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Seriously Mikey

On the last half of the show we sample three meads from New Day Meadery. It is the only meadery in Indiana. [...]

Phuket Brewery – proof Thailand can make good beer

Phuket finally has a decent source of beer since the opening of Phuket Brewery near Tesco Lotus in Kathu and according to Jaimie Monk the beer is good:So, what’s Phuket Brewery all about? Well, for me, number one – (the word Brewery is a hint) – BEER! … [...]

Pints for Pets Was Terrific

Just a quick post – the 2nd Annual Pints for Pets was terrific (again). The early session was laid back and not crowded at all, although I understand the later session was close to sold out. Tons of great brews available – more than I could try in 3 h… [...]

Bottling the Imperial Honey Amber

About a month ago I brewed my imperial honey amber, and bottled it this past Wednesday (a month to the very day, how ’bout them apples!). The short impression: Jeeeebus!!!!Upon opening the fermenter, the boozy honey smell even overpowered the carbon di… [...]

Solstice D’hiver

Solstice D’hiverBrasserie Dieu Du CielAmerican Barleywine9.8% ABVAppearancePoured from 11.5oz bottle into a snifter, this beer poured thick and heavy. A deep earthy brown with some faint crimson highlights when held up to the light, this is quite a men… [...]

La Ronda #12: Humor Cervecero

Luego de una breve ausencia en las publicaciones habituales volvemos con un tema muy distendido propuesto por Fivixx del blog español Etiquetas de Cerveza, la premisa es:”Toca olvidarse de lo que nos digan los demás, de supermultinacionales, de cerve… [...]

An Open Letter to Miller Lite

Seriously? Now why would you want to go down this road, Mr. Lite? You already changed the spelling of a word to fit a marketing scheme, which may systematically be changing the spelling habits of BMCers across the nation. Why, oh why did you have to… [...]

Rubicon Brewing’s Maibock Festival 5/23

Written by Jeff BarberI had the opportunity to join the Beer Geek last Saturday for a visit to Rubicon Brewing in Sacramento for their annual Maibock Festival. Although not as many choices were available as last fall’s IPA Festival and there were some … [...]

What was the first beer you ever had?

Following up to the question over at Monday Night Brewing.  My first beer I ever had was a Luke warm miller lite.  It sucked.  You note that I so disrespected that beer that I refuse to even capitalize it.  I am a cold blooded man, do not cross me…. [...]

Rick Rocks

OK dammit….sure I know I might be a bit inebriated ….but that’s not really the point here …The point of these words is my good buddy Rick. As a number of you already know he brewed a beer in Chico at Sierra Nevada Brewing several many weeks ago …. [...]

Pints for Pets this Weekend

Yes, that’s right, ladies and germs . . . the return of central PA’s best beer fest is THIS WEEKEND, May 30th, 2009 at Blair County Ball Park in Altoona, PA. Pints for Pets, benefitting the Central PA Humane Society, has expanded to two sessions, 12:0… [...]

Meeting a legend

At this years beer festival in Copenhagen I got the chance to meet a true legend in homebrewing, Charlie Papazian who has inspired many home brewers around the world. [...]

Hop Update

Willamette: 1st vine is 59 inches tall, second one is about 36 inches. A third vine was starting to come up, so I plucked it and replanted it to see what will happen with it, so far it has lived three days. The leaves are getting eaten by something.N… [...]

The Beer Party?

I have just received my ballot paper for the European Elections (how I wish we could get out of the damn’ thing, then we would have less exploiticians and less bother voting) and was startled to see how many parties were fielding candidates. Really, we… [...]

Last Minute Changes

Everything is up on the stillages for this week’s festival and there are surprisingly few alterations tothe list I posted at the weekend.Boggart Dark Mild replaced by Trad Mild.Boggart Dark Rum Porter is actually Rum Porter.Elland Anniversary Ale is 7t… [...]

Episode 074 – Clipper City Brewery Red Sky At Night, Bos-Keum Speciaal Paasbier

Not everything in this world can be perfect, and the Bos Keum Speciaal Paasbier from Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, an “Easter Beer”, is far from it. Luckily, the show was more than saved by Clipper City Brewery’s Heavy Seas series Red Sky At Night, a… [...]

Brooklyn Local 2

This was a hard beer to review because I wanted it to be a whole lot more than it was. I even tried this twice on two separate occasions and the results were the same. The Brooklyn Local 1 is a very good beer. The Local 2 is a drinkable beer but not… [...]

Girls Allowed

Further to my previous article, about the “gentleman’s buffet”, the last bastion of male chauvinism was once the workingmen’s clubs.In my local club in Primrose, Jarrow, ladies were only allowed in the “lounge”. All other parts of the club were banned … [...]

Northamptonshire Beer Festival 2009- The Beer List

The Northamptonshire Beer Festival starts this Thursday at Delapre Abbey in Northampton at 5pm. It is then open all day from noon. The beer list which should be final is listed below. I will update with any changes as and when they occur.Abbeydale … [...]

I come from Alabama with a Belgian Ale on me knee

So the governor of Alabama listened to the people and signed HB373, which will greatly expand the selection of beers in Alabama, and will hopefully encourage some local breweries there to experiment with some different beer styles. I know the folks do… [...]