Posted in Tastings, Uncategorized, tagged Full Sail, Nut Brown Ale on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
I mentioned my frustration this weekend on not finding the Dogfish Head at Whole Foods, but this didn’t mean I came home empty handed. I searched through their selection, and decided to go with a new one to me, Full Sail’s Nut Brown Ale, a selection from their Brewmasters Reserve.
Posted in Tastings, tagged Firestone Walker, IPA Nectar, Nectar Ales on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Beer today, specifically West Coast beer, can really get in your face. Arrogant Bastard slaps you around and calls you names, and you like it. Sonoma County IPAs aren’t just big, but ridiculously hoppy, leaving you drowsy not from just from the huge amounts of alcohol, but from the battle that just took place with [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Sam Adams, Summer Ale on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
In my house, summer and Boston mean one thing: the Red Sox. My wife loves the Red Sox. It’s all Big Papi, Manny being Manny and Jason Varitek until the last game is played. Being a Giants fan, I am looking for some way to change this, even slightly. My solution, as usual, was to [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Trader José on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cinco de Mayo is always a fun event. For me, it’s a good excuse to break out to treat my wife to my favorite Mexican recipes. This year we went with tacos and homemade salsa and guacamole. You have to wash that down with a special kind of brew. No, not a double IPA, not [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged glassware on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Finding the right beer is usually the easy part, especially today. Craft beer selections are expanding just about everywhere you turn, but are you pouring that beer into the right glass? Did you know beer has a right glass?
Posted in Tastings, tagged Polygamy Porter, Wasatch Brew Pub on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Polygamy is something I know nothing about. I have one wife, and I like it that way. With the recent news about the FLDS compund in Texas, you might wonder, what’s the deal with polygamists? I watched Big Love, and while I was entertained, my questions remained. So I turned the [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Hopmonk Tavern on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Previously I wrote about the opening of Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol. It has been a long time waiting to walk through the doors of Dean Biersch’s latest venture, and what better way to experience it than with Dean himself. Along with resident sommelier Anastasy, I got a nice look around the place as [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Amber Bock, Michelob on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I wrote a few weeks back about Michelob being set free from Anheuser-Busch. Michelob has always brewed a better beer, in my opinion at least, than the typical A-B offering. Recently, Michelob has been branching out into the craft beer forum. I felt now would be a good time to try one of their first [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Firestone Walker, Firestone Walker Reserve on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the things about brewing that I ove is being able to freestyle and create whatever it is you want to drink. As homebrewers, we can add weird ingredients, blend styles, and hope the results are as good as we imagined, but usually we settle for them being drinkable. When you brew 5 gallons [...]
Posted in Tastings, tagged Anchor Brewing, Anchor Summer Beer, Sierra Nevada, Summerfest Lager on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Summer drinking usually invokes images of tubs of ice filled with swilly macro beers. It’s hot out, the beer is cold, might as well drink it, right? Thankfully, craft brewers are looking out for us. Here are a couple summer brews from a couple well known California breweries to help you beat the heat as [...]
