Beer Reviews and events
Originally written and published in March of 1999, this review of Boddington’s Pub Ale is one of my favorites. I learned something about the English, Strangeways, and warm beer. Cheers! - Greg The English, I’m told, like their beer warm. Warm beer?( SEE THE UPDATE!)In the U.S.A. we have so many awful beers, that when [Continue]
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11, 2011 – Pennsylvania lawyers can now earn Continuing Legal Education credits and savor some of the best beers in the world with a new, one-of-a-kind program called Continuing Lager Education. The unique session proudly declares that it provides “legal refreshment for attorneys.” [Continue]
Not for the faint of heart, Tröegs Nugget Nectar is for the true hops lover. If you like your beer sweet, run, don’t walk, away from this beer as quickly as possible. However, if you are a true hophead, Tröegs Nugget Nectar is the beer for you. Always the beer adventurer, I stumbled across the [Continue]
I count myself among those that like craft beer because much of it is brewed by micro-brewers. I believe (whether true or not) that micro-brewers are in it for the love of beer. Micro-brewers put themselves into their beers, and their stories make their beers more interesting and appealing to me. At some point a brewer loses that appeal if [Continue]
Boo hoo hoo! Carlsberg Beer brewery employees in Denmark are no longer allowed to drink on the job according to a story on the Reuter’s news service. Instead, they’ll only be able to get beer at lunch. Free beer dispensers around the brewery have been removed. To get their right to drink back, brewery employees [Continue]
Samuel Adams Noble Pils is $15 USD a six pack. The question is not if it is a good beer, but is it good enough for the money? [Continue]
PYRAMID CELEBRATES SUMMER’S ARRIVAL WITH THE RETURN OF CURVE BALL™ BLONDE ALE A Deceptively Delicious Diversion SEATTLE, WA – March 2, 2010 – Sliding into summer and satisfying the demand of those searching for a thirst quenching craft beer to cool the heat, Pyramid Breweries announces the triumphant return of Curve Ball Blonde Ale. The [Continue]
I love Dewey's Pizza. The restaurant opened in Grandview, Ohio, around this time last year. I frequent it about two or three times a month. It's a lot, I know. But once you try their Ryan's Inferno pizza with the chicken, ranch and buffalo sauce, then you can let me know how often you frequent it and it might be similar. Dewey's changes their beer [Continue]
I don’t get a whole lot of joy from shoveling six inches of snow off of my driveway and sidewalks nightly. Even at a cool 20 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of zero degrees I still sweat my ass off. The joy comes when I get to refresh afterwards, and nothing refreshes like a [Continue]
Who cares if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not? Spring has arrived and its liquid gold with a thin head and fine little bubbles that tickle my taste buds. Spring is bottled by the Pyramid Breweries in the form of their Fling™ Pale Ale. The Spring Fling is labeled as a pale ale but [Continue]
If you're looking from a break in your routine and you're tired of coffee with breakfast, have we got a beer for you! Founders Brewing Breakfast Stout is the breakfast of champions. This is a full bodied beer made with all of your favorite breakfast ingredients including oatmeal, coffee and chocolate. [Continue]
By Bodreau Sauvauge AHHHHH is there anything like a cold glass of milk? Whether it is chocolate, strawberry, white, in your coffee, etc. Milk is a staple that none can do without. Even if you must drink it made from soy, yuck. There is egg-nog, creamer, whipping cream, 1%, 2%, whole. It can come in [Continue]
The Pyramid Brewing Company (makers of Audacious™ Apricot Ale) announced January 5, 2010 that they will be offering a new seasonal beer this spring. The new beer, Fling™ (Spring Fling – how clever) will be a Pale Ale featuring an experimental Cascade/Fuggle hybrid hop that will add a hoppy bite. Fling™ will only be available [Continue]
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