Today is the 49th birthday of Alan Sprints. Alan is the founder of Hair of the Dog Brewery in Portland, Oregon. Alan makes some of the most unique and most wonderful beers, not just in Portland, but anywhere, all the more impressive because he brews …
The back of a 53 bus, featuring the hoppy Selkent logo
Selkent is a bus company that operates routes in South London and Kent.
Sat in a traffic jam on the top deck of a bus last week, I noticed for the first time that their logo includes some lovely K…
I wanted to make the 2K series quite long,
with various lists of beers selected by different criteria, but I
never managed to find any selections that inspired me enough to
actually write the pieces, so we’ll round off with the
obvious one instead.
The Session is a monthly event for the beer blogging community which was started by Stan Hieronymus at Appellation Beer. On the first Friday of each month, all participating bloggers write about a predetermined topic. Each month a different blog is c…
Anheuser Busch is at it again. This time they’re trying to squeeze the little guy out of the market bu upping their limit of swag by 1200%. Don’t let them.
William Brand’s blog gives a nice rundown of the specifics as well as a l…
What I suspect was one of the more interesting beer events in quite a while (stretching the definition of “event” a tad) itook place in Wilmington Friday when Iron Hill was kind enough to invite “a few of our friends” to join …
Full Sail Brewing announces the release of Lupulin Fresh Hop Ale as part of their Brewmaster Reserve series. Brewing a fresh hop ale to celebrate the hop harvest is an annual tradition at Full Sail. Every year, the Full Sail brewers travel to area ho…
My friends just opened a new bar in El Cajon about two months ago. It’s the Main Tap Tavern. They’ve got a nice list of draft beers and a very decent bottle list. Forgive me, because I forgot to take a pic of the beer board. This is Barbara a…
…when I was returning my beer rental at Main Tap Tavern, I saw two of my favorite musicians in the men’s room of all places. Johnny Cash…
…and Frank Zappa.
A Belgian White (Witbier) brewed by
Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Cooperstown, New York USA
ABV: 5.1%
Glassware: Snifter
Poured from the bomber a cloudy yellow bordering on orange with a nice head. The aroma had floral notes and a whole ton of citrus.?…