Posts Tagged: Maine
Maine: XXXX IPA, Shipyard, Portland
Posted by on Saturday, September 22, 2012 in - 3 comments
In 2008, the very good people at Shipyard forwarded me samples of their new Pugsley Signature series beers and I reviewed the imperial porter. Like so many examples of Canadian consumer selection, the local state monopoly has flexed its cat-like reflexes and, four years later, we are able to buy …
Session 64: Pale Ale Was What I Drank When...
Posted by on Friday, June 1, 2012 in - 3 comments
I am not that old but, I guess, I am really not all that young either. I am not sure that I every went into a bar to have a beer in the 70s but know I was doing that by the fall of 1981 in Nova Scotia. Before that, there was drinking in friends' basements, drinking out by the reservoir, drinking …
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 …
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 »
Maine: Auld Ale, Atlantic Brewing, Bah Hahbah
Posted by on Monday, December 20, 2010 in - 2 comments
I have no idea how long this beer has been in the stash. Paid $4.69 if that is any hint. Its full name is Foonf Zane Auld Ale Anniversary Small Batch. Not sure which of Atlantic Brewing's anniversaries - though the BAers are telling me it was the 15th back in 2006. So, sort of Nederlands meets …
Maine: 1260 Triple IPA, Stone Coast, Portland
Posted by on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in - 6 comments
Stone Coast packed it in on 1 August 2008. I've had this bit of their legacy sitting around the stash since well before then. Fifteen bucks for a 10% bomber which makes sense to me and not just because this is a bit of a voice from the grave. • It pours at the intersection between caramel and …
Aged Beer: Smashed Pumpkin Ale, Shipyard, Portland
Posted by on Friday, October 15, 2010 in - leave a comment
Because I believe calling anything "world class" is quite unfortunate, I could not contribute productively to Stan's recent question "Can a Pumpkin Beer be World Class?" Usually "world class" - like "premium" - ends up meaning whether people who know not all that much can brag about something to …
Maine: Sea Smoke, Manly Men Beer Club, Bah Ha-Bah
Posted by on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in - leave a comment
A smoked barley wine. It pours deep orange chestnut under a light pale cream froth and rim. At first, it tastes like something I would have made as a fairly unreliable home brewer getting rid of ends of specialty malts. Yet it's not unattractive. In fact, as sips are sipped it gets a little more …
Dear Craft Brewers: Get A Canning Line
Posted by on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in - 17 comments
Dear Rob Tod. I have realized that I don't think I really care about that corked 750 ml bottle after all: • We have been doing cork-finished beers for a number of years and early on we wanted to come out with a lower-alcohol, pretty full-flavored but around 4.5%- to 5%-alcohol beer. It was … read more »
Maine: 11th Anniversary Ale, Allagash, Portland
Posted by on Saturday, May 29, 2010 in - leave a comment
Memorial Day weekend el norte continues with this four year old treat from Allagash in Maine. Sixteen bucks for 750 ml at 9.2% in 2006? I have no idea. Pre-recession pricing is meaningless to me now. • The brewery speaks highly of this creation which finds itself this far into its life looking …
