(Juneau, AK) – Alaskan Baltic Porter got label approval shortly after my initial post on the beer. The 9.8% ABV level may make it the strongest Baltic Porter on the market with a significant number of reviews. “Brewed with cherries, brown suga…
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Ofest 2008 – list of beers
Our “Octoberfest” weekend has come and gone for 2008. Every year it seems to be shorter; the planning for it seems to more difficult, l…
This is a good idea and, frankly, would be the second annual as I held the first annual in my basement this summer with four attendees. I countered in his comments with a few ideas of how such a thing could work:Do not hold it around one event in one …
(Boston, MA) – Alex Drobshoff’s winning entry in the Samuel Adams Longshot Competition at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival just got label approval this week. The entry, a Traditional Bock, beat over 1,300 others (according to Liquorous) t…
I don’t have a lot of specifics, but this was too cool not to share. According to the Green Upgrader and few Asian news websites, a “Thai Buddhist temple has found an environmentally friendly way to reach nirvana, using discarded bottles …
Filed under: Beer, Raves & ReviewsI’ve been putting it off and I’m not sure why: Celiac Disease hits close to home. For as long as I can remember, my grandmother, a Celiac sufferer, has struggled to maintain a gluten-free diet. I’ve seen firsthand…
(Seattle, WA) – One of the pillars of the Northwest brewing scene will release a new beer in the coming months. Just shy of its 20th anniversary year, Pike Brewing is poised to come out with Entire Wood Aged Stout. Brewmaster for two years running,…
The sister (brother?) of 203 – the Ultra Fraiche. The super fresh. See I like these kind of beers. Light (3.5%) and fresh, with a slice of lemon, summery. A little hoppy, perfect.
We were perusing a recent issue of Men’s Journal on the subway the other night, and were pleasantly surprised to see (in their October 2008 issue) an article entitled “Best Beers 2008: American Brewmasters Take Over.” Inside the issue was a number of …
Clipper City is a big supporter of wounded war vets,so Hugh Sisson and I toasted to that fact after the tour.Continuing with my Baltimore/DC area beer adventure, a friend and I drove out to Clipper City Brewery last weekend to catch a tour. I was ama…