BrewDog poured into casks and then left on a trawler sailing…

  • Sussex Steak with Port and Porter

    zythophile
    13 Nov 2009 | 3:45 am
    When I started this blog I promised to give recipes with beer as one of the ingredients. There’s not been enough of that, so here’s a great dish for winter evenings – Sussex Steak. Port and porter are an old combination, known in Ireland as a “corpse reviver”. In 2000 John O’Hanlon, born in Kerry, South West Ireland but now brewing on a farm in Devon, used this idea to produce a new style of bottled beer, containing two bottles of port to every 36 gallons of a “stout” that is really the strength of an old-time porter, to make…

  • The check is on the post

    zythophile
    9 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    Time to give another popular pub name myth a thrashing. There are more than 150 pubs around Britain called the Chequers, which puts it into the top 30 pub names, and yet the explanation given in most pub name books for the origin of the sign is complete cobblers. The likeliest source of the problem seems to be Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which declares that “the arms of FitzWarren [that is, blue and gold checks], the head of which had the privilege of licensing ale-houses in the reign of Edward IV, probably helped to popularise this sign.” Almost every writer…
 
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  • Pubs Becoming Hubs?

    Jay Brooks
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:57 am
    My friend and colleague, Pete Brown, who wrote Hops and Glory, tweeted this interesting editorial that ran on today’s Guardian Online, entitled Are Pubs Finally Becoming Hubs?. Definitely worth a read. Share and Enjoy:

  • The Homebrew Chef’s Toronado Bars

    Jay Brooks
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    The morning after the Monk’s Blood Beer Dinner, Sean Paxton delivered a tray of his newest confectionery concoction, Toronado Bars, to the CSBA meeting that began Tuesday morning at Russian River Brewing. All I know about them is they’re cake cookies that pay homage to the iconic San Francisco beer bar and they included cherries soaked [...]

  • Monk’s Blood Dinner

    Jay Brooks
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:28 pm
    Monday night a beer dinner was held at the 21st Amendment Brewery & Restaurant in San Francisco to celebrate the release of their newest beer in a can, Monk’s Blood, the first in a new series they’ve dubbed the “Insurrection Series.” The cans themselves will be out in four-packs in about two weeks. Here’s what [...]

  • Want A Healthier Heart? Drink More Beer!

    Jay Brooks
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    This has got to drive the anti-alcohol lobby nuts, and especially their medical co-conspirators who continue to insist that a binge drinker is simply someone who drinks five or more drinks in one session. The UK newspaper, The Independent, had an interesting article today, provocatively titled “Drink half a dozen beers every day and have [...]

  • Breweries Have 5th-Most Satisfied Customers

    Jay Brooks
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:55 pm
    According to a new survey, released yesterday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (and tweeted my way by Anat Baron — thanks!), Breweries ranked 5th in overall satisfaction by consumers among industries polled by the group. Here are the first five with their score in parentheses (out of 100): Personal Care & Cleaning Products (85) Soft Drinks [...]
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  • Random Beer Roundup - The I'm Ready to Tailgate Edition

    Hoosier Beer Geek
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    This time of year always flies by. It seems like the month between Halloween and Thanksgiving goes by so fast. It's going to be Christmas before we know it and I hope Santa brings me beer. Anyway, let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we? The Roundup will still go on as usual next Friday.I am ready for a tailgate. How about you? I can't wait to celebrate nothing! Hope to see you this weekend!If there is something coming up that is not listed, we would love to hear about it. News, reviews, info, etc., to share for our next Random Beer Roundup can be submitted to…

  • Scenes from a Tapping: Alcatraz Cherry Stout

    Mike
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:19 am
    Where: Alcatraz Brewing Company (Circle Centre Mall, 49 W. Maryland St. Suite 104, Indianapolis, IN)Who: Alcatraz head brewer Omar Castrellón, and assistant brewer Skip DuVallWhat: Alcatraz Cherry Stout - A milk stout aged on 250lbs of cherriesWhen: Tapped 11/17/09, until supplies lastWhy: You'd expect anything aged on 250lbs of cherry to be overpowering, but in this case you get all the normal full and tasty flavors of a milk stout with a sweet and subtle cherry finish. Also worth noting: Alcatraz's 1 & 3/4 Belgian has been on tap for a while and may have benefited from the age - it's makes…

  • Beer Diary #17 - Mike (with a little help from Gina) - Saturday Ramble

    Mike
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Here at HBG we consider it our duty to bring you the latest and greatest in beer news and notes, and that's why this past Saturday we set our eyes south, on a mission to investigate Nashville, Indiana's newest beer hotspot, Big Woods Brewing Company.But along the way we visited some other friends: Oaken Barrel, Bloomington Brewing Company, and Upland. Remember, we did this for you.Oaken Barrel, Greenwood, IN - We've been here before. A lot of times, actually. Since we live on the southside, it's almost our home brewery. We're pretty happy with that.Oaken Barrel Gnaw Bone Pale Ale - For the…

  • Alpha Acid Test Ticket Winner: Erin

    Mike
    16 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    Using the magic of random number generators, Jim drew the lucky number 9 comment as the winner of two tickets to Lafayette Brewing Company's Alpha Acid Test. The ninth comment in that thread belongs to Erin.Erin, send us an email at knights@hoosierbeergeek.com so we can get your address for mailing.For the rest of you who left comments, thanks! And play again!

  • Hoosier Beer Geek's Tailgate for Nothing (TFN)

    Mike
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:50 am
    For the last month or so we've tried to subtly beat you over the head with the words "Tailgate for Nothing" in an effort to see what kind of interest we can generate in smaller, low key, word of mouth events. Now that we're a week out, I feel confident that we've kept things low key enough. So here's the email we've been sending and the details of what we're doing.All nine HBG Knights of the Beer Roundtable are fans of the act of tailgating. It occurred to us that tailgating usually revolves around sporting events - but why should it have to? Getting together with friends, eating hearty…
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  • Some Things That You Should Read

    Madison Beer Review
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Why Dave's BrewFarm is releasing a pale lager, BrewFarm Select, as its flagship. It's gotten some good reviews in places like BeerAdvocate (it hasn't been reviewed on RateBeer, yet), and there's not really any doubt that it's a quality product. For now it is contract brewed and canned at Stevens Point. It does present an interesting challenge though, because it will need to compete with other "macro"-ish lagers that are much more entrenched - e.g., Spotted Cow, Point, Leinie's, etc. It's not currently available here in Madison, though I understand that the BrewFarm is looking for local…

  • Madison Beer Review Presents Beer Talk Today

    Madison Beer Review
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    On the first part of this week's podcast we explore what time does to a pumpkin beer, tasting a five-year-old bottle of Dogfish Head's heavily spiced Punk. Here's the mp3Cheers!

  • Press Release Monday - Lakefront Beer Dinner at Kil@wat

    Madison Beer Review
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Very excited about this one. Sorry for the late notice, but Lakefront is going to be releasing its Local Acre Lager, made with 100% Wisconsin ingredients. We will talk about this in much, much more detail. But, in the meantime, get a taste at what looks to be a phenomenal event on Wednesday.----------START PRESS RELEASE-----------------LAKEFRONT BREWERY AND KIL@WAT PRESENT:Autumn's Elegant Beer Pairing DinnerWednesday, November 18, 2009Join Kil@wat and Lakefront Brewery for a five-course, locally sourced and organic-infused dinner created by Chef Robert Ash. Each selection will be paired with…

  • Beer and Music, vol 1

    Madison Beer Review
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    I like beer. I love music. The two often go hand-in-hand. But expressing the relationship between beer and music can be difficult, at best. How do you expound on the similarities between Bruce Springsteen and Lakefront? Or the Three Floyds and The Transplants? Or Brooklyn Beer and Neil Diamond?The only way I know how is to just let you listen to what I think a brewery sounds like. Or, perhaps stated in the alternative, here's some music that reminds me of a brewery. In this case, the music is stylish, poppy, up-beat and easy on the ears. But if you really listen, there's a lot going on: a ton…

  • Beer Wars! MBR, Dane101 and Futhermore Beer Present ...

    Madison Beer Review
    13 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    In the coming weeks we'll talk more about Beer Wars - The Movie. There is a lot of debate and interest around this movie. But, first, I wanted to simply make the announcement that Madison Beer Review has teamed up with Dane101 and Furthermore Beer to present Beer Wars - The Movie on December 2, 2009 at The Majestic Theater here in Madison.A convenient Facebook Event has been set up for your easy-rememberance here.Here's some more info about this event:Dane101, Madison Beer Review, and Furthermore Beer are excited to present the first Madison screening of the…
 
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  • Flat Earth Saturday Growlers

    Kris
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    We’ll be open from noon - 3 tomorrow the 21st. We’ll be closed from 3-4 for growler sales as we get ready for our tour at 4 and once the tour is over we’ll be open for public sales again. Tomorrow we’ll have: Angry Planet Belgian Pale Ale Cygnus X-1 Element 115 Oatmeal Stout Grand Design - S’more infused Cygnus Black Helicopter Cheers!

  • Barley John’s Growler Sale

    Kris
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am
    November 20, 2009toNovember 25, 2009Thanksgiving Growler Sale Buy any 2 or more Growler fills and they are 25% off each (does not include barrel aged Rosies) Bring any of our beers to your Thanksgiving Dinner and share our beers with your table!

  • Barley John’s Update

    Kris
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am
    We want first to apologize to all of you who have stopped in in recent times and found the beer you wanted out. We are finally getting caught up with our new tanks fully online and are working to prevent such beer shortages in the future. Our regular taps are back on and we have two new seasonals as well. Smoked 8 Porter (7.0%) Our Old 8 Porter recipe with a portion of Smoked Malt substituted. The smoke presence is balanced by the smooth chocolate and coffee overtones and malt sweetness, not an over the top Smoked Porter. Great beer to sit around our fire pit with! Amber Ale (6.0%) Amber in…

  • Friday Firkin at Grumpy’s Downtown

    ryan
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm
    This Friday’s Firkin at the Downtown Grumpy’s is Bell’s Double Cream Stout.

