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Every so often, a brewery or distributor is kind enough to send me a sample or two of their beers, or someone hands me one because they want to know what I think of it. The … [...]
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for Friday, April 6, and going into the weekend. As usual I’ll be updating this post periodically throughout the day, so check back often for the latest news. And if you have something you’d like to shar… [...]
I truly enjoy this venue. Also how can one go wrong with a Firestone Walker bier?? Many to choice from! My favorite of the evening Sucaba – Barleywine, malt, oak and bourbon. all blends nicely together. UDBA – unfiltered DBA Velvet Merkin on … [...]
My recent story on “Local Beers as an Illiquid Investment” got a bit of reaction. That story commented on the practice of reselling rare beers. The intent of the story may have been misunderstood. Forgive the length of this treatise, but it’s a complicated issue. First, the comments: From Yep, on 2012/03/26 at 3:27pm Tom, you are the [...] [...]
Sorry for the short notice on this event, folks, but even though there isn’t a lot of lead time, this is still a pretty exciting event. David Walker of Firestone Walker will be at Smoke and Barrel tonight, and so will a bunch of his beers. The &#… [...]
This comes in from our friends at Texas Arizona in Hoboken from yesterday. On Tap Kane Head High IPA Thomas Hooker Chocolate Truffle Stout- try this one Chimay Belgian Triple Allagash White Saranac Pale Ale Ithaca Apricot Wheat Dogfish Head World Wide Stout – running low Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA Southampton Double White Goose [...] [...]
What’s up all. Sorry for the laziness lately. Last night I opened up one of the most hyped Barleywines out there period. Here’s a little background on this brew. Sucaba is a almost 13% English Barleywine aged in Bourbon Barrels. This beer used to be called Abacus but due to a wine company owning [...] [...]
During Arizona Beer Week I had the opportunity to join David Walker of Firestone Walker and Jonathan Buford of Arizona Wilderness Brewing for lunch. Firestone Walker recently won its 3rd “Mid-size Brewery of the Year” at the GABF and is the reigning (3 time) World Champion of the World Beer Cup for mid-size breweries. Here in my interview [...] [...]
During Arizona Beer Week I had the opportunity to join David Walker of Firestone Walker and Jonathan Buford of Arizona Wilderness Brewing for lunch. This was an opportunity for Jonathan Buford, one of Arizona’s up and coming brewers, to discuss the brewing industry with one of the “rock stars” of the beer world — David Walker of [...] [...]
Mission St. 2012 Anniversary AleSteinhaus Brewing Co. (Firestone Walker), Paso Robles, CAStats:Style: Imperial Brown AleBitterness: Not specifiedABV: 8.5%Malts: 10 unspecified varietiesHops: 4 unspecified varietiesSamp… [...]
Want to watch on your mobile device? [ Direct Link ] This week we’re joined by Matt Bonney and Sean Paxton at the Hard Liver X BarleyWine Festival at Brouwer’s Cafe, while we sip on the winning festival beer, Lost … Continue reading → [...]
At 38 Degrees we embrace the Annual Drinking holliday of St. Patty’s Day with lots of beer, booze, corned beer, bagpipes and all the green and orange you can slap on your body! We also want to continue to highlight the best of craft beer and drin… [...]
Firestone-Walker has gone all out on two events that you should really ponder attending. They have grabbed some seriously great breweries. (Some of which do not venture to California). Read the descriptions below and start drooling. “From the Barrel will return for the second year at the Historic Santa Margarita Ranch and will feature some [...] [...]
Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Holy crap it’s March. You know what that means, right? Me neither. Many festivals this weekend, many drinks to be had. Enjoy! Track 1 – The “Leave Denver” Track: Friday: Head up to Leadville for some Ski Joring. Yes. Ski Joring. It’s excellent. Saturday: [...] [...]
Well here I am, sitting in my chair, watching Jersey Shore (I need my trash reality TV, we’ll get to that) and blogging about brewing beer, instead of being outside actually homebrewing a beer. The reason I’m not outside is because I feel li… [...]
Velvet MerlinFirestone Walker Brewing Co. — Paso Robles, CA Stats:Style: Oatmeal StoutBitterness: Not specifiedABV: 5.5% Malts: Maris Otter, 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, English Dark Caramel,Medium Caramel, Ca… [...]
A short flip across the border nabbed me a six of this new New York offered Firestone Walker. There were three others, their DIPA, porter and 15 were there, too at $8.99, $6.99 and a whopping $21.99 respectively. The last one was in a cardboard box. I … [...]
In episode 166 of the Hop Cast Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are joined by good friend Charlie Drews. The three of them reach for a couple barrel aged beers Brad has lying around. The first is the barrel aged version of Great Lakes Blackout Stout. The original version is a fantastic beer and is [...] [...]
Took a short trip to Portland and Eugene. Just long enough to sample some great west coast brews. Finding Beer in Oregon With over 100 brewery companies operating in Oregon, according to the Oregon Brewers Guild, you can hardly stroll from the airport gate to baggage claim without running into a brewery. The state [...] [...]
This week we head deep into the heart of Texas … with a delicious Rye IPA from Jester King Craft Brewery in Austin, Texas, Wytchmaker. On Master Pairings John joins Dr. Bill in the kitchen for a delicious pairing of Tri Tip smothered in Kansas Ci… [...]
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