Posts Tagged: Craft Or Kraphtt
In Search Of The World's Most Averagest Hip Beer
Posted by on Saturday, January 21, 2012 in - 12 comments
Just when you think collaborations make muddled beer... just when you couldn't wait for beer by committee to be the next big thing... we give you statistically averaged beer recipe formulation: • “We’re asking them as a group to help us design a beer,’’ Koch explained Friday. Through a special …
NB Ceases Sales of Stockholm Syndrome Ale
Posted by on Friday, June 10, 2011 in - 1 comment
Remember that story out of the Canadian province of New Brunswick that it was going to brand it's own beer in part to dissuade locals from going to Maine or Quebec to get good beer at an honest price? Well - surprise, surprise - it's an utter failure: • In 2008, Dana Clendenning, the liquor …
California: Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada, Chico
Posted by on Sunday, May 22, 2011 in - 6 comments
So, a few weeks ago, Jeff asked of this beer was foundational. I was over in the states this afternoon and picked up a 12 pack for something ridiculous like sixteen bucks.* I was offered Molson Canadian at 19 bucks for 30 cans** at the same grocery store so SNPA is in no sense swill. • When did … read more »
What Did The Chicken Drink Across That Road?
Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in - 8 comments
Bock. Bock. Bock. • And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why blogs were created. To share stupid jokes. And reviews. People generally crap on reviews these days. It's trendy. But, really, blogs without at least occassional beer reviews are shatteringly dull, aren't they? And some, like Ireland's …
Straining Reality To Keep "Craft Beer" Meaningless
Posted by on Monday, June 14, 2010 in - 9 comments
I have every sympathy for the Boston Beer Company and their Sam Adams brands if for no other reason that they keep coming up with brews that surprise me unexpectedly with their quality and value. That being said, it is getting silly out there with the efforts being made to continue their right to …
Craft Or Kraphtt: Bud Light Golden Wheat, Shops, USA
Posted by on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in - 4 comments
Knut mocked me. I have never been mocked by a Norwegian. It stung. But Lew had me thinking. • It pours the orange amber of Syracuse Pale Ale or London Special Ale. On the sniff, a whiff of mute orange and spice. In the gaping maw, it's a bit like a craft beer as seen through the wrong end of …
New York: Biere, Genesee Brewing Co., Rochester
Posted by on Saturday, January 17, 2009 in - 3 comments
Quelle grande gout indeed! • Genesee Brewing has held a contract with the LCBO for low priced beer for a gazillions years meaning you can pick up a six pack's worth of their brews for about seven bucks, which is about as cheap as it gets in Ontario. The cans up here are labeled exotically in … read more »
Craft Or Kraphtt: Porter, Michelob Brewing, St Louis, Mo.
Posted by on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in - 3 comments
I was going to write "wow" or something but that wouldn't quite capture my surprise at how good this beer is. Poured at a chilly cellar temperature, there is an immediate mass of dry cocoa that sits in such balance with that bit of hop, a little java and that little nod to dark plum that …
Craft Or Kraphtt: Sam Adams Summer Ale, Boston, Mass.
Posted by on Friday, May 9, 2008 in - 3 comments
I got to spend my work day in another country today and be home in time for supper. Not a bad Friday on a loverly spring day. And what better for a spring day than summer ale. I picked up a 12 of Sam Adam's Summer Ale at the Watertown Hannaford for 13 bucks which, when the Canadian customs duties …
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 …