  • Tailgating and Beer Tasting with the Lift Bridge Guys

    kat
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:28 pm
    November 20, 20095:00 pmto10:00 pmJoin Lift Bridge Brewery at The Chef’s Gallery in Stillwater Friday night for good eats and great beer. The Lift Bridge crew is dedicated to eating and drinking with the utmost regard to pleasure – pure and simple! Learn about the brewing process and beer ingredients while sampling several distinct Lift Bridge beers that you will learn to taste from a culinary standpoint from the characters who brew it! They will prepare some of their favorite tailgating foods: Brad’s Famous Bloody Mary Bar, Crosscut Pork Lollipops (made with Crosscut Pale Ale),…
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  • Fermented Photo: 2009 Full Sail Wassail

    Matt Wiater
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:51 pm
    2009 Full Sail Wassail. Here come the winter beers! “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” Tweet This Post Related posts:Full Sail Brewing Celebrates the Bounty of the Holiday Season with Wassail AleFermented Photo: 2009 Oregon Brewers FestivalFull Sail Releases Black Gold Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

  • Portland, We *had* a Problem

    Matt Wiater
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm
    Well, in my haste to push out only lightly-tested code, some things broke without me knowing about it.   In an effort to get some beta testers of our new beer rating system, I wrote a quick article hoping to attract a few people.  “Just contact us through our form,” I said.  Of course, the form was broken. So, while we could see that many people were interested—and attempted to submit the contact form—all of the information went into a black hole.  If you’re still interested in helping test this feature, please let us know—the form is working now.  For those that…

  • A Night at Bailey’s Taproom

    Ian Seniff
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Occasionally my job is horrible.  It is high stress and low pay and I often find myself wishing I had gotten a degree in something that would have given me a job inside a cubicle, locked away from the public who I increasingly disdain with every passing hour.  As my feet ache more and more from the constant standing and my capacity for dealing with inane questions reaches its breaking point, I am able to take solace in two things.  One, I have a job which is good for providing me the ability to pay for food and shelter and the occasional decorative plate set.  Two, Bailey’s Taproom…

  • Rating Beer at portlandbeer.org

    Matt Wiater
    15 Nov 2009 | 2:22 pm
    Beer Ratings System. In order to personalize your experience at our site, we’re investigating the world of beer rating.  There are plenty of sites that let you review and rate beer, but we want to do something a little different.  Most sites will compile ratings and offer them to the world at large to keep a current tally on worldwide beer tastes.  It’s great for the history books, but as selfless as you might be, wouldn’t you like a little something in return? We’d like to take our site one step further and have it feel like a tailor made suit.  Our rating system…

  • Fermented Photo: Bailey’s Taproom

    Matt Wiater
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    Bailey’s Taproom. Finally, a much needed night out after work, work, work. We ended up at Bailey’s Taproom for a few beers on a typical rainy and dark Wednesday in Portland. Perfect night to warm up around a great selection of beers! Well, now that I think about it, isn’t every night? Check out the rest of the photos here. Tweet This Post Related posts:Fermented Photo: My Dad, the DissidentFermented Photo: 2009 Deschutes AbyssFermented Photo: Black Butte XXI
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  • Beer Haiku Friday and Fizzy Yellow Beer Drinking Ninnies

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:52 pm
    A clever little poem for today called "The Perfect Hobby":The perfect hobbyFor people that like to cleanMust be homebrewingOver at the Malthouse blog, my latest post covers the worst beer slogan in the world, Bud Light, geat American craft beers, a beer which gets in your face, a beer which gets 90 additions of hops and a bear fighting a lion. It is called "‘Fizzy yellow beer drinking ninnies’

  • Beerly Tasting - IRD and MAF (The Acronym Sessions)

    15 Nov 2009 | 6:26 pm
    It has been a busy month of beer tastings. Here are the latest two reports including the results of the public vote for best beer. First up is the IRD's 'Movemberfest' tasting: Every time I begin to think that there is a finite number of themes for beer tasting events, someone comes up with a new one. In this case, the IRD Social Club wanted a “Movemberfest” tasting. It was to have a Belgian,

  • Beerly Writing - The Wellingtonian: Craft beer defies the recession

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:44 pm
    My latest column in the Wellingtonian covers the state of the beer market in New Zaland and Tuatara's debut on the Deloitte Fast 50 list. It is titled "Craft beer defies the recession":Brewers are, in general, remarkable people. Given only toasted barley, the flowers of a vine, clean water and a single-cell organism which usually makes bread, they can manufacture delicious, quenching beers.

  • Beer Haiku Friday followed by Blog, Tweet, Repeat

    12 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pm
    In honour of Veterans Day, Beer Haiku Daily posted "Gratitude": Many raised glassesGreeted the young veteransEntering the barThere is something quite post-modern about blogging and tweeting about blogging and tweeting. This week's Malthouse blog covers the beer industry using social media, how I personally determine when technology has gone mainstream, an exclusive guest commentary from British

  • Beer Haiku Friday and Tasting at the Backbencher

    5 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
    Beer Haiku Friday exposes the best way to watch the fireworks with a poem called, unsurprisingly, "Fireworks": at my secret spotwith a wagon full of beerwatching fireworksThe October Backbencher beer tasting had the theme "Best of Brew NZ": The October Backbencher beer tasting had a “Best of Brew NZ” theme. A number of senior MPs were spotted in the immediate vicinity though they were probably
 
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  • New beer for Siouxland

    Tim Hynds
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:34 pm
    In yesterday’s hubbub over the landing of eight new beers at Miller Liquor, I overlooked another new arrival at the North Sioux City, SD, store: Goose Island’s 2009 Christmas Ale. As always, Sioux Brew encourages you to support all local retailers who are making an effort to stock quality beers. -Tim Hynds

  • Beer review: Treblehook Barley Wine Ale

    Tim Hynds
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:26 pm
    Treblehook barley Wine is a fine, flavorful offering from Woodinville, Washington’s Redhook Ale Brewery. The beer starts and ends on a slightly sweet biscuit malt note. In between, the beer shows rich and flavorful malt flavors. Treblehook pours a honey brown with a tall tan head. Its aroma is of toffee malt with distinct citrus hop notes of orange and grapefruit. This barley wine has an initial flavor of slightly sweet biscuit malt on the tip of the tongue that immediately segues to a moderately intense malt flavor at mid tongue. At mid tongue, the malt is rich – showing dark…

  • SABMiller reports 32% drop in net profit

    Tim Hynds
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:04 am
    LONDON (AP) – SABMiller PLC, the world’s second-largest brewer, on Thursday reported a 32 percent drop in net profit as revenues were hit hard by unfavorable currency movements and lager volumes declined. For the six months ending Sept. 30, the brewer of Grolsch, Pilsner Urquell and Peroni Nastro Azzurro lagers said net profit was $973 million, compared with $1.42 billion a year earlier. Comparisons were skewed by exceptional gains of $404 million last year as the company booked a profit from its role in establishing joint venture MillerCoors, while in the current period the…

  • Even more new beers for Siouxland

    Tim Hynds
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    They just keep coming…… New TODAY at Miller Liquor in North Sioux City, SD are: From Ridgeway in England: Lump of Coal, Warm Welcome Nut Browned Ale, Santa’s Butt, Very Bad Elf and Criminally Bad Elf. From Flat Earth Brewing Co. in St Paul: bombers of Angry Planet and of Element 115. From Millstream Brewing Co. in Amana, Iowa: Schololade Bock. As always, Sioux Brew encourages you to support all local retailers who are making an effort to stock quality beers. -Tim Hynds

  • New beer for Siouxland

    Tim Hynds
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:14 pm
    Sources report that Anchor Brewing Company’s 2009 edition of Our Christmas Ale has landed in Sioux City stores. A sighting was reported at the HyVee Wine and Spirits’ Hamilton Blvd. location. As always, Sioux Brew encourages you to support all local retailers who are making an effort to stock quality beers. -Tim Hynds
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  • 11/20/2009 Friday STL Beer Round-Up

    Mike
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    This week on the STL Hops Twitter You know that you are waiting! The bottling of the 2009 Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout has begun. Look for it as early as next week! (2 days ago) Stuff from around the web The Post-Dispatch covers the AB/InBev merger one year later. What I’m Drinking drinks some cask O’Fallon beer. The Beertender talks turkey (and beer.) Evan Benn looks at cask beer in St. Louis. Retail Beer Releases deVine Wines & Spirits (11/20/2009) Avery IPA Avery Salvation Avery White Rascal Bell’s Christmas Ale Bell’s Best Brown Boulevard Fresh Hopped Nut Cracker…

  • Week of 11/20/09 Beer Tastings

    Mike
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:43 am
    I’ve made a change in how the beer tastings will be listed in the Friday Round-Up, it’s going to be a week’s worth of tastings starting with the Friday that the list is posted. So if you’re a retail shop, bar, restaurant, brewery or distributor and want me to list your tasting, make sure to email me at mike@stlhops.com. Today, from 4PM to 6:30PM the Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton will be having a tasting featuring Magic Hat Howl, Magic Hat Kitty Kat, Magic Hat Odd Notion Sour Ale, Left Hand Fade to Black, and if it arrives tomorrow, Boulevard Harvest Dance Wheat…

  • STL Hops Second Anniversary Party Update!

    Mike
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pm
    So I’ve teased it in the forums a bit, but I thought I’d let you’d know what to expect tomorrow at the STL Hops Anniversary Party! While I plan on bringing a few tasting glasses, it would be best if you brought your own tasting glass.  Also as you’re going to see in a second, we’re going to have a lot of beer.  A lot of beer. First thing, be safe.  If you need a ride, let someone know. Second, bring along an empty, sanitized growler for the end of the night.  Once again, I plan on bringing a few extra growlers, but not a lot.  I can’t promise…

  • STL Hops 2nd Anniversary Party Tickets Winner

    Mike
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    Sorry about the delay on this, I’ve been literally driving around all afternoon to pick up beer and prizes for tomorrow night’s party. So, I’m pleased to announce that the winner for the two tickets to the STL Hops 2nd Anniversary Party is Jill Koehler! Congrats to Jill and thank you everyone for entering. I once again want to thank everyone for selling out this event. It’s very exciting to see how passionate people are about beer in St. Louis and this event is proof that people care not only about beer, but also about helping stray animals. Thank you all once again.

