A review of Sam Adams recent new spring release, Noble Pils, and American style pilsner brewed with 5 Noble Hops
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,”
The name of this beer is anything but subtle. Aecht means genuine. Schlenkerla refers to a hobble/not walking straight, which was ostensibly a reference to a former brewer of Bamberg, who had a strange way of walking. Very apt for such an eccentric beer. Rauchbier, of course, means smoked beer. Bamberg is an area name, [...]
Pitting Avery’s Maharaja against Avery’s DuganA. Which is better?aa
That’s a mouthful. I imagine when we all drink this beer we will feel the same about its taste. This a smoked beer, so if you haven’t had one prepare yourself for it. I’m drinking it alone and with some grilled food. I say fight smoke with smoke. At any rate, I think this will [...]
Pure lambics are hard to find no matter where you go or where you live. Of course, it might be easier to find them in Belgium. It seems that, for now, brewers and the public are content to drink blended lambics. Gueuze is about as close as we get to an unadulterated version of the [...]
A brief email conversation with Scott of Manland led to this week’s first Sip With Us Saturday beer, Maharaja. A little bit of conversation with Peter, of Simply Beer regarding his review of Maharaja and its sister beer, DuganA led me to choose DuganA as a second beer this week. You see, I’ve had both [...]
This Sip with us Saturday was inspired by a sour that I made. Scott from Manland flew down and brought me some Life & Limb. When he brought some beer, I gave him some of my homebrew. One of those homebrews was a sour rye. Nice and puckery with a lovely spice. At any rate, [...]
In the American craft beer scene, Pilsners/Lagers are kind of like everybody’s weird uncle, they are ignored, perhaps only recognized at family gatherings, and we begrudgingly admit association. Perhaps this attitude is a bit wrong…for the uncle and the beer. More on this in an upcoming post…this is beer review, after all. Pilsner Urquell is [...]
This coming Saturday we are going to be tasting Pilsner Urquell. I’m sure more than a few may roll your eyes at the choice (a pilsner lager???) but to be honest, lager and pilsners do not get the respect they deserve in the United States. Due to the paltry products of many of the big [...]
