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Live reviews: I am drinking Green Flashing Brewing Co. Barleywine.

You want to know what a barleywine is *supposed* to taste like? Track down the I am drinking Green Flashing Brewing Co. Barleywine Style Ale. It’s deadline-solid perfect. It’s 10.9 percent, but does not taste like it has that much alcohol. Malty and full or caramel, but a very balanced taste. This is an excellent [...] [...]

Surly Profile in Vita.mn

I pulled together a profile on Surly for the cover of this week’s Vita.mn, check it out. [...]

Belgian Beer no.342: Eulenspiegelbier

Same day. Same seaside.The Uillenspiegelbier – the name alone! A strong 8% dark beer, with lots of brown spices and sugars. Nice. Strong. Brewed by van Steenberge. [...]

Belgian Beer no.341: Viven Blond

Little day-trip to the seaside. New beers. Yey!Viven Blond. I liked this beer. Blond and with some hints of honey and sweet malts (toffee?) – a nice clean blond beer. Brewed by the Brasserie van Viven (however seems it is brewed in the Proefbrouwerij) … [...]

The Session #44: Frankenstein Beers

This month The Session is hosted by Ashley from Drink With The Wench, and in keeping with the Halloween theme of October she poses the topic of “Frankenstein Beers.” From her blog:Many craft brewers are like Frankenstein. They have b… [...]

Whiskytävlingen inför SBWF – Encore!

Har av lite olika skäl, främst personliga, som ni säkert märkt inte skrivit ngt på bloggen på ett tag.Men NU(!) när SBWF börjar så kände jag att det började bli dags.Sedvanligt numera så smygstartar jag och några inbitna whiskyfantaster me… [...]

The Old Bookbinders, Jericho, Oxford: You’d be Nuts Not To!

The Old Bookbinders is tucked away in the residential streets of Jericho. No snap happy tourists here unless you count the snap happy blogger and his iPhone. On a drizzly Sunday afternoon, there is just a handful of locals at the bar and a friendly but… [...]

The importance of yeast supply in multi-site brewery operations

A reliable supply of yeast for fermentation is a prerequisite for brewery operations. But what’s involved in making sure that your brewery’s yeast supply can be counted on? Supply of brewing yeast cultures to breweries within a multi-site brewery group presents many challenges. The objective is to make sure that all breweries within your group [...] [...]

Llupulu de Carrizo en Carrio

Durante les decades de los 60 y 70 tuvo el Lleron de Carrio( Llaviana), na parte que se noma La Focariella, una plantacion per grande de Llupulos que xurtia a la industria cervecera asturiana. Mas de 30 años depues,el pueblu de Carrio*, tornia a… [...]

Howdy Folks!

Haven’t been here in awhile, have I? Thing is, I have been blogging elsewhere, and fairly schiziod about that even. But, hopefully I have my junk together and am currently blogging at Fungal Threads. It is not a site where I ponder beer exclusively, bu… [...]

Review: New Glarus Enigma

This post is pulling double duty tonight (makes sense since I’ve been so lax in updating recently). First, I get to review something from my recent trip to New Glarus Brewery and second, conquer my fear of sour beers. The beer challenged with the task? New Glarus Enigma from their Unplugged series. A few weeks [...] [...]

Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPA

I’ve been drinking craft beer for quite some time now.  About 14 years ago while off to college I got a nice job at a little liquor store.  In Wisconsin going to school at UW Madison there was a plethora of very good beers, and I came to real… [...]

The Goat Rodeo

When the calendar rolled over from the last millennium (with an anticlimactic Y2K whimper) to the new millennium I decided that (since the world was indeed not ending) I would have to change my plan. I had been working for the last year on starting my … [...]

tHE bIG mOVE

I have move my Blog. I hi-jacked my other blog site- the Pau Hana Time Lounge and – I have changed the name. All further post from my adventures here in Amerika will there (please use the link below):http://pau-hanatime.blogspot.com/The Singbrewer Blog… [...]

Oktoberfest is here!

That’s right boys and girls, it’s time to head downtown and celebrate German style. Friday afternoon at 5PM, the offical Panama City Oktoberfest keg will be tapped by the Mayor. Also, your local homebrew club will be giving samples of their brew. See y… [...]

Ecolupulus: Cerveza ecológica artesana

De nueco la Companyia Cervesera del Montseny es protagonista en una nueva innovación en la producción de cerveza artesana en Cataluña presentándonos una nueva cerveza elaborada con producción agraria ecológica.A partir del mes de octubre tendremo… [...]

Avery Sixteen Review

Brewery: Avery Brewing Co. | Beer: Sixteen Style: Saison | ABV: 7.7% | IBUs: 14 Serving Method: 22 oz. bottle poured into tulip glass Okay, so as I’ve already tried their 17th Anniversary brew, I get a major late pass on posti… [...]

You can taste the crust!

TONS of you raved about Duane Lujan and Rocky Mountain Brewery at GABF. In addition to his awesome porter and alt beers he brought the bakery. Anybody at GABF remembers the cherry pie, blueberry pie and peach cobbler beers. I can honestly say if there was an award from beer drinkers at the event, Rocky [...] [...]

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout Finally Coming to America

In a move that will surely have Guinness fans across the country rejoicing, Guinness has announced that they are finally bringing their Guinness Foreign Extra Stout to U.S. shelves. Foreign Extra Stout makes up almost half of Guinness’ global sales an… [...]

Fermentation Nation Picture of the Week

  The party isn’t live until Middle-Aged Hippie Dude grabs the keg and tops off the Mayor’s stein. Rochester Mills Oktoberfest Lager release party 9-23-10 [...]