  • Brasserie by Niche Beer List

    Mike
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:34 am
    Full Disclosure: I was paid to create and maintain the beer selection at Niche, Taste by Niche, and Brasserie by Niche.  While I do think the information provided below is completely newsworthy and relevent to the St. Louis beer scene, I thought you should know this up front. Now that we have that bit of legal mumbo jumbo out of the way, here is the beer list that is currently in place at Chef Gerard Craft’s newest restaurant, Brasserie by Niche. Draught: Schlafly Kolsch Duchesse Griesedieck Bros. Golden Pilsner Saison Dupont Maudite Founders Reds Rye Bottle: Tripel Tripel Karmeliet…
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  • Tegestology

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:33 am
    A tegestologist is someone who collects beer mats. I kid you not, there's a word for it. A couple of years ago a friend's mum acquired a new house. In a neglected cupboard space she found a bag of old beer mats from the late '70s and early '80s. They fell into my hands. I posted photos of a few of them on the blog at the time - click here for a gander. Yesterday, my wonderfully resourceful girlfriend decided to decorate the pub with them.So, to all those who think you need a big budget to decorate a pub, I give you this: old beer mats and Blu-Tack.I'm the landlord of The Gunmakers Arms…

  • Beau's Lug Tread

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:06 am
    Thanks to blog reader Matt Blajer from Ontario, I've had the chance to try a few Canadian craft beers. Whenever he passes through London, he drops by The Gunmakers with a few bottles from his local offie.Beau's Lug Tread has to be the most impressively packaged beers I've come across. It comes in a mighty 750ml stoneware crock with a swing top lid. The essential details - such as the abv of 5.2% - are printed on a label that hangs from a little rope around the neck. It's produced by a small brewery in a place called Vankleek Hill and is described as a "lagered ale". I was expecting something…

  • Boozy scene

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:25 am
    There's a boozy scene right now at The Gunmakers. Defying conventional wisdom - which would suggest Monday lunchtime drinking is a no-no - a crowd of our regulars have convened to cane ale at this ungodly time of the week. Most people have been drinking Proper Job (which is evidently something that none of us have).Today's beers are Proper Job, Mad Goose, Harvey's and Landlord. Also in the cellar we have Woodforde's Wherry, Wild Hop OPA (brewed, in fact, by Harviestoun) and Adnams Old.I'm the landlord of The Gunmakers Arms in Clerkenwell, a wonderful little pub in my favourite part…

  • Wherry good

    15 Nov 2009 | 11:03 am
    People like their beer pale. That's the conclusion I'm coming to. I've always been a big fan of Harvey's, and introduced it to The Gunmakers shortly after I took over. But having trialled Woodforde's Wherry as a new house session ale, I've decided to switch our allegiance from Sussex to Norfolk.The chalk board by the bar is devoted to Wherry right now. Of course, I'll still be selling Harvey's Sussex Best from time to time (I happen to prefer it), but from now on Wherry will be our regular session bitter.I'm the landlord of The Gunmakers Arms in Clerkenwell, a wonderful little pub in my…

  • shootrj

    13 Nov 2009 | 2:22 pm
    RJ Fernandez is a Filipino photographer based in London. She was introduced to The Gunmakers by the legendary Peter the Bike. You know him well - he's the man who stops the near end of our bar from falling over. Now she's a regular too. RJ's just launched a website, and two of the photos she's displayed are of people in pubs: The Newman Arms in Fitzrovia and The Grapes in Limehouse. So, now you're interested. Here's the link you're looking for.I'm the landlord of The Gunmakers Arms in Clerkenwell, a wonderful little pub in my favourite part of London.
 
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  • Competition heating up for “Chief of Fire-related Operations” position

    Jonathan
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:39 am
    Read that title one more time before you continue. Let that pun simmer. Okay, proceed. We’ve had more than zero applications for our job posting for Chief of Fire-related Operations (CFO) and I must say, the applicants have been severely overqualified. Here’s one of our favorites. If you are also qualified (or over-qualified) for the position, please send us your resume via our Contact form. Resume Name: [REDACTED] Job Sought: Fire Man. Not Fireman. Experience: Lit first fire at age 5 Grounded for lighting fires first at age 5, then 32 more times before turning 12 Once attempted…

  • Monday Night Recap: “Keeping the Awesomeness in Check” edition

    Jonathan
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm
    Ah, the crisp air of mid-November. Perfect for brewing a Scotch ale while wearing an ironic trucker hat. Ashton Kutcher would be so proud. We’ve had some issues with mash efficiency on our new Brew-Magic, and last night was no exception. However, we think we might be narrowing in on the issue. And contrary to our initial hypotheses, the culprit is not Joel. Fortunately we still hit our target gravity. We had Drafty Kilt AND Eye Patch Ale on tap last night. So much MNB beer that frankly we were a little scared of the potential Awesomeness that could have ensued. Fortunately the…

  • Brewing. New and improved! This time with actual beer!

    Jonathan
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:35 am
    We are proud as pickles (I don’t think that’s a phrase) to announce that we’ll be serving up some Eye Patch Ale tonight, alongside brewing. It’s been awhile since we’ve had actual MNB beer on hand, thanks to: The ferocious learning curve on our new Brew-Magic system Our fermentation chamber crapping out Come celebrate with us at 8pm. We’ll also be brewing a batch of our Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale. We need your help keeping Joel out of the brew pot. He doesn’t understand the concept of “scalding hot and boiling.” Bring your A-game, Atlanta.

  • Monday Night Brewing? More like Wednesday Night Kegging.

    Jonathan
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    Jeff and I have decided to branch off and start our own company, Wednesday Night Kegging. We won’t brew beer, we’ll only keg it. We haven’t fully fleshed out the business plan and revenue model, but we tested the concept last night when we kegged our fresh hop IPA in the hopes of having real, honest-to-God beer to drink on Monday. Needless to say, things went well. Our fresh hop IPA may need a few weeks to mellow out after dry hopping, but we should have some other goodies to consume. We also drained the yeast off of last week’s stout. The jury is still out on this…

  • Love at the Pub – new book about Brick Store Pub out tomorrow

    Jonathan
    10 Nov 2009 | 12:05 pm
    If you live in Atlanta and know anything about beer, chances are you’ve been to the Brick Store Pub. We’ve had multiple Monday Night Brewery planning meetings at this grand beer lover’s paradise, and we aren’t alone. Brick Store seems to attract community. Tomorrow, 11/11, Mary Jane Mahan is releasing her book, Love at the Pub, which is: An insider’s guide to craftsmanship, conversation, and community We haven’t read the book yet (it hasn’t been released) but we HAVE spoken with Mary Jane. She’s passionate about the intersection of beer and…
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  • Greater than the sum of its parts

    Rob
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:28 pm
    "Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way.Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so."- John Stuart Mill Bookshelves are put to second best use at the new Gestalt Haus.For the better part of the year, Fairfax locals had been teased with the promise of the impending opening of an outpost of San Francisco's Gestalt Haus, a venue…

  • Not forgotten

    Rob
    20 Oct 2009 | 12:33 pm
    Fat cats in party hats are standing byIt's literally been years since I've been able to conjure up a strong enough blend of bravery and laziness to allow Pfiff! to go this long - nearly two months! - without any posted updates, but there's no denying the past six weeks have been an enjoyable sabbatical, made of equal parts reflection and disregard. And it would be a shameful, outright lie if I didn't state how pleasant it's been to take a break. Absence, the heart, fonder and all that. While the past few months have seen many acquaintances increasing their responsibility to write diligently,…

  • Fermentation Friday - Abby Abbey*

    Rob
    28 Aug 2009 | 7:27 pm
    Is this normal? Lowered expectation warning: The following is a complete cop out.I don't know if it's the weird muggy heat or the headache that's accompanying it or what, but despite digging as deeply into my smartass as possible, this month's Fermentation Friday isn't happening for me. Sorry to disappoint, Matt. No matter how hard I force it, this baby's not moving out of neutral. While I'm stuck in the driveway here with the engine running, I wonder if I'd been deluding myself in the past in thinking I was witty enough to word my way around any topic, but this one ("I want to know if and…

  • What next?

    Rob
    18 Aug 2009 | 11:04 am
    After a month in the making, our Italian Modernists dinner is in the books. And while the jury's still out as to whether or not we'll have an official wrap-up of the event posted here, it would be unfair to go too long without publicly thanking the folks who made it the success it turned out to be. It's no small feat to collect nine relatively obscure beers in quantities to serve fourteen diners, nor is it terribly easy to convince those fourteen diners that an afternoon of Italian beer could be all that enticing (especially when up against the likes of Stumptown and the Toronado anniversary…

  • A new Marin beer destination in the Works

    Rob
    4 Aug 2009 | 5:19 pm
    As anyone who balances a 9-5 with a handful of obsessive hobbies can attest, it doesn't take much motivation to find oneself daydreaming, entertaining notions of transforming the "fun" part of the workweek into the "business" part, until the original "business" part becomes utterly eclipsed by non-stop, buck-the-system, financially-gratifying "fun". But in terms of brewing beer, while many homebrewers would find the offer to swap their daily grind with a good pair of boots and a mash paddle deliriously enticing, such (often psychoactively enhanced) delusions of crossing the great divide…
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  • Blue & Gray Beer Dinner Next Month

    David
    14 Nov 2009 | 12:40 pm
    Capital Ale Ale Fredericksburg is holding a Blue & Gray Brewing beer dinner on Wednesday, December 2. There will be six beers paired with five dinner courses. The cost of the dinner is $50 and includes a complimentary Blue & Gray glass. You can see the planned menu here. Tickets are available at any Capital Ale House or online. Seating is limited so get your tickets early. [ Original content posted at http://www.musingsoverapint.com ]

  • Last Year's Beers

    David
    14 Nov 2009 | 7:43 am
    Winter seasonal beers have started appearing on store shelves and it's time to start drinking some of my favorite beers. But not the stock that is on the shelves now. No, I'm talking about the beers I stashed away last winter. While many winter-release beers are fine to drink right away, they are often even better with just a bit of age on them. Over the past few weeks, we've enjoyed several of these "old beers."Not surprisingly to regular readers of these musings, one of the first beers to come out of storage was Clipper City Winter Storm. One of my all-time favorites, I've had a case…

  • Tuppers' Hop Pocket Ale - Finally!

    David
    12 Nov 2009 | 3:09 pm
    It's here. Well, almost. This regional favorite is now in production full time at St. George Brewing Company in Hampton, VA. We got a teaser on Tuppers' Hop Pocket Ale last Spring, but it appears the long wait to see bottles is nearing an end. The Tuppers' web site tells us when we can expect it on the shelves:... the schedule is set and we'll be brewing a nice steady stream of beer in 2010. For the present, St. George can't brew as much as Old Dominion was producing, but it's worth remembering that OD bought tanks and expanded the brewery several times in the decade we were with them. While…

  • Veterans Day

    David
    11 Nov 2009 | 3:09 am
    Wednesday, November 11 is the day we honor our veterans in the United States. While our Country is under attack from both foreign and domestic enemies, it's even more important to say thanks to those men and women who defend our freedom.Blue & Gray Brewing is honoring vets with a free lunch today. All veterans of the armed services, including USCG, all reservists and National Guard, active duty and retired can come by the brewery between Noon and 2:00PM for lunch. It's the brewery's way of acknowledging the risks and sacrifices all veterans have made on behalf of the United States.Happy…

  • Denver's Rackhouse Pub

    David
    7 Nov 2009 | 8:32 am
    Craft beer fans in the Denver, Colorado area have a new pub to enjoy. Former Flying Dog employee Chris Rippe opened Rackhouse Pub last week, and it appears to be a hit. I was fortunate to be in Denver last week and my plans included an extended stop at this new pub.Rackhouse Pub shares space with the Stranahan Whiskey distillery. The pub decor features stacked whiskey barrels along the walls and columns. You can see the distillery operation behind the long bar. The pub features twenty tap lines, pouring 19½ Colorado beers. I say 19½ because the twentieth tap features Flying Dog beer. Flying…
 
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  • What Your Beer Says About You!

