I saw these the other week. Meredith, the better half of Chris Nelson, the Beer Geek, had a few pair she’d gotten from Michelle Venzke.
Anyway, I thought I’d pass the information about them along in case anybody needed a gift for th…
It’s been three months since my last review of this one, not long by my standards, but I just got a request and in the last month I have gotten to try two of the only American versions of the style out there, Ich Bin Ein Berliner Weisse from Nodding H…
There is a malty, slightly aged raisin aroma to this beer. The color is a light brown with some light shining through. The head pours medium with little retention.This beer has a malty aged beer flavor. The malt is sweet with a molasses quality, an…
You folks may have noticed that I reviewed the E.S. Bam a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who want to be privy to acronyms, that E.S. stands for “Extra Special” – in the case of the E.S. Bam, that meant more hops and more malt than …
The Beer Hunter – gone but not forgotten
August 30th marks the first anniversary of the passing of Michael Jackson – ‘The Beer Hunter‘. NOT to be confused with any other Michael Jackson with other leisure preferences.
Michael was probably …
Back in February, I bought an extra bottle of The Abyss by Deschutes. Originally, this bottle was meant for another. Unfortunately for them, our plans for the exchange fell through repeatedly and we gave up. It was then going to be shared with Wes …
Press release from Ali Hamm and Glen Fuller in Colorado.
With increasing interest in growing hops locally from both farmer and brewer’s perspective, Organic hops has taken a foothold as a nascent new industry in Colorado. Years of state wide interes…
Chris Erickson, director of brewing at Snake River in Jackson Hole, WY, emailed the other day alerting me to their “Organic Beer #1,” or OB-1 for short. He says they just passed their annual organic certification, making this their third y…
It just so happens that Weihenstephaner’s Hefe Weissbier is one of the highest regarded beers in the world. I haven’t had a full glass of it till today. This is absolutely one of the best beers I’ve ever had, and it will definitely be a beer that I …
It has been all over the papers this month, especially in the Mid-West. This snippet is ripped from an Associated Press article from August 1. Leaning heavily on nostalgia in packaging and marketing messages, I think this could make a splash.It’s the…