I admit that’s quite a title for a post.  Well, maybe it will be worth all the words.  Alesmith makes some good stuff.  For instance, Sweedway Stout is widely regarded as one of the best coffee stouts in the business.  Decadence is their yearly anniversary ale and can only picked up on a limited basis, [...]

In an effort to expand our participation on Saturdays, we’ve changed our procedure a bit.  We were picking beers and asking people to buy them. I’m sure that we are going to keep doing this sometimes, but we are currently trying to come up with some more ways for people to become involved.  It really [...]

I have to admit it: even when I posted that I didn’t know what to expect from Jolly Pumpkin Ale, I sort of already knew.  When I saw that they put out a Flanders Red style sour, I knew that’s what I’d end up drinking…despite my self-deception.  I think one of the most interesting aspects [...]

You might notice that we’ve recently posted pretty general Sip with us Saturday posts.  Sometimes it’s just nice to break from the normal approach to the Saturday beers.  We find that often times it’s hard to have people sipping the same beer.  The solution is to pick a beer that is pretty mass market, which [...]

Many of you know that I normally don’t go after an IPA.  I find rye beers interesting, though, so I struck a compromise.  Hop Rod is a Rye P.A. of sorts, and it’s not something I would normally pick up.  However, since it was “Gamble with us Saturday,” I decided that this might be just [...]

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 [...]

Even though it’s owned by Heineken, Murphy’s still makes a great stout.  I have a personal preference for this over Guinness any day of the week, so that’s why I thought it would make a nice Sip With Us Saturday beer.  If you get a chance to drink it on tap, it’s a must.  For [...]

Sorry I’m so late on posting the Saturday beer.  I’ve actually had the idea to do this for a while but forgot to get it up this week.  Normally, we mention a beer to try.  Sometime you can get it and sometimes you can’t.  However, this Saturday is one for the gamblers.  I’m going to [...]

Koningshoeven Dubbel is a special beer…actually all beer brewed with passion is special…but Koningshoeven brews are truly unique, flavor aside.  To begin with, they are a Trappist brewery.  Only seven breweries in the world can use that trademarked word (Trappist).  In order to be a Trappist brewery, the beer must be brewed under the supervision [...]

I love the simple goodness of this stout.  I’d drink it over Guinness any day of the week.  Many among us are surprised that this beer hasn’t achieved more popularity.  Well, we are going to try to raise Murphy’s awareness this week.  It just so happens that it will happen on Saturday this time around. [...]