    Brant
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:52 am
    Interesting article in Ad Age about beer choice and personality. Says Craft Beer drinkers are more open minded, and think more about beer than work…duh? Oh and Craft Beer drinkers are 52% more likely to be fans of the show “The Office”. Read the full article here.

  • World Draught Master Finals LIVE!

    Brant
    28 Oct 2009 | 9:53 pm
    Watch the World Draught Master Finals on Thursday October 29th at 2:00PM PST

  • Chicha - Beer made with spit

    Chris
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:46 pm
    Dogfish Head is known for making some off-the-wall, but ultimately tasty, brews. This one, however, has to be the strangest. It is called “chicha” and uses the enzymes in saliva to help with the fermentation process. They chew up some corn, spit it out and then put it in the mash with other ingredients, including strawberries. Lead Brewer Bryan Selders explains the process in the video below. Has anyone tried this? From the Dogfish Head site: Throughout the last 15 years we have brewed over 200 different off-centered ales here at Dogfish Head. A number of our beers have been based…

  • 2 wheels + 2 kegs = Awesome bike!

    Chris
    15 Oct 2009 | 5:48 am
    From Wired.com: The Hopworksfiets party bike was built in, where else, bike- and beer-mad Portland, Oregon, by the bike builders Metrofiets. All you really need to know in order to fall in love with this bike is that it carries not one, but two beer kegs along with a pair of taps to serve the suds. The mobile bar, a custom build for Portland-based Hopworks Urban Brewery, is a long-wheelbase cargo bike with the load bed up front, which we guess means that pedestrians can’t sneak a quick pint when you’re stopped at the lights. There’s a “sound pannier” at the back, containing an amp…

  • Beer Inspired By Art at the Portland Art Museum

    beerandscifi
    30 Sep 2009 | 7:11 am
    Beer is a form of art, though it is never thought of in terms of an art that would be at a museum or in a gallery. Making art, making beer and drinking beer are creative acts that bring people together and celebrate community, why not have them together? Portland-based artist Eric Steen wants to change all this; he has created an event that combines art with the experience of drinking beer. He invited Lompoc, Laurelwood, and Lucky Lab Breweries in Portland, Oregon to receive a tour of the museum, select an artwork, and use that artwork as inspiration to make a new beer. These new beers will…
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  • Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier – German Smoke Beer

    Bob the Brit
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:18 am
    In a number of recent beer reviews I’ve commented on roast coffee flavours, explaining that roasting the barley after malting imbues a darker flavour, and indeed colour, to a beer; much as the roasting of the coffee beans affect the flavour of the resulting coffee brew.  It’s not the only influence, but it’s a significant part of the flavour. This got me thinking back to my previous spate of beer geekdom in the early nineties and a beer we discovered that the Germans call ‘Rauchbier‘ or ‘smoke beer‘. These come from the town of Bamberg in Franconia,…

  • 5 Best Beers For Beginners

    scott
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:03 am
    What are the 5 best beers for  beginners?  Who knows! We all have our hows and why’s, but I thought it would be cool to throw out my list of beers I recommend to people newer to beer than I am, and why.  Do you have a list? One thing I’ve learned about beer since starting The Brew Club is that everyone has different tastes when it comes to beer.  When it comes to beer, one might say that “taste is on the tongue of the taster” as much as “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. That being the case, what is the best beer for a beginner?  I don’t…

  • Brewing Beer With the Coopers Home Brew Kit-Part 2

    scott
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:32 am
    Recently I decided that it might be fun to write about my experience brewing my own beer using the popular Cooper’s Home Brewing kit.  This is the second part in our series for The Brew Club! If you recall in the first post of our Brewing Beer at Home With the Coopers Home Brew Kit series, we basically got the kit, opened it up and checked the inventory.  Everything that was on the contents list was  in the box, so its safe to move on to step two! Step two is cleaning. Its critically important to make sure that any item of equipment that is going to come into contact with your beer…

  • Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale Review

    scott
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:26 am
    So I’m finally growing tired of reviewing all of these Pumpkin Ales for The Brew Club.  After this review of the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale, I think I have Pumking from Southern Tier left and then that’s it! Most of the Pumpkin Ales I’ve tried so far, save a couple, have really been a letdown in some way or another.  Too spicy, too veggie-tasting, usually something is out of whack that makes me dislike them. Yet, (and Don will appreciate this) the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale I hold high hopes for.  I’ve read many good things about this pumpkin ale, and I…

  • New Jersey Legislators Prefer Wine to Beer

    scott
    11 Nov 2009 | 6:28 am
    The Brew Club is happy to have Mike Pellegrino, author of the new book Jersey Brew, The Story of Beer in New Jersey submit this excellent post regarding beer and beer laws in New Jersey. Jersey Brew is a history of beer in New Jersey from the Colonial times to the present.  (Yes there are mobsters) Jersey Brew, The Story of Beer in New Jersey will be available in November, 2009, and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com and BeerBooks.com now.  You’ll also want to stick around for the upcoming interview with Mike about his book in the near future!!! The beer story in New Jersey today is…
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  • United we CAN…and United we DID

    Tonia Hammer
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    To follow up on my previous United Way blog post, Molson Coors Canada’s 2009 United Way campaign has come to a close, and after two weeks of donations, events, guest speakers and volunteering, I am THRILLED to announce that our employees stepped up to the challenge and donated/raised an AMAZING $640,000! (increase over last year by 5%!) This is an incredible result that shows just how passionate and committed Molson employees are to the communities that we work and live in. Thank you to everyone who donated to our campaign (dollars and in-kind) and to this year’s United Way…

  • The Summer Job of a Lifetime

    Tonia Hammer
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am
    Last week was the Molson/National Mentoring Program cohort 2 wrap up lunch with special guests Senator Mercer and Ferg Devins, Chief Public Affairs Officer at Molson Coors Canada.  Thanks to Queen’s University student Emily Dimytosh for writing this guest post. Cheers! MolsonTonia Above: The Queen’s NMP student team is joined by their mentors, NMP founder Mary Donohue, Ferg Devins and Senator Mercer to receive their awards The professors that require National Mentoring Program Students to write the classic “How I spent my summer vacation” essay are in for quite the surprise. From…

  • Hockey pour sans abri qui amasse 145,000$

    Monique
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    Le vendredi 13 novembre dernier, se déroulerait, à Pierrefonds, un tournoi de hockey qui aura permis d’amasser 145,000$ pour les personnes sans abri. Nos dignes ambassadeurs de Molson Coors, en l’occurrence, Geoff Molson (portant le chandail no 10), Daniel Rivest (portant le chandail no 14) et Richard Groulx (portant le chandail no 2) ont vaillamment défendu les couleurs de CTV lors de ce tournoi au cours duquel nos valeureux devaient disputer trois matches dans une seule et même journée … Ouf, devoir réenfiler, à tois reprises, des survêtements de hockey trempés…

  • Campagne Centraide au Québec

    Simonne
    13 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    Notre campagne Centraide au Québec s’est terminée avec grand succès! Nous avons amassé la somme de $125,110.36 ce qui représente 5.88% de plus que l’an dernier. Merci à tous les solliciteurs, les membres du comité et les bénévoles pour votre travail extraordinaire que vous avez accompli. Un grand merci à Serge Pilotte pour son grand dévouement à la cause. Merci à Serge Vincent pour sa contribution. Également, merci aux employés pour vos dons. Simonne

  • Molson Coors honorée par Héma-Québec pour ses 35 années de travail bénévole

    Simonne
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    Récemment, Héma-Québec a rendu hommage à Molson Coors pour ses 35 années de travail bénévole. Je veux féliciter Marjolaine Deslauriers qui est l’organisatrice de cette collecte ainsi que bénévoles de Molson Coors qui travaillent à assister le personnel de Héma-Québec. Également, je voudrais saluer tous les employés de Molson Coors qui font un don de sang, votre générosité est extrêmement appréciée.  Je vous invite à venir faire un don de sang lors de la prochaine collecte prévue le vendredi 23 avril 2010. Salutations, Simonne Marjolaine Deslauriers et Dr…
 
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  • Taste Buds 161: 2° Below... waaaaay below! (New Belgium 2° Below Ale)

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Taste Buds Episode #161. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. From the Brewer: The beer goes through dry-hopping during fermentation, which creates a rosy, floral nose with a hint of pepper spice and estery undertones. Brewmaster Grady Hull. “We also use a hop that isn’t typically used for dry-hopping and push it into a near-freezing state. The results are fantastic aromas, brilliant clarity and an ale that warms the spirit.” 2º Below is available now through January and retails for…

  • Beer Buzz 053: Holy Hindenburg, Beer Man!

