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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Amber Ale by Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, Missouri)
Full disclosure, I was one of Boulevard’s very first customers, so I unapologetically have a soft spot for their beers. This beer makes me insane. Not like insane in the membrane, but insane as in I can’t quite wrap my … Continue reading
Bunnahabhain Single Malt – 18 year old.
Bunnahabhain Single Malt – Aged 18 years The Bunnahabhain Distillery Company – Isle of Islay, Scotland Alc/Vol: 46.3% Bunnahabhain 18 is dark amber in hue and has a somewhat floral nose. Its body is on the heavy side of medium, … Continue reading
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Vanilla Porter by Breckenridge Brewery
While traveling the deepest Amazonia of my apartment I discovered a Vanilla Porter, as well as a sweatshirt long thought lost. The sweatshirt had positioned itself under the sofa poised to attack unaware bypassing sneakers. I found it coiled around … Continue reading
Bitter American by 21st Amendment Brewing
Talk about your niche beers. This is a session pale ale. And a good one, at that. First off, this beer is assertively — yet not obnoxiously — hoppy, both in flavor, aroma and bitterness. Right when you open the … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, cascade, hoppy, pale ale, review, session, west coast
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The Sahara of the Beers Arts
In 2009 my wife, son, two cats and I moved from Lafayette, CO to Bern, Switzerland which totally fucked up my beer landscape. My “water beer”–That Which Is Ever At Hand–went from things like Amstel Light, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, … Continue reading
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Brau Brothers Ring Neck Braun Ale
First off, let me say this beer is freaking awesome. I got this bottle at Four Firkins, but it should be available to anyone in the Twin Cities or Duluth. I’ll eat my hat if Surdyk’s doesn’t carry it. Secondly, … Continue reading
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Tagged brau brothers, british, esb, fuggles, great beer, perfect five, whitbred
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Red Hook ESB
Also yesterday from Four Firkins, a bottle of Red Hook ESB. A bit of background here — I already like Red Hook. When I lived in Southern Oregon and was homebrewing (and considering a career as a brewer), I visited … Continue reading
Tallgrass Ale
Yet more continuation of my mission to find a drinkable beer. So I stopped by Four Firkins today and they had three new beers for me to try. The first is Tallgrass Ale from Tallgrass Brewing in Manhattan, KS. First … Continue reading