by storminspank Now that BEERacketology is officially over, it’s time to dive back into the reviews here. The Alchemist Heady Topper ABV: 8.0 IBU: 120 Style: Double IPA (Imperial IPA by my judgement) RateBeer: 100/100 BeerAdvocate: 100/93 Aaron (@ndsumiller) recently came into some Heady Topper from Vermont. It’s not easy to get. It’s akin to [...]
Every year my brother-in-law (@LNeibs) makes us a wonderful Christmas dinner as his gift to the family. He’s made us anything from a Greek-themed meal to a full-blown Italian feast. This year the idea was “Pretentious Pub”, wherein the food was inspired by bar food, but made up to be pretentious in character and self-importance. [...]
I have several friends, some of those contributors to BrewManiacs, who have already tasted Russian River’s Pliny the Elder. The consensus from my inner circle is that Pliny the Elder is right up there with the other top of the line DIPAs/IIPAs. BeerAdvocate puts it at an A+. RateBeer puts it at 100/100 for style [...]
New label released. Pretty sweet looking label… plus it’s the size for a bomber. Awesome. Yum.
It’s been a while since I posted anything of substance here and I’ve been accumulating notes on beers so this it’s time for a cleanse. No lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper needed. So read on and enjoy my crappy camera skills. First up is Two Brothers Heavy Handed IPA. This is a wet [...]
Every so often New Glarus brewmaster and co-owner, Dan Carey, brews up some specialty brews. I’ve heard them referred to as “Unplugged Series” and “Thumbprint Series” and, of course, “Seasonal”. There are instances of these throughout New Glarus Land (DISCLAIMER: New Glarus Land doesn’t exist – there isn’t an amusement park full of beer and cheese [...]
HaandBryggeriet Dobbel Dram HaandBryggeriat is a Norwegian brewery that focuses on small batch beers brewed in the traditional Norwegian fashion. The guys that volunteer their time to make the beer are dedicated to bringing back some of the styles from old school Norway. If you get some time, I’d recommend, at minimum, reading about what [...]
So Thursday night is softball nights for me in the summer. An excuse to get some exercise (ok, that’s a stretch) and drink some brews. Most of the beer I see around the diamond and in the coolers is macro beers. And some of the more disgusting macro beers (e.g. – Bud Light, Natty Light, [...]
I’ve mentioned Firestone Walker a few times before, between the launch party and the beer dinner, so I reckon it’s high time that I do a proper review of one of their beers. As you may have wondered, the “Firestone” part of the name is indeed related to the Firestone tire company – co-founder Adam [...]
So MetsFanVI and I reviewed a couple SN Beer Camp brews the other night via Google Talk. It was an experiment in itself. Basically we just drank the beer and threw out our thoughts via chat. And instead of taking time to write a combined review, it was decided to just throw the chat script [...]
As part of the Kansas City celebration of the American Craft Beer Week, Firestone Walker joined with blanc burger + bottles for a beer dinner, the such event put on by blanc. Also one of the first times they’ve had beers on tap (the first time was actually the Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada collaboration [...]
Years before I began making millions of dollars writing beer reviews, I was just a simple guy. I drank simple beer. I had experienced the majority of macro beers, I had traveled overseas and drank some German/Austrian beers, and I had even started to dabble in the craft beer sector. Then I had a beer [...]
