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Barks For Beers

  Join The Animal Welfare Alliance of Central Florida at the Orlando Brewing Company to raise money for a low cost spay/neuter clinic! The event will be held at the Orlando Brewing Company (1301 Atlanta Avenue) on February 20th from 3:00 to 7:00pm… [...]

Ramée triple blond

Onlangs heb ik een Ramée triple blond gedronken. Ramée is een bier dat met de grootste zorg en met ambactelijke technieken op basis van een uniek recept uit Haspengouw gebrouwen wordt. Het bier heeft een typische amberkleur doordat het in het b… [...]

Cisco Monomoy Kriek

Brewer : Cisco Brewers (Nantucket)Style : Sour/WildABV : 6.7%Let’s keep this sour ball rolling shall we. This sour obsession is turning out to be what my imperial stout hook looked like a few months ago, but the Mikkeller thing is never going away, the… [...]

Montagem da planta, parte II: Padronização de conexões e mangueiras

Quem vem acompanhando a série de posts sobre a montagem da planta, deve ter reparado a quantidade de equipamentos e conexões de 3/4″ citadas. Pode parecer um detalhe bobo, mas um erro de padronização nas conexões dos equipamentos pode se tornar um… [...]

New Cigar City beers, Big Flats feedback and a homebrew gold medal

A bit of potpourri this week in Ticket.… Read More » [...]

A Thought Causes a Flood

Brewed Beverage of Choice: A half-liter of Islander Pale It is safe to say that my mind has not been flowing like a river these days.  With all that has been going on in the past year or so, it is easily understandable.  Three moves, a stint on unemployment, hitting a deer, the list goes on [...] [...]

SF Beer Week: Lost Abbey/Port Brewing at City Beer Store

It’s still SF Beer Week! Woo hoo. Last night we decided to check out City Beer Store for Meet The Brewer: Lost Abbey and Port Brewing. Seeing as I’m a huge fan of the beers they make (their Angel’s Share … Continue reading [...]

Beer and Cheese from the British Isles at the Commonwealth in Oakland

Last Sunday at the Commmonwealth Cafe and Pub in Oakland, Cicerone Nicole Erny held her British Isles beer and cheese pairing event. After a day at Triple Rock sampling sour beers amongst the crowds I was quite happy to get to this event. Seating was limited here and the ambiance was terrific, a great way [...] [...]

Modus Hoperandi och datum?

Modus Hoperandi har äntligen nått Systembolagets hyllor.Jag tittade på etiketten, där står det “Best before 2011-08-31″.Efter att ha studerat flaskhalsen noterade jag ännu ett datum: “Best by 06/08/11″. Whatnut?!Jag tog kontakt med både bryggeri… [...]

Stone and Wood Pacific Ale

This unfiltered American style Pale Ale from Australia has a lots of bright yellow flavor and aroma. This is fruity, feathery light, and refreshing sip through swallow. The beers light, almost salady quality should in no way suggest a lack of flavor or… [...]

Hassens Oude Gueuze

Brewer : Hanssens (Belgium)Style : Gueuze/LambicABV : 6%For those of you who stumble across this silly little beer blog and have no idea what I’m talking about when I use the  word “gueuze” let me take a minute to  explain. Gueuze is a blend … [...]

Great Northern Black Star Double Hopped Golden Lager

Good pale lagers are all too often overlooked by beer lovers, burdened by the unfortunate tarnish of being too easily associated with the globally produced beer brands we are all too familiar with. That’s not to say they don’t sell, but rather they nev… [...]

Nano Breweries—Talk of the Craft Beer Nation

Samuel Johnson once said, “We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.” There is a notion that professionally brewing beer can lead to big things. The general public thinks of breweries as hulking factories turning out millions of bottles a [...] [...]

Iceberg some Blue and a Pilsner-style Lager Beer

Essential flavors and textures are necessary to understand when suggesting a Pilsner style lager beer as a beverage of choice with the basic iceberg lettuce salad. It must be noted that the wedge of iceberg lettuce has been dressed with a combination … [...]

Pangpris på Sveriges Ölkrogar!

Några krogar som finns representerade i boken. Bredaryds Wärdshus (Bredaryd),The Rover (Göteborg), Brogatan (Malmö) och Sorbon (Stockholm).Dags för lite reklam för min första publicerade bok – Sveriges ölkrogar. Den 23/2 börjar årets bokrea m… [...]

Ölskola

En fullproppad episod! Vi går vidare med utmaningen SBR’s Vinnaröl genom att stänga röstningen för öltyp och öppna omröstningen för den/de hemliga ingredienserna. Aftonens gäst är Lucas Monryd som pluggar bryggeriteknik i Ludvika.  Kanske… [...]

Calling All Food & Drink Bloggers!

Are you a food and/or drink blogger? Do you reside within the Philadelphia Metro area? Do you like other food and/or drink bloggers? If you answered yes, then contact me via email at melomel82 at gmail dot com I’m helping Wendy of La Phemme Phoodie find all you interested folks so we can plan a [...] [...]

Montagem da planta, parte I: Bazooka

Com as compras do post anterior, estamos prontos para montar o novo equipamento cervejeiro. Alguns colegas cervejeiros já fizeram a sua própria bazooka e o Homini Lúpulo resolveu encarar o desafio.O elemento filtrante é a malha de aço das mangueir… [...]

Chocolate Coffee Milk Stout

This is my latest batch. In fact, I just opened the first bottle yesterday. A friend of mine and his girlfriend gave me some grains and lactose for Christmas with the hope that I would make a stout. I had to collect the rest of the materials (malts, ye… [...]

London Pride

TIW favourite The Harp has been voted CAMRA’s pub of the year – the first time ever for a London pub.Is it the best pub in Britain? It’s all highly subjective of course, but The Harp is certainly in my personal top five, and is easily my favourite Lond… [...]