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Beer Buzz Episode #53. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. Beer Tap TV News: This week Eli and Erik talk about really expensive beers - one you'd drink, the other (found in the wreckage of the Hindenburg)... not so much. More fun from the wacky blokes at BrewDog, new beer releases, and one seriously thirsty beagle. All this and more on this week's episode of Beer Buzz! Beer Buzz brings you the latest news about the beer industry. Know something we don't (which is highly likely)? Email us at…

  • Karl Strauss toasts to San Diego Beer Week

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:07 pm
    San Diego, CA - November 19, 2009 - America's Finest City was all about craft beer for 10 days, celebrating the first-ever San Diego Beer Week. Karl Strauss Brewing Company led the charge, participating in more than 25 events across the county, ranging from beer dinners and cask nights, to beer festivals and dessert pairings. "San Diego Beer Week was overwhelming in the best possible way," says Paul Segura, Karl Strauss Brewmaster. Karl Strauss kicked-off Beer Week at the Brewers Guild Festival with several of their special releases and one-off creations, including crowd favorites…

  • Taste Buds 160: Red Sox Beer (Narragansett Lager)

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Taste Buds Episode #160. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. From the Brewer: We brew our lager with six row malt, seedless hops, corn from Iowa, our lager strain (the same one the brewery has depended on since just after Prohibition), and the purest water from Lakes Ontario and Hemlock. Narragansett has the highest rating of all domestic premium lagers on BeerAdvocate.com, and received the bronze medal for American Lagers at the 2008 World Beer Cup. The Lager is old reliable. It was the first beer brewed by…

  • Slow food & beer event TODAY at Trinity

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:37 am
    Originally posted on the Colorado Springs Craft Beer Examiner page. Here's a last second announcement that you'll want to pay attention to: Trinity Brewing Company (1466 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs, 719.634.0029) is having a Slow Food & Beer Event today only! Go in and choose from BBQ Chicken Sliders made with Awaken Stout, or if you're a vegetarian grab some BBQ Seitan Sliders (also made with Awaken). Both dishes are served with Soul Cheese Soup, Walloon Coleslaw, Dubbel Potato Salad &amp; Peche Mac Salad. Of course you'll want to pair these beery delicacies with one of…
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  • Taste Buds 161: 2° Below... waaaaay below! (New Belgium 2° Below Ale)

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Taste Buds Episode #161. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. From the Brewer: The beer goes through dry-hopping during fermentation, which creates a rosy, floral nose with a hint of pepper spice and estery undertones. Brewmaster Grady Hull. “We also use a hop that isn’t typically used for dry-hopping and push it into a near-freezing state. The results are fantastic aromas, brilliant clarity and an ale that warms the spirit.” 2º Below is available now through January and retails for…

  • Beer Buzz 053: Holy Hindenburg, Beer Man!

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Beer Buzz Episode #53. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. Beer Tap TV News: This week Eli and Erik talk about really expensive beers - one you'd drink, the other (found in the wreckage of the Hindenburg)... not so much. More fun from the wacky blokes at BrewDog, new beer releases, and one seriously thirsty beagle. All this and more on this week's episode of Beer Buzz! Beer Buzz brings you the latest news about the beer industry. Know something we don't (which is highly likely)? Email us at…

  • Karl Strauss toasts to San Diego Beer Week

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:07 pm
    San Diego, CA - November 19, 2009 - America's Finest City was all about craft beer for 10 days, celebrating the first-ever San Diego Beer Week. Karl Strauss Brewing Company led the charge, participating in more than 25 events across the county, ranging from beer dinners and cask nights, to beer festivals and dessert pairings. "San Diego Beer Week was overwhelming in the best possible way," says Paul Segura, Karl Strauss Brewmaster. Karl Strauss kicked-off Beer Week at the Brewers Guild Festival with several of their special releases and one-off creations, including crowd favorites…

  • Taste Buds 160: Red Sox Beer (Narragansett Lager)

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    These are the Show Notes and Comments to Taste Buds Episode #160. You can watch the entire show, including these show notes, by clicking here. From the Brewer: We brew our lager with six row malt, seedless hops, corn from Iowa, our lager strain (the same one the brewery has depended on since just after Prohibition), and the purest water from Lakes Ontario and Hemlock. Narragansett has the highest rating of all domestic premium lagers on BeerAdvocate.com, and received the bronze medal for American Lagers at the 2008 World Beer Cup. The Lager is old reliable. It was the first beer brewed by…

  • Slow food & beer event TODAY at Trinity

    Eli the Mad Beer Man
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:37 am
    Originally posted on the Colorado Springs Craft Beer Examiner page. Here's a last second announcement that you'll want to pay attention to: Trinity Brewing Company (1466 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs, 719.634.0029) is having a Slow Food & Beer Event today only! Go in and choose from BBQ Chicken Sliders made with Awaken Stout, or if you're a vegetarian grab some BBQ Seitan Sliders (also made with Awaken). Both dishes are served with Soul Cheese Soup, Walloon Coleslaw, Dubbel Potato Salad &amp; Peche Mac Salad. Of course you'll want to pair these beery delicacies with one of…
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  • Bristol's Old #23 barleywine gets green light

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
      On your mark, get set... go!Old # 23 is at the starting line and ready to go!Barleywines are an old English farmhouse brewery tradition. These complex ales were reserved for special occasions and special people. Bristol's version has the depth...

  • Old Chicago launches Beer Cracker Winter Tour

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am
    Come for the food... stay for the 110 beers!Old Chicago's latest beer mini-tour starts today and runs through January 3, 2010. Twelve beers (of Christmas) adorn the tap list on this holiday run, humorously entitled Beer Cracker Winter Tour. Get it? ...

  • Slow food & beer event today at Trinity

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am
     Get on down to Trinity for slow food and tasty beer!Here's a last second announcement that you'll want to pay attention to:  Trinity Brewing Company (1466 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs, 719.634.0029) is having a Slow Food &...

  • Trinity taps into the holiday spirit with extreme winter beer party

    13 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
     Come Saturday, November 28 - the first weekend after Thanksgiving, and thus the big start to the gift buying holiday season - you're probably going to need a break from Christmas shopping at some point during the day. And what better way to &qu...

  • 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year search is underway

    11 Nov 2009 | 7:59 am
    Christman celebrates his '09 victory. Are you the next BdotY?Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver is once again searching for America’s ultimate beer lover to fill the role as the 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year.The 14th annual contest seeks to honor...
 
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  • Episode 119 - Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold

    David Martorana and Johnny Bilotta
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:47 am
    We end our journey with Great Lakes Brewing Company with their original - and flagship - brew. Once called "The Heisman" and now lovingly referred to as Dortmunder Gold, this is a unique lager style beer from the Dortmund region of Germany. Since 1990, this beer has won 14 Gold and 1 Silver medal from the Great American Beer Fest and World Beer Championships. Is it worth the gold it's been receiving? Oh, oh my yes.

  • Episode 118 - Great Lakes Eliot Ness

    David Martorana and Johnny Bilotta
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:31 pm
    The Eliot Ness is a Vienna style lager - a lager that maintains crispness while at the same time allowing some darker malts to make their way in to the beer. (Sam Adams Boston Lager is the most widely known Vienna style lager in the US.) This particular lager is named after Eliot Ness, the famous leader of The Untouchables, and it is both ironic and fitting. While Ness spent much of his career enforcing prohibition, he was also well known to appreciate a libation or two. As if that weren't enough of a reason to put him on a bottle, the mother of the owners of Great Lakes was Eliot Ness's…

  • Episode 117 - Great Lakes Commodore Perry

    David Martorana and Johnny Bilotta
    10 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    One of our "Great Lakes Brewing" series, we examine the Commodore Perry IPA. The beer celebrates an epic battle fought by Commodore Perry and his men on Lake Erie during the war of 1812. This IPA actually presents a nice malt nose, which doesn't necessarily accompany all IPAs, and that helps this beer along its journey to becoming an incredible beer. Wonderfully complex and balanced, yet still ending with a traditional IPA bitter, this beer scores quite high with both of us.

  • Episode 116 - Great Lakes Burning River

    David Martorana and Johnny Bilotta
    9 Nov 2009 | 3:41 pm
    We're starting a series of four episodes dedicated to the wonderful liquid coming out of the Great Lakes Brewing Company, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mark Weinmann from Great Lakes was kind enough to drop a bunch of beer on us to try, so we're going to bring it to you. Today, we have their Burning River Pale Ale, a good beer to start with. Certainly high in the hops - almost to an IPA level - it still remains decently balanced. Check it out.

  • Episode 115 - Birra del Borgo Genziana

    David Martorana and Johnny Bilotta
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:37 pm
    We're both pizanos, so we're always excited to try a beer out of Italy. The Genziana from Birra del Borgo is made with Gentain, a bitter root. Even though it only spends 2 minutes in the boil, it makes a big impact on the flavor. The bottle conditioning is huge here. The best thing we can say is, you HAVE to go try this beer! It's surprising, new, different, and will put a smile on your face!
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  • Too Much Rum in the Jumbie

    admin
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    August 28, 2009 was a bad day for Rum Jumbie. In a slew of “approvals,” TTB directed Varela Imports to make “rum” much, much, less conspicuous. TTB said: When new labels are printed, the word “rum” in your trademark name Rum Jumbie cannot appear more prominent than the Class and type. The [statement of composition] and the words Rum Jumbie must appear in the same color print. … No more use-ups will be granted. That is, Varela must make their brand name and trademark much less conspicuous because this is not “rum” and the actual designation…

  • Puzzle Time Wines

    admin
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    As lawyers, we would never condone playing games on wine labels. But here are two examples where TTB was okay with it. On the left, Puzzle Time wine has a word search game. On the right, the Fetzer label features a “rebus.” That’s right, a rebus. The approval describes a rebus as “a kind of word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.” Can you read the rebus on this label? I don’t want to spoil the fun here, but the answer can be found on the label approval. Related Posts: Wine Without Pretense (0) Water 2 Wine (3) Punk Bubbles: Do…

  • Wine Without Sulfites

    admin
    13 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    TTB classifies sake as a wine, for label purposes. Most wines have sulfites — but sake appears to be a notable exception. On the Shiga Sake label above, Village Wine reports that “Sakes do not contain sulfites.” TTB does not seem to disagree and has approved many such labels. Another sake importer, Vine Connections, concurs and reports that “Premium sake is gluten-free, sulfite free, and kosher.” Related Posts: Vegetable Wine (0) The Prominence of Vodka (0) Sucralose and Ace K (1)

  • What is Eau de Vie?

    admin
    11 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    Every now and then, TTB approves another eau de vie. This leads to wondering if it’s the same as brandy. At long last, Tim Patterson has explained how they differ: Unlike grape brandy, eau de vie puts the emphasis on freshness, liveliness, and capturing the intense essence of fruit — rather than on depth, weight, and the complexity that comes from years of interaction between spirit, oxygen and wood. By way of example, here is Peak Spirits Peach Eau de Vie. And here is Clear Creek Plum Eau de Vie. Patterson explains further: In the market for distilled spirits, dominated by slick,…

  • Alcohol from Brad Paisley

    admin
    9 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    What do these three things have in common? All three are featured in Brad Paisley’s song, “Alcohol.” Of all the songs about alcohol beverages, this one is worth covering, because it mentions specific brands and deals directly with the interplay of alcohol and society. It also has witty lyrics. It would be even better for this blog if it dealt specifically with a legal topic, but perhaps that’s asking too much of Mr. Paisley. Here are the most pertinent lyrics: Well I’ve been know to cause a few breakups And I’ve been known to cause a few births I can make…
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  • 64 – Lagunitas Hop Stoopid

    spoon
    28 Oct 2009 | 10:55 am
    It’s time to get a little stoopid! Lagunitas Hop Stoopid brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company – lagunitas.com style: Imperial IPA abv: 8% serving size: 22oz glass used: snifter price: $11.99 Overview 102 I.B.U. – nuff said What I think It’s not as bitter as the 102IBU’s make you think it might be. I actually thought the Sam Adams Imperial Pils was much more bitter. As you can see from the pour above this beer came out pretty much perfect. The aroma on this is hop punch to the face with mild tones of citrus. The bod was a tad on the thick side but pleasant and the…

