By a large margin, Topping Goliath has won the 2012 BEERacketology title as a 12 seed. This is the lowest seed to ever win this prestigious tournament. TGBrews used social media and kickass beer to take down bigger breweries throughout the tournament. Here’s a look at the votes: Not. Even. Close. We hope to [...]
Bells, Toppling Goliath, Russian River, and Surly made the Final Pour, it’s up to you to decide who makes it to the championship of BEERacketology. Four breweries are left standing just weeks months after the start of our inaugural BEERacketology…thing… And here they are: THE FAVORITE: #1 seed Bells Brewery out of The Krakken region. THE [...]
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 [...]
Here’s a look at the “Quick and Dirty” region…. read about the breweries below and vote for the winner in each match-up. In case you missed it, here is the full bracket. We will release the other regions once per day the next four days. VOTING FOR THIS REGION ENDS SUNDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 8:30 [...]
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 [...]
Yeah we are big timing it now. We did a podcast. It’s probably the best podcast you will ever listen to, ever. Ever. Except the opposite. But please don’t turn it off after 3 minutes… get to at least 5 minutes in to make us feel better. [...]
In case you have been living in cave, Darkness Day is this Saturday (Oct 22nd). Here’s a list of all the fun stuff going on at the brewery… If you’ve been to Darkness Day, you know what to expect. If not, be prepared for a good time. One thing to keep in mind, Surly continues [...]
Wet is my favorite beer from Surly Brewing. (Let’s just get that out of the way.) And because of that, you think that would make me biased, huh? Actually, I think it means that the beer has to be held up to a higher standard by me. And I’ll be honest, it’s a damn high [...]
Really, really cool podcast of an MPR episode of “Dining with Dara”. LINK: Dining with Dara: Hops to make locavores happy They go into discussion on wet hops and talk about what Surly Brewing is doing, as well. Worth the read and listen. Also, Wet should hit shelves within a couple weeks. Can’t wait. My [...]
Keeping with The Highlander theme, now it ends. Yesterday we asked you which brewery you’d pick if you could only drink the beer from a single brewery. Call it your desert island brewer, if you will. Votes were tabulated by counting comments on yesterday’s blog post and votes over on the official Brew Maniacs Facebook [...]
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, [...]
Omar and the folks at Surly are hosting a customer appreciation at the brewery to say thanks to Surly Nation for helping change the Minnesota state liquor laws. Fans of Surly do not need tickets to attend this event. READ MORE ON THE SURLY BLOG
