Following cue from Mike’s article that suggests beer geeks need to take time to revisit the classics, the Sip With Us Saturday beer this week is Bitburger. Bitburger is truly a classic, and is Germany’s number one draft beer. The brewery has been pumping out beer for 190 years, but it didn’t always taste like [...]
Am I remembering this beer differently? Did it used to be darker and more stout? Maybe they did change it a bit. The last time I drank this beer was about a year ago. In fact, I drank a bottle that I had aged for 3 years. That aged bottle was really nice to drink, [...]
Striking a balance between the new wave of exciting extreme beers and the beers that made them possible can be a task. Hype, hypersensitivity, and a attitude of lament can make one upset about what he or she hasn’t had. I’m as guilty as anyone, so I’m not pointing the finger. But isn’t it singularly [...]
Now here is a strange label for a beer. It is distinctively seductive and sexy like lambics themselves. Rose de Gambrinus is a Framboise (raspberry fruited) version of the style. As I’ve said before, most fruited beers tend to lean towards sweetness or sourness. Cantillion is of the latter variety, which is, in some people’s [...]
On occasion, I myself eat different nuts when I’m having a brew. But to put pecans in a beer? Well, at least Abita is using some of the state’s resources to make their brews. In fact, they make a root beer that uses Louisiana cane sugar. Might as well support the economy of the state [...]
Guest Beer Review by Andrea, wife of the Beer Scientist Let me begin by saying that I’m nuts about nuts (clarification: I want to unequivocally declare that I am referring to food here). Whether that’s raw, whole almonds; peanut butter; Nutella; or brown rice green tea with its nutty undertones–if it’s got that nutty quality, [...]
We all do it. Against our better judgment we impulsively grab a beer off the shelf that we know nothing about, place it in our cart
Boulevard Brewing Company, realizing that their bottles (10 million per year!) were ending up in landfills, decided to create a company that would eliminate the waste.
Being an Indiana boy, I always tried to get some of the stuff from the area. I purchased this beer at Kahn’s in Indianapolis, and it is produced by Upland brewery in Bloomington. They are an up and coming brewery, so don’t think that you won’t see their stuff anywhere. I expect them to do [...]
This Saturday we again suggest a choice, rather than just one beer. Of course, any follower of this site can choose any beer aside from what we suggest for Saturday, but there is something to be said about communal drinking. There is an odd comfort that stems from the knowledge that a friend or like [...]