  • 63 – Southampton Pumpkin Ale

    spoon
    21 Oct 2009 | 3:59 am
    The end of our pumpkin series this year and thank God. I don’t know if I could drink any more pumpkin beers. You just see 3 reviewed but these are the best 3 of the over 15 I had. Southampton Pumpkin Ale brewery: Southampton Publick House – www.publick.com style: pumpkin (fruit/veg beer. whatev) abv: 5.5% serving size: 12oz glass used: pint price: $3.75 Overview Southampton Pumpkin Ale is an unique amber-colored brew that has particular appeal during the autumn months and the holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving. We use a generous amount of pumpkin as well as traditional…

  • 62 – O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer

    spoon
    14 Oct 2009 | 1:45 pm
    Part 2 of 3 pumpkin beers! O’Fallon just came into the Pittsburgh market in the last 12-18 months and what a delight it has been. O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer brewery: O’Fallon Brewery – www.ofallonbrewery.com style: pumpkin (fruit/veg beer. whatev) abv: 5.6% serving size: 12oz glass used: pint price: $3.75 Overview Like pumpkin pie in a bottle…we add 136 pounds of real pumpkin to the three-barley mash and then season the finished beer with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Available September 1. What I think *BOUNCE* *BOUNCE* PUMPKIN PIE! PUMPKIN PIE! PUMPKIN PIE! PUMPKIN PIE!

  • 2 years of Hump’n – FREE BEER!

    spoon
    8 Oct 2009 | 7:16 am
    On this date WAAAAAYYY back in 2007 I started Hump Day Happiness over on my personal site. Since then I’ve reviewed 61 beers, made some great friends and traded for some fantastic beers. Thanks to all who have supported this site and of course the Should I Drink That podcast. Nothing special planned to celebrate but if you see me out this weekend with the other Podcampers you can always buy me a beer I do have a present for you! If you follow SIDT (which you should, dont be a jagoff) you know about the fab prize package we’re giving away. A pair of tickets to TWO beer fests in…

  • 61 – Arcadia Ales Jaw Jacker

    spoon
    7 Oct 2009 | 8:07 pm
    And now we get into a style which can cause great anger and yet great happiness in beer drinkers. There is no in between, either you like a type of pumpkin beer or you wish it would die in a horrible crash. If you DO ike pumpkin beers its because of either all spices or pumpkin pie flavor. Personally I like some pumpkin beers. Leading up to Halloween I give you 3 pumpkin beers to savor and a heads up on what to have for the parents when they need a break from going door to door. Arcadia Ales Jaw Jacker brewery: Arcadia Brewing Company – www.arcadiaales.com style: pumpkin (fruit/veg beer.
 
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  • Episode 57 – Brewing Up A Cure 2009

    webmaster@shouldidrinkthat.com (Father Spoon & sickpuppy)
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:46 pm
    Beers: Hiding Nocis Passion Fruit, Oatsnbrau Nightmare on Hop Street, Greg’s Hop Shortage Pale Ale, Brunetti Brewing DaleStone IPA, JP’s Great Pumpkin Ale, Lance’s Smoked Wit by God, Listen Now! or Download audio (13.9MB – mp3 format – run time 30:31) Show Notes Brewing Up A Cure | John Ciroli | Mr. Baconpants recaps the Blue Ribbon [...]

  • Episode 56 – Steel City Big Pour 2009

    webmaster@shouldidrinkthat.com (Father Spoon & sickpuppy)
    19 Oct 2009 | 6:12 pm
    Beers: East End Best Dressed Chicken, Bullfrog Undead Ed, Bullfrog Houblonium P38 Listen Now! or Download audio (17.2MB – mp3 format – run time 37:35)  Show Notes Welcome to Steel City Big Pour 2009 | Scott from East End Brewing | Scott wins a major award! | East End Best Dressed Chicken | Chris in the Bocktown Beer Garden | [...]

  • 2009 Podcast Awards – Pittsburgh Nomination Domination

    webmaster@shouldidrinkthat.com (Father Spoon & sickpuppy)
    6 Oct 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Hey yinz! It’s time for the 2009 Podcast Awards and this year we’re pushing the Pittsburgh party. The city is already home to the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup champs so its time to add to the trophy case! This year, along with SIDT, we ask that you nominate friends of ours who produce top [...]

  • Episode 55 – Craft Beer School

    webmaster@shouldidrinkthat.com (Father Spoon & sickpuppy)
    24 Sep 2009 | 3:42 am
    (photo courtesy of Uncle Crappy) Beers: Victory Festbier, Dogfish Head Punkin, Brewdog Punk IPA, Troegs Java Head Stout Listen Now! or Download audio (32.7MB – mp3 format – run time 71:23) Show Notes Welcome to Craft Beer School at the Theater Square Cabaret | Victory Festbier | session beers | SIDT Drunk Dial Hotline | Decoction Mash | Oktoberfest [...]

  • Welcome Craft Beer School students!

    webmaster@shouldidrinkthat.com (Father Spoon & sickpuppy)
    16 Sep 2009 | 3:12 am
    Thanks to all who came out to Craft Beer School at the Cabaret Theater with Should I Drink that last night! Good times my friends!  Here is a list of links we went over last night so consider this your extra credit. The audio will be available very soon so check back and that kickass [...]
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  • Point to Release Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout

    Tip Top
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:16 am
    Point Brewing is set to release the fourth beer in their Whole Hog series, following the Point Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale.  The release date hasn't been made public as of yet, but the beer has received label approval. Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout is "Inspired by the English brews exported to the Russian Imperial Court over 200 years ago this bold and luxurious Imperial Stout is handcrafted using roasted barley, Dark Roasted, Crystal and 2-Row Pale Malts, balanced with Cluster and Cascade hops for the rich satisfying flavor."  Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout weighs in at 8.6% and…

  • Millstream Barrel Aged Smoked Stout Available

    Tip Top
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:56 am
    Millstream Brewing Company has released a limited edition holiday brew that is available now.  It is only available at the brewery in very limited quantities.  Usually limited will mean a few hundred for a brewery, but for this beer there will only be 75 bottles total available, so get them while you can. Millstream Barrel Aged Smoked Stout is a "smooth stout brewed with special peat smoked malts and aged in a whiskey barrel.  Great with smoked cheeses and holiday meats."  From what I can gather, this is the first time that this beer has been offered by Millstream,…

  • Heater Allen to Release Sandy Paws 2009 Next Weekend

    Tip Top
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:22 am
    Heater Allen will be releasing this year's version of Sandy Paws next weekend.  Each year, the label features a different picture of a dog, and Monty the labradoodle is this year's pooch.  Sandy Paws will be available at the brewery Thanksgiving weekend.  It will make it's way to select bars on tap and select stores in bottles the following week.  There were a total of 120 cases produced. Sandy Paws 2009 is Heater Allen's annual Christmas beer.  The recipe is tweaked a bit year to year.  "This year's Sandy Paws will be a little on the light side for a Baltic…

  • Bristol Brewing's Old No. 23 Barley Wine Returns Tomorrow

    Tip Top
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    Bristol Brewing Company brews up a batch of Old No. 23 Barley Wine each year.  The 2009 Vintage is being released tomorrow at Bristol.  There is a release party taking place from 5-9pm, just in time for people to stock up for the holidays. "An annual Bristol tradition, Old No. 23 revives an English farmhouse brewery tradition of making a complex ale to set aside for special occasions. Our version, while tedious and time-consuming to brew, rewards the connoisseur with an ale that has the depth and complexity of a good brandy or single malt scotch. Massive quantities of malt and hops,…

  • Lakefront Rosie to Debut in December

    Tip Top
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:39 am
    Lakefront Brewery received label approval for a beer that represents a big departure for the brewery.  Lakefront Rosie is described as a Roeselare Style Oak Aged Sour Ale.  Maybe I was being closed-minded, but I never thought that I would see Lakefront attempting to brew something like a sour ale.  Then again, I never really thought that the sour ale popularity would grow to what it is today.  Regardless, this is the riskiest beer that Lakefront has brewed to date.  The brewery is hoping to have bottles on the market by Christmas. "This delicious cherry ale is named…
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  • Dogfish Head World Wide Stout review

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Here is a beer I wish I had tried years ago but had always hesitated to until now. I am a self confessed imperial stout lover and I normally jump at the chance to try an imperial stout that I've never had before. During my last visit to my local beer store, I spied the familiar bottle of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's World Wide Stout. I've seen this beer off and on over the last couple of years but had never bothered to buy it. Why? Dogfish Head World Wide Stout comes in a single 12oz bottle and the price tag is $8.99 for a single bottle. Wow. I thought I'd never buy a single bottle of beer…

  • Asher Brewing set to open in Boulder

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    Do you think there's room enough for another brewery in Colorado? According to the owners of Colorado's latest brewery they believe the answer is YES. The official opening ceremony for the new Asher Brewing Company is being set for December 5th at 12 noon at their facility in Boulder, Colorado.Asher Brewing Company plans to fill a niche for 100% organic ales in this area. Owners Chris Asher and Steven Turner plan to use all organic malts and hops in their beers. Chris Asher is a former brewer at the now closed Redfish Brewery.The state of Colorado gave Asher Brewing their final license to…

  • Twisted Pine continues seasonal beer releases

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:42 pm
    Fresh off the heals of releasing their Northstar Imperial Porter, Twisted Pine Brewing Company of Boulder, Colorado is announcing the tapping of their latest brew: Meteor Shower Porter. Could it be coincidence that the Leonid meteor shower just peaked this week? I think not. The timing seems just right to celebrate the phenomenon but just as quickly as it arrives it will be soon gone as this is a one time only release.Meteor Shower Porter has a slight twist on regular porters. This one is brewed with honey and blackstrap molasses for a bigger flavor profile and it's also fermented with a…

  • Crabtree Brewing is turning up the heat

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:25 pm
    Who says there aren't any decent beer events in November? If you're looking for an inexpensive event that's got food, 4 live bands, a summer party atmosphere and plenty of cold fresh brewed beer on tap then you might want to check out Crabtree Brewing Company in Greeley, Colorado this weekend.Jeff and Stephanie Crabtree are hosting the "70 degrees in November" party at the brewery on 3rd Street this Friday, November 20th starting at 4pm and lasting until midnight. I'll let Stephanie explain all the event details below.70 Degrees In November...It might be cold outside, but it's always 70…

  • Horsetooth renamed Pateros Creek Brewing Company

    16 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    How quickly things can change. Just a few months ago a new brewery was announced that was going to make Fort Collins Colorado it's home. They spent a lot of time and effort getting their business ready to open only to find out just recently that the name they chose for their business was conflicting with another local brewery's trademarked beer name. So sadly, the new brewery had to find another name or face possible litigation.The soon to be formerly Horsetooth Brewing Company decided to throw a contest and let their newly formed fan base and locals help them choose a new business name. Over…
 
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  • Walking and Drinking Beer in Central Park

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:36 am
    Strolling New York’s Central Park is one of the great urban walks of the world and as a bonus, it offers the best outdoor bar in Manhattan.Of course, you’ll have to share that bar with the park’s 25 million annual visitors. This is the most popular green space in America – and the most recognizable. More than 200 films have been shot here. From romantic Annie Hall to Death Wish, Love Story to Fatal Attraction, Central Park has seen it all. But strangely, most of the people who visit the park have no idea what they are seeing. As they stroll down the shady 58 miles of paths through a…

  • Riding Trains and Drinking Tequila in....Tequila!

