Posted in Personal on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
For those not familiar with beer brewing history, don’t worry, I’m not changing the theme of this blog. Back in the dark ages, before we knew of yeast, brewers would make their wort, set it out, and when they saw the saw the signs of fermentation, well, what you had was proof that “God is [...]
Posted in Brewing News on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
So the weekend started off great. I celebrated the wife’s birthday on Saturday. Sunday, we planned a lazy day and I found a couple beers at the store I was planning on trying (I’ll write about that later). But this wonderful weekend ended on a pretty sour note.
Posted in Brewing News, tagged Carlsberg, Heineken, Newcastle on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you like your beer in green bottles with massive advertising budgets? Well then this weekend brings good news for you. Heineken and Carlsberg are buying out Scottish & Newcastle. The deal will be for $15.3 billion. So what does this mean to craft brewers here in the New World? [...]
Posted in Tastings on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The worst beer I ever had,
To my credit I have had a lot of really great beer in my life, perhaps enough good beer to fill a small swimming pool. However, I have also had my fair share of bad beer and some I would even call truly awful. Everyone has had bad [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Anchor Bock., Anchor Brewing on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Sheep, they follow along with whatever the group does. Anchor Brewing is definitely not a sheep. Their take on the bock is proof of this. If you think you know what this beer tastes like, because you’ve tasted all of the sheep out there, sit down for a nice glass of “goat.”
Posted in Brewing News, Tastings, tagged Coast Range, Maduro Porter, Merry Maker on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Read a blog from William brand last week that announced the closing of Coast Range Brewing. He went into further detail the next day about the specifics, but when it’s all said and done, a quality brewery is closing the doors. So I headed to BevMo in Santa Rosa, grabbed a few bottles [...]
Posted in Brewing News on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Been a while since I posted, I’ve been enjoying a little 3 day weekend in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. But since you were so patient, I decided to bring you some news that might actually be interesting for a change. As usual, I’m going to tease you, so keep reading and [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Double Barrel, Firestone Walker, Lagunitas, Lumpy Gravy on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
So I’ve been finishing up Christmas collection of beers. The final two weren’t exactly Christmas beers, but were included because they were new to me. So how did it go? Not as I expected.
Posted in Tastings, tagged Marin on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Had to leave the friendly confines of the office this afternoon and head south to Corte Madera with my coworker Steve. We were able to take care of our business there by noon and needed to find a place to eat lunch. Heading North on the 101 I saw the next exit was [...]
Posted in Brewing News, tagged Lagunitas on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m getting older, and in my old age, I have grown an aversion to buying 6-packs. Why? I rarely drink more than one beer at a time, and when I look in my fridge, I want a choice. Mixed 6 packs and 22 oz bombers are the way I like to go. [...]
