I picked up a little bottle of Saison Dupont today, and thought I’d do a quick review of it here. (A few months ago Storminspank covered another beer from this brewery, Bons Voeux Avec les bons Vœux de la brasserie Dupont.) It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these, so it’s kind [...]
Alrighty then, it’s time for another OPEN BEER THREAD on Brewmaniacs. If you don’t know what that is, check out the last time we did this. Basically, we all drink beer throughout the night and wax intellectual about it… or unintellectual about it. Whatevs. There might be superheroes and actions figures involved, perhaps even animals, [...]
Quick and Dirty – our rapid review of different beers without getting into much detail or professionalism. I was going to put a Quick and Dirty picture here, but when I GIS’ed “Quick and Dirty”… holy hell… just don’t do it with SafeSearch off. I will update this through the night as I continue to [...]
I took this week off from work for a little getaway with the missus, spend a day at Boy Scout Camp with my son, and, mostly, just relax a bit. With all my other obligations taken care of and a gift from the Beer Fairy arriving yesterday, I decided to drink a couple or five [...]
Stumptown Tart I was at my friendly local purveyor of fine beverages recently, and saw Bridgeport Brewing’s Stumptown Tart, an ale brewed with strawberries from the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Since my love for all things Portland is readily apparent, I grabbed a bottle. Fruity beers aren’t exactly my thing, but tart beers are. And the bottle [...]
Last week I saw something cool on the Internet. I know what you’re thinking but it’s true! What’s even more amazing is it didn’t involve Flenker! Anyways, it’s called 33 Beers and it is a portable beer journal. Many times I’m at at bar (and by bar I mean Red’s Alehouse) and drinking a beer [...]
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, [...]
Alaskan Brewing came to Minnesota earlier this month, so, of course, I needed to buy up some and give them a test run. Seeing as this is a Q&D, I won’t be getting into lot of details, just a penny for my thoughts on each brew. Let’s do it. Yes, let’s do it. ALASKAN WHITE [...]
Tonight I’m going to try something new. And by try something new I mean steal an idea from my fellow Brew Maniacs. Rather than doing a long-form review, I’m going all Beer O’Clock on your (you’re for Storminspank) asses. It’s kind of a live blog of my drinking tonight. First up is Modus Hoperandi from [...]
You may have read Flenker’s post about Boulevard’s latest collaboration with Deschutes. It’s going to be named Collaboration No. 2. Tonight I drank Collaboration No. 1. It is an Imperial Pilsner weighing in at 8% ABV. It comes in a cork and caged 750 ml bottle. I’ve had this bottle at least a year, probably [...]
Before and after our tour of Surly Brewing this past Saturday (pics and videos to come shortly), a couple friends and I sat down and shared a few beers. Here’s the Quick and Dirty for them. Mission St 2011 Anniversary Ale JUSTIN – A lot of malts, but decent tasting. For an imperial brown ale, [...]
Smuttynose is a brewery out of New Hampshire. Their beers aren’t generally available in Iowa but can be found in Wisconsin and Illinois. Today’s Quick and Dirty is their “Finestkind” IPA. I was given this bottle by a colleague who picked it up on a recent trip to East Dubuque, IL. It’s a beer I’ve [...]