    31 Oct 2009 | 9:22 am
    If you drank eight different shots of tequila a day, it would still take a 100 days to work your way through every variety of tequila available in the Mexican state of Jalisco. They take tequila very seriously here in central Mexico.With more than 800 different brands of tequila to explore, one of the most fun way of studying this particular fire-water is by riding the legendary Tequila Express – an excursion railroad that runs a rolling party from Guadalajara down 40 km of rusting track to the Hacienda San Jose del Refugio, near the town of Tequila…

  • Riding Ferries and Drinking Rum in the Virgin Islands

    11 Jul 2009 | 9:40 am
    The title is a little deceptive, because just about the only place in the Virgin Islands where you can’t drink rum or beer is on the ferries. When you see how these passenger boats pitch and roll on their fast run between islands, you can understand the “no eating or drinking, all passengers must be seated” policy.But once on land, it’s anything goes. As a U.S. territory (residents are citizens, but can’t vote for president), the three U.S. Virgin Islands have all their own laws. Driving is on the left, British style. The drinking age is 18 and there are no open container laws --…

  • Walking and Drinking Beer in New York's Historic Taverns

    12 Apr 2009 | 10:04 am
    Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free……while searching to find a nicely poured pint in a quiet bar with a wonderful little neighborhood to stroll around afterwards. Well, maybe not, but Emma Lazarus wrote those lines in 1883 to fundraise for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal, and they certainly epitomize New York’s historic appeal. It’s been burned to the ground, occupied by military forces and survived numerous terrorist attacks. In movies, New York has been frozen, flooded and invaded by apes and aliens. But still, everyone wants to come here.

  • Walking and Drinking Beer with the Wreckers, Rebels and Rumrunners of Key West

    26 Mar 2009 | 12:13 pm
    The six-foot-two-inch female impersonator in the gold lame gown curled her finger at me across Duval Street and shouted, “Come on over honey, the show starts in 15 minutes.”She was wrong. The “show” in Key West started about 180 years ago and it’s still going strong.This somewhat crazy tropical island, capital of the self-proclaimed Conch Republic, lies 126-miles from the southern tip of mainland Florida -- closer to Cuba than to Miami, and closer to another planet than to Mainstream America. Since it was founded in 1822, Key West has been home to a whacky collection of pirates,…
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  • Beer for the Holidays

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:59 pm
    With Thanksgiving here in the US just a week away and Christmas a little over a month away we are just about ready to enter the holiday season.  This time of year brings lots of reasons to eat and drink well with friends and family and so it is time, once again, for me to admonish you to serve beer with your feasts.  You know you want to and with a wider selection of beers available today than ever before, not to mention the great holiday seasonals that are hitting the beer store shelves, you simply don't have an excuse not to.  Make it beer this year! Follow me - Friend me - Link me - Use…

  • Are Estate Beers Better?

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm
    There seems to be a growing trend of brewers looking locally or even in their own backyards for brewing ingredients. While most craft and regional brewers don't have the resources to produce a complete estate beer like Sierra Nevada, a lot are looking closer to home for their ingredients. Locally grown hops and barley offer a lot of advantages - lower shipping costs, supporting the local economy, sustainability issuses and consumers tend to like the idea. But does it really make a difference in the glass? I'm not saying that the trend should be stopped or even slowed. I'm all for it for the…

  • The End of Coffee Stout?

    17 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am
    I'm a big fan of coffee stout. It was one the first styles I homebrewed and I always grab a six pack of it when I notice a new one at the beer store - an increasingly rare event. And here might be the reason why. The FDA sent a letter to nearly thirty makers of caffeinated alcohol products. It basically said that this particular combination has never been deemed safe and is, therefore, unsafe. The companies have 30 days to prove that the FDA actually did call the combo safe sometime in the past or they will have to stop making and selling the stuff. Presumably, this came about because of the…

  • £5,000 for a Single Beer? Oh, the Humanity!

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:55 am
    Did you know that a six pack of beer survived the crash of the Hindenburg? For a long time hardly anyone did. When fire fighter Leroy Smith found the six bottles of Lowenbrau beer and a silver pitch among the wreckage he hid them. Later he gave five of the bottles to colleagues. Most of the beer has been lost to history. But Leroy's bottle survives along with the pitcher. Both are being auctioned with the beer expected to fetch £5k and the pitcher £12k. Follow me - Friend me - Link me - Use me Twitter Facebook The Aleuminati £5,000 for a Single Beer? Oh, the Humanity! originally appeared…

  • To Sell a Brewery

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:42 am
    Like all beer lovers, I occasionally fantasize about owning my own brewery. But what if you could own one of the most iconic brands out there? Well, now you can! (Provided you have $300K in your wallet.) Pabst is up for sale. Yep, once again the brand is looking for a new home. Most of us know the recent troubled past of the once dominant American lager. With the recent surge of popularity of PBR, it looked like the troubles might be in the past. Not so. The current owner, Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation, has been told that they need to unload their profitable asset. See, Kalmanovitz is a…
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  • Help us tag this Bitch and win!

    josh
    30 Oct 2009 | 7:57 am
    We’ve been brewing great beer since we opened in Aspen in 1990, and 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Flying Dog Brewery. So at our FBAG party (during GABF), we officially announced a very special brew commemorating 20 years: Raging Bitch Belgian IPA. To help celebrate this unique brew, we’re holding a t-shirt tag-line contest that you can enter and win. To help us kick off Raging Bitch, we need two tag-lines to go on our shirts (one for women, and one for men). To enter, leave your answers at our official “Tag This Bitch” thread on Facebook. The contest will end…

  • Spend Halloween with Flying Dog

    josh
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:12 am
    We aren’t really sure what Hunter S. Thompson’s favorite holiday was, but Halloween had to be pretty high on the list. With a huge number of people dressing up, getting rowdy, and generally being debaucherous, Halloween is a pretty tough holiday not to love. Plus women always find a way to sexy up their outfits (which is pretty nice in itself). And if you have a spare hard-shelled suitcase, Hawaiian shirt, yellow-tinted glasses, fishing hat, typewriter, and short-pants handy, you can impersonate Dr. Gonzo himself (much to the delight of all your friends). We’re celebrating…

  • Baltimore Beer Week kicks off today

    josh
    8 Oct 2009 | 7:15 am
    Baltimore Beer Week kicks off today and runs for 10 days through October 18th. Being right in our back yard, we’re pulling out all the stops and are going to be hosting a ton of events in the Baltimore area. We’d love it if you came to some of them and said hey, while also meeting our great Flying Dog employees! There’s a Baltimore Beer Week fan page on facebook, and they’re also on Twitter as @baltbeerweek (we’ve been hearing that #BBW09 is the hashtag to use for Baltimore Beer Week. 10/08/2009 - Baltimore Beer Week Kick-Off @ the Pratt Street Ale House -…

  • Best In Show: Flying Dog Wins Huge At GABF

    josh
    5 Oct 2009 | 9:40 am
    Every dog has its day. But on September 26th, 2009 at The Great American Beer Festival, Flying Dog Brewery had one of our best days. Ever. With 3,308 beers entered by 495 breweries, Flying Dog took home gold medals for our Dogtoberfest Marzen, Gonzo Imperial Porter, 2007 Vintage Horn Dog Barley Wine and a silver medal for whiskey-barrel-aged Gonzo Imperial Porter. And now, for the grand finale (get ready with the drum-roll sound effect), we won “2009 Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year!” This prestigious award is based on the number of medals won and type of medals during this…

  • National Mechanics in Philadelphia is the bee’s knees

    josh
    18 Sep 2009 | 6:55 am
    Philadelphia is a big time craft beer town. One of the premier craft beer bars in town is National Mechanics on 3rd Street (follow @natmechanics on Twitter). As Joe Gomez (follow @flyingdogmidatl on Twitter), our salesman in Philly, puts it, “National Mechanics ALWAYS has a Flying Dog on tap along with other great craft selections and very good food in a very social ‘hall’ environment.” A couple weeks ago, the Two Guys on Beer (@TGOB on Twitter) held a special event at National Mechanics where they taped their 100th vidcast (see embedded video below). We were fortunate…
 
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  • AleSmith IPA Review

    David Jensen
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    AleSmith is an awarding winning brewery out of San Diego, CA where all of the employees are homebrewers. In fact, according to their website, the owner and the head brewer were both past presidents of their homebrew club. AleSmith touts that, “every AleSmith ale is an all-natural, unpasteurized, handcrafted artisan product brewed using only premium domestic and imported malts and hops, precisely conditioned water and our quality yeast strains.” This quality craftsmanship is readily apparent when you try the AleSmith IPA, an IPA that has won numerous awards including Silver at the…

  • Adnams Broadside Review

    David Jensen
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Over the summer I was on vacation in London and took advantage of the opportunity to try as much English beer as was reasonable, especially the ales on cask. One of the more memorable bitters that I tried from the cask was Adnams Broadside bitter at the Seven Stars pub, near the Royal Courts of Justice. It was not only one of the tastiest cask ales that I had on my trip but also one of the freshest (when I tried it the first time). Even though it was starting to get stale when I visited the same pub the next day, it is not the fault of the brewer and Broadside is still a tasty beer. Adnams is…

