I have to admit it: even when I posted that I didn’t know what to expect from Jolly Pumpkin Ale, I sort of already knew. When I saw that they put out a Flanders Red style sour, I knew that’s what I’d end up drinking…despite my self-deception. I think one of the most interesting aspects [...]
You might notice that we’ve recently posted pretty general Sip with us Saturday posts. Sometimes it’s just nice to break from the normal approach to the Saturday beers. We find that often times it’s hard to have people sipping the same beer. The solution is to pick a beer that is pretty mass market, which [...]
Many of you know that I normally don’t go after an IPA. I find rye beers interesting, though, so I struck a compromise. Hop Rod is a Rye P.A. of sorts, and it’s not something I would normally pick up. However, since it was “Gamble with us Saturday,” I decided that this might be just [...]
Craft beer sales fared well despite the economic slump, with a sharp sales boost of 10.3% and a volume increase of 7.2%
The last “How to Brew” post dealt with single infusion mashing. The single infusion relies on one temperature of water and grains. Simply stated, you put the water into the grains, stir well (and a couple times during the conversion), and wait. Most grains are good enough for this method to be the primary means [...]
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder…” So the saying goes, right? But is it true? A little context before I answer… For personal reasons, for a short spell I have had to cut beer (and all alcohol, but I rarely stray from beer) out of my diet. That’s right. That sweet and bitter nectar that [...]
It’s funny how quickly things change in the beer world. Just 3 months ago (or thereabouts), Brewdog was releasing Tactical Nuclear Penguin. I wrote an article against Roger Protz to defend the achievement, and we talked a bit about the brew. Now, just a couple months later, the record of 32% has been surpassed twice, [...]
We just got our 100,000th hit. To some of you that might not mean a lot. In fact, people who visit this site get over 100,000 on their sites in a pretty short span of time. My little bro regularly reminds me of how many hits Finish Line gets in in much shorter span (he [...]
I know that some among us can’t get Jolly Pumpkin’s stuff. I live in Cali, and Jolly Pumpkin is in Michigan, so I’ve never really seen anything from them…except recently. I’m curious to try their products and find out about the brewery, which means I thought this would be a good format. Any of you [...]
In the past few months a bit of chatter over the slight rise in the cost of beer has risen over the various media venues. This is to be expected as weakened dollar and fragile global economy has and will continue to drive up the cost of commodities. Externally influenced factors aside, there has also [...]
