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Fermentation Friday – The sincerest form of flattery

While one as hobby-obsessive as myself never requires a special occasion to haul out the brewing equipment, there’s a definite soul-satisfying aspect to crafting beers of a purely commemorative nature. Like in the poetic alchemy I discussed briefly the… [...]

Negra Modelo

One of the benefits of being a beer pimp other than pimpin beer all day, free beer all the time and tickets to cool shit, is the BP get all the new stuff.Beer Pimp “k”nowledge — Negra Modelo rocks and is on draft for the first time in the US.After a … [...]

Beer screams for ice cream at Freetail Brewing Co.

Aside from a good thunderstorm in the midst of a drought, there’s nothing better than beer or ice cream to cool off in the South Texas summer. Not so fast. What if you  could have both in one delicious dish?Chef Gary Butler at Freetail Brewing Co…. [...]

Fermentation Friday – Homebrew Clones

For this months installment of Fermentation Friday, Rob over at PFIFF! asks: “What beers have you attempted to duplicate in your own homes, or which ones have you always wanted to reproduce, but have been wary of attempting?” This is the pe… [...]

DrinkMaster Boston Groupon Deal – 7/31

Today’s Groupon Deal for Boston is pretty sweet…a DrinkMaster Bartending School program for only $150. The regular price is almost $450, so you’re saving quite a bit of dough. I wish I had come across a deal like this a few years ago, I definitely wo… [...]

Severe Disappointment

Coming on the heels of a presidency highlighted only by incredible disaster (short list: starting 2 wars ending none; converting a robust economy and budget surplus into the worst economy since the depression coupled with record setting deficits; rejec… [...]

"Beer" summit that wasn’t, really

Today’s grumble is about this’ere “beer summit” that President Obama and Vice President Biden held with their two new best friends, Skip Gates and Sgt. Crowley today.President Obama invited the guys down for a beer to discuss racism in America, among o… [...]

Beer Summit: White House beer controversy bubbles over

While covering the Great American Beer Festival last year, I saw a t-shirt asking the question WWJD? Spelled out that was What Would Jesus Drink. I’m pretty sure they meant the over-21 Jesus and not the baby Jesus. I hope it wasn’t a deadly sin, but I … [...]

F.X. Matt Brewery Tour

Last week on the way home from my Triathlon in Geneva, NY my wife and I decided to take a quick detour through the F.X. Matt Brewery. It’s kind of funny since Charlie Papazian just wrote about it this week, here. His post made me realize I needed to po… [...]

14 Years and a Good Steak

Yesterday was my 14th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe sometimes, but then again both of our 20th high school reunions were/are this summer. Anyway, to celebrate we went for dinner last night to Nap’s Cucina Mia here in Indiana. We try to get to … [...]

What’m I gonna brew next?

So I have that same problem I often get when I get a hankering to brew something. What to brew… what to brew.I really like the Pilsener I made in the spring. It has a bit more flowery Saaz hop aroma than is typical in commercial beers (one of the rea… [...]

Reminders – Italian Modernists & Fermentation Friday

When Jay Brooks went to witness Italian brewer Agostino Arioli brew a batch of La Fleurette with Vinnie Cilurzo and the Russian River Brewing team in Santa Rosa, he summed up the origin of this uniquely peculiar beer quite nicely:How Agostino’s La Fl… [...]

Breaking news: Faust brewpub and hotel sold

NEW BRAUNFELS — The historic Faust Hotel and its accompanying brewpub will get a new lease on life in downtown New Braunfels under new ownership.   The deal closed Tuesday evening to take ownership from the family that has owned it since the… [...]

Brewing Update

So a couple of us have gotten together the last few weeks and brewed some all grain beer. Tonight was my turn as Der Braumeister and I opted to make a saison. Dough-in to yeast pitch was 3:45, and my new mash tun worked really well. Our efficiency was … [...]

The “I Guess I’ve Been Drinking Summer Beers” Roundup, Part 1 (Sierra Nevada, Alesmith, Ithaca, Samuel Adams)

At first, the Summer comes slowly.  You’re full of anticipation.  You’re longing for the freedom, the warmth, the celebratory feeling that washes over the city.  You’re enjoying the gentle pause between Spring’s breezes and Summer’s punishing inevitability, and all of the sudden, you find yourself sweating and panting, walking the avenue looking for a corner [...] [...]

Monday’s Brew: English Pale Ale

I had forgotten to blog this at brew time, so here’s the post-game with all the brew details. In truth, I had a particular recipe in mind going into the brew store, but based on what they had, I made alterations. Looking back on the ingredients, this i… [...]

TGOB Special – An Interview with Jim Koch from Sam Adams

During Philly Beer Week 2009, we got to sit down with Jim Koch, the founder of the Boston Beer Company, otherwise known as Sam Adams. We talk about everything from the early days of Sam Adams to how brewing a great beer is his ultimate goal – and ho… [...]

Julius Echter Hefe-Weiss

Julius EchterHefe-Weiss HellWürzburger Hofbräu4.9% ABVGrade: APoured from a 500ml bottle in traditional inverted fashion into a traditional weissbier glass. Pour was highly carbonated with excellent head formation. Beer is a beautiful hazy gold color… [...]

A Missouri State of Mind

Here are the PIMP facts regarding the Missouri Lounge in the East Bayhttp://www.themissourilounge.com/bike parking, cause even a super beer pimp likes to ditch the car on the weekends and pimp the streets in a tricked out 1 speed. they had a cleavage n… [...]

Meiburg – Lager

Para continuar con las cervezas que me trajeron del viejo continente, hoy traigo la nota cobre esta cerveza de origen alemán pero que según pude averiguar, es fabricada para el Grupo Eroski, cadena española de supermercados que ordena la misma a la … [...]