  • Homebrewing: Partial Mash Kolsch

    David Jensen
    5 Oct 2009 | 8:00 am
    Over the summer I decided that I wanted to brew a beer that everybody would like and something that would be fitting for hot weather. I also wanted to re-use the yeast for more than one batch of beer. This led me to brew a kölsch-style beer, a great summer beer and then I can re-use the yeast for my next batch, an altbier. Not so coincidentally, the May-June 2009 issue of Brew Your Own [subscribe] had an article and a few recipes for kölsch. At the time I was not setup for all-grain and I did not have easy access to Briess Pilsner liquid malt so I formulated my own recipe. 5 lbs. light dry…

  • Port Brewing Hop-15 Ale Review

    David Jensen
    25 Sep 2009 | 9:30 am
    Hop-15 Ale is a big double IPA brewed by Port Brewing in the town of San Marcos, CA in the San Diego area. This 10% alcohol by volume beer is brewed using 15 different varieties of hops that are added every 15 minutes. It was originally brewer for the 15th Anniversary of Port Brewing but is now available year round. Hop-15 Ale has received numerous awards. The brewer’s website lists them off as follows: It has won two silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival. It also was named Alpha King in 2004 and received a first place award at the Bistro Double IPA beer festival in Hayward,…

  • Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils

    David Jensen
    23 Sep 2009 | 8:30 am
    Mama’s Little Yella Pils is the latest addition to the canned beer offerings of Oskar Blues and their first canned lager. It was released earlier in 2009 just in time for the warm weather of summer. Speaking of summer this is a refreshing, crisp, malty beer that is perfect for warm weather. This name of this beer is very likely an allusion to lyrics in the song Mother’s Little Helper by the Rolling Stones. The first verse of the song is as follows, with the reference underlined: What a drag it is getting old Kids are different today, I hear evry mother say Mother needs something…
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  • Hop Cast – Episode 64

    beerad@mac.com (Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski)
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:44 am
    Brad Chmielewski and Ken Hunnemeder are at The Seventh Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers in episode 64 of the Hop Cast. This great festival was held on November 7, 2009 in Chicago Illinois. It featured over 135 beers from 53 different breweries, representing 18 states. Brad and Ken did take a few breaks from there sampling to talk with a couple Hop Cast fans; Ed Knigge and Anthony Stagno. They also sit down at the end of the night with the festival organizer to get his thoughts and find out the future plans. Congrats to Rock Art Brewery for not backing down or being intimidated by…

  • The People’s Choice Podcast Awards

    beerad@mac.com (Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski)
    13 Nov 2009 | 10:20 am
    Thank you to everyone that listens and watches the Hop Cast. We are having a blast sharing the world of craft beer with everyone. The Hop Cast has been nominated for a People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Food and Drink category. Daily voting starts today, November 13th and closes November 30th. Ken and Brad would love your support. You can vote at http://www.podcastawards.com/ and while you’re there, check out some of the other categories, there are a ton of great audio and video podcasts that rock. Thanks again for your continued support of the Hop Cast!

  • Hop Cast – Episode 63

    beerad@mac.com (Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski)
    12 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm
    Episode 63 honors Rock Art Brewery winning their fight with Hansen Beverage Company in the recent battle over the name “Vermonster.” So in this episode Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski open up a couple bottles from this Vermont brewery. The demand was high so they weren’t able to find a bottle of the Vermonster but they did score a couple other unique ones. First up they sample the Jasmine Pale Ale which comes in at 5.0% ABV and only has an IBU of 8. Looking for some more hops Ken and Brad reach for the Rock Art IPA (II) which has a 8.0% ABV. Congrats to Rock Art Brewery…

  • Home Brewer Profile – Barry Masterson

    beerad@mac.com (Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski)
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:33 pm
    For this home brewer profile we talk with Barry Masterson. Where are you from? I’m from Dublin, Ireland originally, but have been living in Münster, Germany since March 2008. What is your favorite brew pub in the area? The city of Münster only has one operating brewery left, and that’s Pinkus Müller, an organic brewery that also ships to the US. I like the old tap room there with its big oak beams and about a hundred years of graffiti engraved into the tables. I’ll class it as a brewpub as the copper is right next to the tap room. There are other brewpubs in the area, but…

  • Tis the Season to be Hoppy

    beerad@mac.com (Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski)
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:15 am
    Alright hop heads it’s my favorite time of the beer drinking year, fall. When the leaves turn and the temperatures start to drop I can’t help but think of the arrival of seasonal harvest brews. Harvest (or wet-hopped) beers are special because they utilize the freshest hops available to the brewer. The result is very much evident in the fresh flavor profiles of these once-a-year beers. When hops are harvested they are typically dried and either kept in whole leaf form, or made into pellets or plugs. The drying process allows the hops to stay fresh for a longer period of time so brewers…
 
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  • Hitachino Real Ginger Brew

    Gile
    11 Nov 2009 | 5:26 pm
    Hitachino Real Ginger Brew Name: Real Ginger Brew Brewery: Hitachino Overall Rating: B++ Style: 21A – Spiced/Fruit Beer Serving Style: Bottle 11.2 oz. ABV: 7% Aroma: Bold sweetness of the ginger, getting some aromatic spices as well. Appearance: Clear, orange, amber with a full white head. Flavor: I was thinking that this was going to be big and bold on the ginger. The aroma [...] Related posts:Hitachino Espresso Stout Name: Espresso Stout Brewery: Kiuchi Brewery Japan Overall Rating:...Hitachino Commemorative Ale Name: Commemorative Ale Brewery: Kiuchi Brewery Overall Rating:…

  • Beer and Food Pairing: Iron Hill Brewery

    Sudz
    8 Nov 2009 | 12:06 am
    Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant Part 2 Time of arrival: 5:45 Atmosphere: Early dinner, a little on the quiet side. By the time I left 7:30 the restaurant was buzzing. Harvest Salad Seasonal greens, spiced pecans, granny smith apples, poached pears, dried cherries, gorgonzola and sherry-maple vinaigrette. Beer Pairing Selction: Tom Selleck’s Moustache (TSM) and Iron Bound [...] Related posts:Brew Pub Review: Iron Hill Brewery – North Wales PA Location: 1460 Bethlehem Pike North Wales, PA 19454 Web...Food and Beer Paring: Spicy Albacor Tartar Salad and Victory’s Hop Wallop! My…

  • Brew Pub Review: Iron Hill Brewery – North Wales PA

    Sudz
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:57 pm
    Location: 1460 Bethlehem Pike North Wales, PA 19454 Web Address: http://www.ironhillbrewery.com/northwales/ Time of arrival: 6PM EST Atmosphere: Upscale restaurant feel Not your traditional brew pub without a doubt. Mixed crowd, families, couples young and old and your traditional bar flies. As I walk thru the restaurant, it is evident that not everyone is here just for the beer (I know.. sounds crazy) BUT [...] Related posts:Beer and Food Pairing: Iron Hill Brewery Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant Part 2 Time of arrival:...Titletown Brewery Review Okay, so I gotta admit that the thought of…

  • Dogfish Head Punkin Ale

    Sigaro
    18 Oct 2009 | 6:20 pm
    Punkin Ale Name: Punkin Ale Brewery: Dogfish Head Overall Rating: A Style: Pumpkin Ale Serving Style: 12oz Bottle ABV: 7% IBU: 28 Price: $7.99 (4-Pack) Aroma: Brown sugar, molasses, and pumpkin spice.  Slightly floral. Appearance: Clear.  Head dissipates quickly (like every pumpkin ale I’ve had).  Clear, orange color. Flavor: One of the only pumpkin ales that actually tastes of pumpkin!  Brown sugar is warming, hints [...] Related posts:New Holland Ichabod Brewers Description: Ichabod combines malted barley and real pumpkin with...Dogfish Head Aprihop Dogfish Head Aprihop Name:…

  • My Message to Hansen’s

    Gile
    16 Oct 2009 | 10:41 pm
    ref: http://monsterboycott.wordpress.com If you aren’t familiar with the current issue going on with Hansen’s Monster Energy Drink and their beef with Rock Art Brewery’s Vermonster Barley Wine, then I suggest you head on over to the Support Rock Art Brewery Save Vermonster site. This is another classic example of a large company going after a small [...] Related posts:One Second Commercial I heard a radio ad on my way home...The Week in Beer Links source: flickr / masochismtango As most of you are...Macro brewers sinking with the economy I was reading this story from the AP…
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  • Bartender Renee from Arbor Brewing Co

    John
    14 Nov 2009 | 3:04 pm
    Renee at Arbor Brewing Co Renne was all that and a bag of chips! Beer make Renee happy… She works hard at great Brewery (she’s right there) with a great atmosphere and with that going, of Course she wants a great beer…. Gotcha Renee!  Since your working, I think I will have a beer!

  • Bartender Ernie and the Hop Cat

    John
    14 Nov 2009 | 2:51 pm
    Ernie at the HopCat Pub Yes! Ernie is that happy! Ernie likes the Dynamic Environment where he gets to meet lots of great people and at the end of the night Ernie takes CASH $$$ back to the crib!.  Wow Ernie is lucky get’n paid to talk to people and pour great beer! Favorite prank…. When the Macro beer folks come in and want a Domestic beer??? Ernie says; “look at the taps we have a TON of Domestic beers try one!” Ernie… you have inspired me… “I’ll have another!”

  • E007 – Oskar Blues with Sekshun 8

    Brian
    12 Nov 2009 | 2:11 pm
    In this episode, See Brian and John do what they do best… hang out and enjoy some great beer with great friends.  This time, it’s with national recording artist Sekshun 8 from Portsmouth, Virginia!  They were gracious enough not only to let us use their music in our shows but invited us to one of their practices.  Here we listen to what the guys are normally ordering up when they have a beer and then we share some beers we think they will like.  Their reactions surprised us!  Maybe they will surprise you too! Direct Downloads HD | SD | WMV  The Oskar factor: First off, we’d like…

  • To Be Erased

    Brian
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm

  • E006 – Halloween Special

    Brian
    30 Oct 2009 | 10:07 am
    Happy Halloween Everyone! In this episode, Brian and John focus on 5 special pumpkin beers. See which beers they picked as their favorites and be prepared for a couple wizard pranks… Direct Download HD | SD | WMV  Beers we tasted: Weyerbacher – Imperial Pumpkin Ale Williamsburg Alewerks – Pumpkin Ale Terrapin – Side Project Pumpkinfest Dogfish Head – Punkin Ale Southern Tier – Pumpking … and special guest… Shmaltz Brewing Company – Coney Island Freaktoberfest We are already thinking about Thanksgiving and some wonderful Turkey Beers! The…
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