Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Michigan: Red's Rye, Founders Brewery, Grand Rapids
Posted by on Thursday, January 10, 2008 in - leave a comment
When I was at Bello Vino in Ann Arbor, beer manager Jeremy McClelland made sure I did not leave the store without this one. I used to have a hard time with rye beers but Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA not to mention a growing obession with my neighbourhood's Polish deli has pretty much cured me of that …
Ontario: 666, Devil's Pale Ale, Great Lakes Brewing, Etobicoke
Posted by on Monday, January 7, 2008 in - 8 comments
A very strange thing has been happening lately. I am going out to a store in my own town and buying the same Ontario-made beer week after week. I wrote about Lake Ontario's (not Lake Erie's) Great Lake Brewing's take on a winter ale a few weeks ago. That beer was a bit frustrating as, while I … read more »
Paul Tries The New Incarnation Of St. Edmund's Ale
Posted by on Sunday, January 6, 2008 in - 4 comments
Cold beer is the work of the devil. Fact. • Right, now that we've established a baseline - let's move forward. When one of my local breweries, the mighty Greene King, announced that they were brewing a beer to be served with or without a head and cold, I was not too chuffed to say the least. I …
Travis Suffers Growler Tragedy Followed By Ubu Uber-Triumph
Posted by on Saturday, January 5, 2008 in - leave a comment
So, calling the loss of two brown glass growlers is hardly tragedy, it's still cool to come out on top! It all started after a raucous party a month ago, where I brought two growlers of Old Balls Ale that I had brewed. After the party I forgot the growlers at Tom's house and promptly told him to …
Craft Or Kraphtt: Sam Adams Scotch Ale, Boston Beer, MA, USA
Posted by on Monday, December 10, 2007 in - 3 comments
Stan was rightly giving me grief the other day or at least a lesson in life when I spoke of the Sam Adams line of beers. I didn't mean to be mean and I am a delicate flower in the face of such dressings down - but, as you all know, I am working with what I am thinking about beer pricing and value …
Germany: Kellerbräu, Mönchshof, Kulmbach, Bavaria
Posted by on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 in - 1 comment
I really drink so little German beer, it is only right that I give it its own category filled with with a revisionistic retagging. And, really, what is a "quick note" anyway? You have no idea how long these posts take, the difficulty in finding a flag that you will mistake for a civic banner of a …
Two From Weihenstephan And Four Of Us
Posted by on Friday, November 23, 2007 in - 2 comments
It does no good to write about beer and be alone. One has to cultivate a group, at least, who will share the wonderment when the good stuff is at hand. • So it was then when the twelve from Weihenstephan were delivered from Sean of the brewery's the new Ontario importers, Beer Barons, there had …
Paul May Cry God for Harry, England But Not So St George
Posted by on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in - leave a comment
Now I've never really subscribed to the notion of a patron saint, as an atheist I don't really understand the concept. It's even more disturbing when the notion is taken up by those that use it to identify with a certain kind of Englishness. As Dr Johnson put it "Patriotism is the last refuge of a …
Josh Examines Pumpkin Ales Just In Time For Thanksgiving
Posted by on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in - leave a comment
“"Let the Pompion be beaten in a Trough and pressed as Apples" - An anonymous recipe for pumpkin ale appeared in the papers of the American Philosophical Society in February, 1771¹” • Pumpkin Ale is a much maligned form of beer, but I doubt that any Belgian would deny it beerhood. My wife and I …
Ontario: Pumpkin Ale, Grand River Brewing, Cambridge, RMW
Posted by on Thursday, November 15, 2007 in - 1 comment
Even though wine writers slumming amongst the beers are unaware of it, pumpkin beers for autumn are big news and the trend is moving into Canada. I wrote about my pleasure at Grand River Brewing, a new brewery in Cambridge, Ontario, last August and their brews ranging from 3.5% to 4.7%. This …
