Posts Tagged: California
Why Rye: Hop Rod, Bear Republic, Cloverdale, California
Posted by on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in - 3 comments
I've had a Bear Republic stout, the red and the brown as well as a pale ale and liked them all... but then there's this one made with, you know, rye. You have to wonder about rye beer, that less popular and less interesting cousin on beery family tree. The only one that ever blew me away was …
California: Levitation, Stone Brewing, San Diego
Posted by on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in - 1 comment
I've liked pretty much all the beers by Stone I have had but do have pick a time when I can have one. All big bottles of big brew. Except I picked up this one at C's of Oswego yesterday and it was neither big... or big. My traveling man on the inside at the brewery told me that this the lighter …
Cali: Jamaica Red Ale, Mad River Brewing, Blue Lake
Posted by on Thursday, February 12, 2009 in - 3 comments
I picked up a few Mad River beers when I was at Finger Lake Beverages in Ithaca the other week. After I had their Steelhead Double India Pale Ale the other night, I wish I had bought more. • Like the DIPA, their Jamaica Red pours thick. The fluid fills the glass in wide swells of caramel … read more »
California: Imperial IPA, Green Flash, San Diego
Posted by on Thursday, September 11, 2008 in - 3 comments
I picked this one up at C's Farm Market in Oswego a few months ago but this is no beer for the heat and the sweat: 101 IBU and 9% so it is safe to say this is a big hop bomb. I noticed that Stonch has said goodbye to his pub's summer ale. But that also means hello to other things. Like big hop …
California: Lumpy Gravy, Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma
Posted by on Friday, August 8, 2008 in - leave a comment
A brown beer. A 7.2% special brewed just one time. But it has Frank Zappa on the label and that gives hope. I had a pre-punk dalliance with Zappa's orchestrated wit that The Sex Pistols and the Clash swept away with their powerful simplicity so this beer speaks back 35 years for me...though … read more »
