Andrea and I don’t have any kids (we plan on it), much to the chagrin of certain mothers. I don’t have kids but I do have babies. My affectionate name for my homebrews is to call each one “the baby.” In my defense, making beer is like making kids: there is a lot of grunting [...]
Nonetheless, the typical flavors were there–a fresh bitter flavor from the bittering hops, rich roasted malt, and very mildly sweet baking cocoa flavor.
What can you say? Here is another beer in the can that I tried to prove to myself that canned beer can be excellent. I think I was right. Old Chub is a Scottish style, wee heavy ale. It’s a “wee heavy” because it weighs in at 8% ABV. I bought this beer for $11.99 [...]
Who do you think should be on the Panel of the Elders of Beer? What brewers stand out amongst the rest? What beer critiques, authors, or journalists should make the list?
The story behind Pere Jacques adds an ambiance to the beer, making the drinking experience all the more enjoyable:
What is a stout? Come on in and see. Stout is a stout version of porter. Essentially, porters had more roasted barley or black patent malts (and other dark grains) added to them and began to be called stout porters. Eventually, “porter” dropped off the name, and a style was born. Like porter, stout is [...]
Cerveza has gotten a lot of attention in the past 10-15 years. Before the ubiquitous Corona, it seems like few people were drinking the style called Cerveza. Technically, Cerveza is a style only in so far as German lagers are a style. What do I mean by that? Well, beer, as we know it, did [...]
We’ve been writing our style series for quite some time, and I want to finish it over the next little bit. Hopefully, it’s a resource to the beer drink and burgeoning beer drinker. We only have a few left, so here we go with one of them: Brown Ale. What is a Brown Ale? As [...]
Some people will be happy with the Saturday beers. These will be hoppy beers, as though the name doesn’t imply that. Nate may have something else that he wishes to added to the mix, but those are two that came to my mind. Being that we are sometimes a little later with the “Sip with [...]
Subjectivity is the only way to wholly embrace not only the enjoyment of beer, but the reviewing process. Just be yourself.
