Archive for September, 2008

SevenPack Beer Blog: Bell’s “Lager of the Lakes”

Bell’s, Bell’s, Bell’s. Y’all make some pretty sweet beers, and I just keep buying ‘em.
The Lager of the Lakes pours about like a lager should – it’s a crystal clear light golden (actually a bit lighter than most l…

Summer of Beer: Parallel Blog Tasting #3 – Lost Abbey Bourbon Barrel Angel’s Share

Presenting the 3rd installment of the semi-regular Parallel Blog Tasting between Summer of Beer and my good buddy Brian, The Baltimore Beer Guy. Last night we knocked down the (now) world renowned Lost Abbey The Angel’s Share, which has recently won B…

A Good Beer Blog: California: Imperial IPA, Green Flash, San Diego

I picked this one up at C’s Farm Market in Oswego a few months ago but this is no beer for the heat and the sweat: 101 IBU and 9% so it is safe to say this is a big hop bomb. I noticed that Stonch has said goodbye to his pub’s summer ale. But that als…

Belgian beer and travel: De Struise Brouwers

Urbain Cotteau, pouring a Tsjeeses at the bar at “The Noordhoek” resortWith all the attention De Struise Brouwers-The Sturdy Brewers-have been getting lately, I thought I’d share my photos as well as an article I wrote last year.I visited the “resort”…

Beer Examiner: Budweiser gets “Snowed” under. The number one selling beer in the world is…

It’s Snowing in China.  Beer as cheap as it gets.In  “From China, a New Challenger to the King of Beers”  The Wall Street Journal reports today:    "I can confirm that the Chinese brand Snow is now the la…

Beer Bits 2: Is it true? Is it a smoke free Pennsylvania?

Bryan tells us it is over at The Brew Lounge. I guess we’ll see. Maybe I’ll even go out see who’s makin’ the change tonight 😉

Draft Magazine Feed: Beer’s gone to the dogs

Back in June, we told you about Bowser Beer, the beefy, dog-friendly suds from 3 Busy Dogs. Now, the company’s crafted Cock-a-Doodle Brew, a chicken-flavored brewski for our four-legged companions.
Crafted with 100 percent American ingredients, …

maeib’s Beerblog: Deus Does Exist

I spotted bottles of Deus Brut des Flandres in my local Waitrose earlier this week. The 75cl bottles were priced at £12.15 each.I’ve never quite understood why Belgian beers using champagne yeast such as this, and Malheur Bière Brut are so expensiv…

beernews.org: Ballast Point Sculpin IPA returns Saturday

(San Diego, CA) – Much earlier than expected. Here is the scoop straight off of the brewery’s myspace blog:
Ballast Point Brewing is proud to announce the release of our world famous Sculpin IPA in 22oz bottles and on draft. Beginning Saturda…

maeib’s Beerblog: This Lager’s Not For The Queen

It would appear that staff at Windsor Castle didn’t fancy having an almighty session on twelve barrels of lager delivered there by mistake.I’m pretty sure the Queen has better taste than to drink this fizzy stuff which was destined for football fans a…