I know that some among us can’t get Jolly Pumpkin’s stuff. I live in Cali, and Jolly Pumpkin is in Michigan, so I’ve never really seen anything from them…except recently. I’m curious to try their products and find out about the brewery, which means I thought this would be a good format. Any of you [...]
By now, I’m sure many of us have seen that there has been a sort of call to arms to purchase, rent, or peddle the Beer Wars movie. So, what are we waiting for? Look, there are aspects of the movie that we could all site as being selective, whatever other criticisms we might have. [...]
As I mentioned previously, I interviewed the Bruery a while back. When I went to interview them, I brought a bottle of Dark Lord and an extreme beer that I brewed. We tried both of those and a ton of other beers in the Bruery’s line-up before I tried Black Tuesday and knew that it [...]
Awhile back we received an e-mail informing us about a beer festival in Arizona. Essentially, the e-mail ran along these lines: “If you are so inclined, please promote this event on your site.” I’ve gotten a recent stream of e-mails telling us about this beer dinner or that event, and I want to scream when [...]
I realized that I’ve had this review sitting in my notebook for about 3 months or so. I think it was even before I interviewed The Bruery. Since that time, the Bruery is no longer making this brew. Issues with shelf-life and other factors played into their discontinuation and replacement of Black Orchard. Rugbrod is [...]
At 55 IBUs (International Bittering Units) and 6.4% ABV, this is a comparatively small IPA, at least for American versions. Maybe it’s more normative for what I like IPAs to be. I picked Red Chair IPA up at Bevmo many moons ago and have just now gotten around to writing a review for it–why good [...]
At 68 IBUs and 8.1 % ABV, this is a Big Bear of a Stout, indeed. Sometimes drinking a bomber of something like this can take a bit of time, but I had plenty of time to savor this bear and hibernate. Check out the list of beers these guys make/have made. Crazy long list. [...]
What struck my attention in reading the description is that Sam Adams nonchalantly proclaims that there are a definitive five noble hops. In reality, only two hop varieties are nobly agreed upon as “noble,”
Over Christmas time, I drank Samuel Adam’s Coastal Wheat. I can’t understand why they can’t make a good normal wheat beer. (By the way, I really like their Imperial White so I know they can make a decent beer using wheat.) Of course, my criticism is more endemic of American wheats than Sam Adams in [...]
Wee heavy, indeed. At 10% ABV, this is certainly a Wee Heavy Ale that has a very strong bite. I love me some Scottish style ales, so I had to pick this one up. It’s always interesting to compare the American versions to the Scottish ones. The Pour: A deep red-brown body graced my glass [...]
