Posts Tagged: Big Bombs
Albany Ale: In 1888 There Were Many Sorts Of Albany Ales
Posted by on Sunday, April 15, 2012 in - 16 comments
... and porters, too, as we read in an interesting reference to the state of brewing in Albany in the 1880s from a book titled The Empire State: its Industries and Wealth sitting over at Google books. At page 120 this is part of the florid description of the brewing business of Quinn & Nolan …
California: Union Jack IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing
Posted by on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in - 9 comments
A short flip across the border nabbed me a six of this new New York offered Firestone Walker. There were three others, their DIPA, porter and 15 were there, too at $8.99, $6.99 and a whopping $21.99 respectively. The last one was in a cardboard box. I had no idea a cardboard box added so much cost …
But What If I Like The Taste Of Their Chocolate Ale?
Posted by on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in - 12 comments
Or what if I drank it and didn't like it, then downed it or drained it... so I also want my money back? • Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Co. decided to offer refunds on a limited number of batches — up to a third of the bottles of chocolate ale sold — that the brewery said didn’t meet its …
Can I Run A Beer Tasting Session Without Tasting?
Posted by on Monday, February 6, 2012 in - 4 comments
Here's the thing. I don't like to drink all that much on Sunday and really like to avoid drinking on Monday. It's not that I plan when I do but have always liked clear days. And, for other reasons, I have to stay clear anyway. But I was asked to present some IPAs to some good beery people tonight …
Quebec: La Vache Folle ? Double IPA, Charlevoix
Posted by on Monday, October 17, 2011 in - 3 comments
Charlevoix is a favorite brewery of mine even if it was unknown to me just three years ago. I have loved their dubbel since April 2009. I picked up this one, along with some elk and wild boar sausage, at Broue Ha Ha a few weeks ago. • I was a little intrigued by the "?" Double IPA idea, the …
Global #IPAday! It's Global #IPAday!! Global #IPAday!!!
Posted by on Thursday, August 4, 2011 in - 7 comments
Global #IPAday. That's what it needs to be called. I don't like the implications of international #IPAday. It leaves out the stateless and those on ships at sea beyond territorial waters. And, really, isn't that what #IPAday is all about? Inclusion? Or is it exclusion? Who knows. Here are some …
Maine: Fluxus 2010, Allagash Brewing, Portland
Posted by on Saturday, June 18, 2011 in - leave a comment
Infanticide. Pure and simple. It did not have to be this way. If I had only stocked the stash properly I wouldn't be dipping into the bottles I have no business opening. • Too much hop still around after the best part of a year, right now I am getting something like a white grapefruit section …
Belgium: 't Smisje Grande Reserva, Regenboog, Brugge
Posted by on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in - leave a comment
What I weekend. I was up to this and then was at this. 700 km or so - plus about 2,000 military vehicles and 16 Red Sox runs. Today was homey. A bit of a mow then weed then making supper and then, well, glad I took tomorrow off, too. • I forgot this was in the stash. The stash is a bit sad …
Hop Bomb: Hoperation, Phillips Brewing, Victoria, B.C.
Posted by on Friday, February 18, 2011 in - 2 comments
Canada is big. You knew that, right? So, when a pal takes a plane for hours and hours to the other end of the nation and is good enough to bring back a few, well, all the beer labels may as well be written in Hungarian. You never see this things back here. Happy then was I to be handed a Phillips …
Session 47: Putting Beer In Your Cooking Is A-OK
Posted by on Thursday, January 6, 2011 in - 2 comments
...or your corn flakes or over your sausages or through your pie or whatever. Beer in cooking is just plain smart. So smart that David Jensen at beer47.com picked it for this month's edition of The Session: • Since the topic of Cooking with Beer is broad, I invite you to share any experience … read more »
