After a long twelve hour drive in a small minivan with 5 kids and a dog from Kansas City, MO to Toledo, OH seeing a package on my doorstep from Buckbean Brewery was a welcome sight, as it distracted me from the week’s worth of unopened bills lying inside the door. I am just now [...]
At 55 IBUs (International Bittering Units) and 6.4% ABV, this is a comparatively small IPA, at least for American versions. Maybe it’s more normative for what I like IPAs to be. I picked Red Chair IPA up at Bevmo many moons ago and have just now gotten around to writing a review for it–why good [...]
At 68 IBUs and 8.1 % ABV, this is a Big Bear of a Stout, indeed. Sometimes drinking a bomber of something like this can take a bit of time, but I had plenty of time to savor this bear and hibernate. Check out the list of beers these guys make/have made. Crazy long list. [...]
A review of Sam Adams recent new spring release, Noble Pils, and American style pilsner brewed with 5 Noble Hops
The human mind is a strange thing. I bet the title of the post got you singing or thinking about Chuck Berry. Isn’t it strange how we learn to associate one thing with another? Almost instinctively, who we are comes out…sometimes when we least expect it. I was driving through Pasadena with my wife this [...]
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,”
My little brother just sent me a link to “the best” beers to drink on the Men’s Health website. They list 40 beers, with Bigfoot by Sierra Nevada as number 40. It has something like 330 calories. Best beer to drink on the list? You guessed it, MGD 64. So, the best is the the [...]
The reason I liked Zoetzuur so much, was due to it’s incredible balance and mildness, while maintaining considerable complexity. This would be a great beer to serve to a young beer geek as an introduction into sour beers.
As the description on the bottle indicates, “riggwelter” is when a sheep gets stuck upside-down and can’t get up. At 5.7% this beer isn’t exactly going to put you on your back, but it’s a large bottle, so who knows. The beer is described as Yorkshire, which is an indication of the fermentation system used. [...]
Growing up, a very simple rule regarding food and mealtimes was enforced upon my siblings and I: Eat what is placed in front of you, no if’s and/or but’s. That was it. Whether we adored the cuisine or detested it, we had to eat every last bite, and had to do so with a good [...]
