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But somebody’s gotta do it. So the old saying goes, and ne’er has it been less true than in my case. It seems I have somehow found a niche of being a purveyor of fine stout tastings. Hell of a niche, I know. You might recall my pompous self-… [...]
UPDATE, 1/31/11: East Nashville Beer Festival tickets are now on sale! Get them while they’re hot! To refresh your memory, the festival will be April 9, 2011 from 12pm – 5pm at the East Bank Greenway. [Originally posted December 25, 2... [...]
Wrangler Rating: (Outstanding) The Spanish term ‘Inedit’ which means ‘Never Been Done Before’ is the given name that graces the label of this delicious brew from Estrella Damm Brewery of Barcelona, Spain. A collaboration betwe… [...]
So, with the Bluebonnet Brew-Off entry check-in end date looming (Feb 24), I’ve been begging the weather to cooperate with my schedule so I could sneak a brewday or two in. Score one for me yesterday. I brewed a IPA with a semblance to a Ci… [...]
I was uber happy to read the Upper Mississippi Mashout Blog, that I placed first in the Oatmeal Stout category (Category 13). I had made an Oatmeal Stout back in 2008 and submitted to the competition then, it was awarded 2nd place. The judges gave … [...]
Welcome to Everything Brewed. This is to be the first in a 4 part series on Red Ales to kick of the official Everything Brewed “Brew Review”. Some basics to know about Red Ales are that they tend to have a malty taste with a very pronounced caramel n… [...]
Ratebeer.com heeft het beste biercafé ter wereld uitgeroepen. Volgens vele bierliefhebbers is dat het Antwerpse biercafé Kuliminator. De kuliminator is verkozen door bierliefhebbers van over de hele wereld. Het Antwerps biercafé beschik… [...]
Infinium by Sam Adams…nothing but class and fanciness. We liked this beer so much we’re not just grading it. We’re giving it an honorary doctorate degree from Beer School University. It’s just that good. Buy some. Then buy us some so we can dri… [...]
Up until recently I’d heard about Seaweed Skin treatments (not that i have had one) and even Edible seaweed but Seaweed beer hmm! So when I saw this bottle the Inspector Clouseau in me had to investigate so I invested in a bottle. A while back on a trip to France for a trade fair [...] [...]
This weeks ‘See You next Tuesday’ features former Baywatch babe Carmen Electra doing what she does best.Enjoy [...]
Hard to know where to start with John Barry, isn’t it? [...]
Something came through the post that made me drop my coffee last week. Now recently I’ve done a bit of CAMRA bashing, but after this I really am doubting how much I want to stay involved. I’ve been asked to help organise one of their beer festivals, wh… [...]
. The Beer Wrangler and Wranglerette would like to introduce a new contributor to the site who is just known as “Brewlord”. He has a professional background in restaurant management, running the floor in successful and busy hotspots in Whis… [...]
Day 9 – Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans, Louisiana September 7, 2010 Miles driven to date: Approx 2300 Beer highlight: Visiting the Abita Spring’s Brewpub Song of the Day: “So Close, Yet So Far” by (who else?) Elvis Presley Tuesday morning we left Memphis and headed towards Graceland, about nine miles away from our hotel. I really didn’t have a strong [...] [...]
A light romp that looks at the role beer has played in history. I think they played a bit loose with some of the facts, because they used the false Ben Franklin quote and Maureen Ogle is unhappy with the program (she is in it). That said it was great t… [...]
American Wheat Batch Size (Gal): 5.0 Total Grain (Lbs): 9.0 Original Gravity: 1.052 Final Gravity: 1.012 SRM: 5.7 Calculated IBUs: 25.9 Brewhouse Efficiency: 78% Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Grain: 50% – 4.5 lbs. American Two-Row Pale Malt 50% – … Continue reading → [...]
Although I’ve been living in Jamaica Plain for over 6 months, I had never visited the Sam Adams brewery. So when I found out that Gilt City Boston was hosting an Infinium tasting and a brewery tour, we had to check it out! To make things even better, J… [...]
Wow! It seems someone abroad reads my posts and find them useful. I spoke Saturday with some guys from Vermont who went to Birre della Merla after having read about this festival on the only Italian blog written in English… Well done! I am sure they enjoyed it. Speaking with them they told me about a fact I have already notice abroad: for foreign people Italian beers means generally Nastro Azzurro, Peroni and Birra Moretti. What [...] [...]
Homebrewing. It’s a hobby that I’ve enjoyed for over seven years now. In that time, I’ve never made a bad batch of beer. Each was tasty. Some were good. Some were great. And some were not bad. For about two years now, I’ve been going the all grain way. And to this day, I’m still [...] [...]
I come from a very big family. I have a lot of siblings (some full, some half, and some step). If you come from a big family, you know that there a lot of get-togethers and lot of reasons for celebrations. I grew up in a very strong Irish-Catholic hous… [...]
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Ohhh, this sounds nice.
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