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A while ago, a friend claimed that he got completely different and more severe hangovers after drinking mass-produced beers (even in small quantities) compared with craft beers. This seemed like a potential urban myth to me. Given my scientific background, it was clear that I needed to devise an experiment to determine the existence and [...] [...]
What a frightening name. What if I don’t brew free? How do you ever brew free really? I’m so confused and frightened by this beer. Plus, it comes in a can. Do you like it in the can? What the hell am I talking about anymore? I’m loosing it. Anyw… [...]
Here’s a craft beer from Argentina – that’s a new one to me. I’m not sure if “Andean stout” is intended to be a distinct style, or just geographically descriptive. Smells very metallic, a little musty, a little sour, some roastiness as well. Not a smel… [...]
I’ve subtitled this as a “beer diary” from the start and with that title comes the fact that from time to time there will be some heavy baggage to carry here – or I can stop posting and cash in my chips, I guess.I’ve been out of the loop for … [...]
At some point I should go off on my recent one-month beltway sorjourn, but I haven’t quite found the energy to go through the notes. A phenomenal time was had; serious beer was drunk. I did, however, review some great photos a moment ago and just pour… [...]
In April, the first ever Slow Fest was held in Boston, MA. Put on by Dig Publishing (the folks who publish Beer Advocate Magazine), Slow Fest was a celebration of low alcohol beers (under 5% alcohol by volume or ABV). As a big “session beer” fan (a term used to describe lower alcohol beers) I [...] [...]
OK, So I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. In fact, I’ve written it before, twice at least. I had a full post all wrapped up and ready to go when WordPress logged me out. Basterds. Well, since this is a beer blog I’ll save my social media rants for another day. Instead [...] [...]
In the world of girls, I’m a broad – i.e. a chick with some lady-like tendencies, but missing critical “girl” genes. You know, those genes that make girls like chintz and kitten calendars, or purchase “bump-its” and shirts with rhinestone… [...]
Here at the Ennerdale Brewery we are very serious about our beer, in a sort of light-hearted way. We’re beer novices who stumbled into the world of cask ale by way of doing an old mate a big favour, then we got left with ….. that’s another story.We’r… [...]
The aromatics of this mead are simply magnetic; a heavenly meeting of sweet floral perfumes and sugared almonds. In the drink the mouthwatering flavors of just about every ripe sun bathed tropical fruit imaginable gently engulf the palate, sip through … [...]
So, I was sitting around this wonderfully extended 4th of July weekend. About to decide on what beer to pop open while I let the ole laptop load up. I noticed in the back of the Dedicated Beer Fridge, I had a beer that I purchased a few weeks back … [...]
I’ve enjoyed the last two beers in the Rejewvenator series, but I’m a little apprehensive of this one. It’s still half doppelbock, half dubbel, with fruit – this year’s fruit is grape, though. I’m not sure at all how this is going to be. Lots of alcoho… [...]
Here’s how you become our #1 student…give us free beer. Yep. That’s it! If you want to move to the head of the class, get an A+ or have us talk about you on the internets, all you need to do is buy us beer. We’ve been hoping for a long time… [...]
Early this spring we noticed that shoots were sprouting up in the area of our garden where we grew hops last year. The neat thing is that this growth started without any effort on our part. They shot up pretty quickly and within a few short weeks we were training them up a makeshift trellis, [...] [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting some fellow beer lovers at an evening of Prickly Moses beer tasting at Young and Jackson’s in the city. A couple of the folk who brew the beer (and market it, and deliver it, and bottle it) were there to host the evening and took time to [...] [...]
One thing that always baffled me while I lived in California was that Great Divide, in Colorado, distributed to DC but not San Francisco. I often lamented not being able to get their imperial stout, Yeti. But the last time I had it, I found that I’d bu… [...]
North-west of Chicago City proper, Logan Square ia a predominantly Latino neighbourhood with relatively low cost housing. Not really a place you might expect to find a newly opened cosmpolitan brewpub. Aptly named ‘Revolution… [...]
My older son invited his spanish professor to our home the other weekend for dinner. She is leaving Albright College to return to her home country of Argentina. He became good friends with her this past year, respected her as a teacher, and wanted to… [...]
This is my brewhouse. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My brewhouse is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My brewhouse, without me, is useless. Without my brewhouse, I am useless. I must brew better t… [...]
Descripción:Cerveza Sorong de color dorado tirando a oscuro, cristalina, formo una coronita de espuma uniforme de mediana retención. Aromas a malta, algunas notas florales y lúpulo por detrás.En boca es de cuerpo medio, de un amargor equilibrado, n… [...]
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Thirsty Pilgrim Roundup: Danish-American Elite Edition.
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