Andrea and I have been in the process of moving, so it’s been hard to check in. Luckily, Nate has been posting on the site. After 2300 miles of driving, I’ve got some really high aspirations for living in California. I’ve spied out the best places to buy beer, and we have a place here [...]
Quite often, reviewers of craft beer, rate a beer a particular way with extreme prejudice. That is, they read the reviews before drinking and formulate their approval of a particular beer based (subconsciously) on presuppositions. A five rated beer is destined for another high review and vice versa. I try not to do this. Which [...]
Having recently indulged in (and enjoyed) a rye beer, we thought it fitting to invite others in on the experience. So this week on Saturday treat yourself to a Founders Red’s Rye IPA. To be honest, I am surprised that rye beers seem to get so little attention, given a trend that favors rich malts [...]
I have been under the impression for some time, that success in business requires more than just a great product. The beer industry is no exception. Besides all the obvious ingredients to success (sell-ability, marketing, passion, etc.), the burden lies, primarily, on the owner/founder. Often, greed and extreme egotism results in mediocrity or even failure. [...]
Beer sampler packs have proven themselves an enigma to this beer scribe, who actually owes the development of his palate to these tantalizing packages. For many (yours truly included) the initial draw to the sampler is (1) economy, (2) variety, and (3) fear of commitment to six or twelve of the same potential offensive beers. [...]
In review of North Coast Brewery’s Old Stock Ale, we are putting up two reviews: First, Mike from MikeLovesBeer.com will share his thoughts, then you’ll hear from Thank Heaven for Beer. Why? Coincidentally we both drink this beer about the same time, and second, hopefully you will note that beer geeks are not lemmings when [...]
As some of you know, I cellar beer. (I really desire to be a beer seller, but that’s another matter.) For your benefit, here is a link to the article that I wrote about cellaring beer. Anyway, I pulled a beer from the cellar last night that has been aged for 10 years. That beer [...]
We’re getting near the end of actually completing our Style of Beers series. A lot of terrain has been covered, but a few styles had to wait on being written. It’s getting to be the time of year that many people prefer a lighter bodied beer that doesn’t fill them up. Even avid beer drinkers [...]
The beer of choice for this week’s was quite a surprise to even me, the guy choosing it. You see, originally I had my eyes set on another beer. But perusing the beer aisle, I stumbled across a mistake: A beer that should not be in the aisle (email me for the inside scoop). Then [...]
Having just read up on the Schmaltz photo contest, I was geeking for some He’Brew, so per the brewery’s suggestion, I picked up He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. This brew was named after the notoriously foul mouthed comedian, Lenny Bruce who died prematurely as a result of drug overdose. Lenny’s proper name, Lenny Alfred Schneider, reveals [...]
