Here we are, down to just EIGHT BREWERIES vying for the right to be named the 2012 Brewmaniacs BEERacketology Champion. This round, we’ve done yet again something different, we hit up a podcast. Morehouse, MetsFanVI, Flenker, and I (Spank) sat down Sunday night to talk a bit about the brackets and the beers. We talk [...]
So Morehouse calls it his Bukowski of Justice, while Flenker and MetsFanVI have theirs sitting in cardboard boxes in closets and basements. I’m talking about the place you store your beer. Most people just have it in their regular fridge. Some obsessed people have a fridge solely dedicated to beer. And, of course, you have [...]
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. [...]
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 like beer. You probably guessed as much, since this is a beer blog, and I occasionally write posts here. So it’s not much of a surprise that I’ve built up a few bottles in my “cellar.” Up until last weekend, cellar didn’t describe it that well. . . “my closet” was much more accurate. [...]
Thursday nights at the Flying Saucer in Kansas City equals rare beer being tapped. I like Thursday nights. Tonight was extra special, as two beers were tapped. Yes, what a time to be alive. The beers of the night were Stone Imperial Russian Stout and Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout. For being built off [...]
Yeah, that’s a reference to the Foo Fighters song. I’m so witty, I know it. So very witty. It’s also very applicable in this particular situation. For what seemed like an eternity, Stone Brewing did not distribute in Minnesota. Instead, I was relegated to listening to my friends and colleagues talk about just how delicious [...]
Tonight’s review is BrewDog’s bashah. This beer was given to me by one of the other Brew Maniacs but damned if I can remember. BrewDog is a brewery in Scotland that seems to break away from the typical Euro style of beers and swings more towards American style, big hoppy ales. They’re probably most famous [...]
The Kansas City portion of Stone Week has drawn to a close, probably for the best, in the interest of my health and wallet. Tuesday I made it to four of the events (a press deal, Blanc, Flying Saucer, and Riot Room. I’m still working on my video, the audio ended up unsynched, but check [...]
It’s been a rather long day. I have some video uploading (I hope!), should be good stuff. My data cable for my phone is basically destroyed, so I’ve been waiting for this to be sent through the magical ways of whatever phones does. Hopefully I’ll have a couple things posted tomorrow. So tonight. After my [...]
This morning I was able to attend a special “press release” pre-party thing (the pre-party thing designation is my own, not official) for Stone, a time for Greg Koch to meet and greet some of the beer blogger type people in Kansas City. Somehow I got invited, and jumped at the chance. It started with [...]
Very exciting times in Missouri. Just over a month ago, Firestone Walker come to my fair state, and in a few days, Stone Brewing will be hitting Kansas City, St. Louis, and cities in-between. And hitting it hard. Here’s what they have to say about it – Just weeks after entering the Minnesota marketplace with [...]
