Posts Tagged: Stouts
The Most Pointless St. Paddy's Day Story Is...
Posted by on Friday, March 16, 2012 in - leave a comment
...this one repeated by the CBC about a bartender in England: • Blakeney will often stand at the other end of the bar if any customer is sipping a Guinness. Her phobia of the popular brew was triggered when she spilled a pint of Guinness over herself as a child, she said. At six or seven, she …
Denmark: Espresso Stout, Søgaards Bryghus, Aalborg
Posted by on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in - 5 comments
Ah, beer mail. Just when I think I am taking a break, they pull me back in. The kind folks at Roland and Russell forwarded a four pack of stuff I can't otherwise find in my house and this one jumped out at me. • First, note the clever label that no one thought of before. But folk from northern …
Beer Cocktails: A Glass Of Port And One Of Stout
Posted by on Sunday, January 1, 2012 in - 6 comments
I have had my doubts about beer cocktails ever since I heard the term. I don't trust that the attempt to create a new niche - and then, of course, the jostling to become guru of that niche - bodes well for actual experience being foisted upon us all. Plus, I am of an age that does not find me in …
Quebec: Monseigneur D’Esgly, M'Brass' Île d’Orléans
Posted by on Thursday, October 13, 2011 in - 3 comments
What would he thought of it all? Monseigneur D’Esgly, the first bishop after the conquest of New France. Strong, black ale. Fitting? Fitting enough for me. I needed something richly purifying after all that mixed ethical talk. Who knew Joe won't accept samples? Win leaves it to the informed reader …
Bottled Guinness In Two Of Its Foreign Forms
Posted by on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in - 30 comments
Is there any scarier concept than seeing "brewed in Canada" on a label? First, it means that it's being not consumed in Canada and, second, it means it is brewed by someone with no provincial pride. I see dead people. • Sound harsh? Well, 25 or 30 years ago, I would buy a six of Canadian made …
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 …
California: Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Stone
Posted by on Thursday, March 24, 2011 in - 3 comments
Two reviews in a row? Two stouts? Rut. Rut? Maybe rut. Really rut? Rutty at least. Too bad. Not really. I have a guilty secret. Maybe two. I really like Stone's big format beers... and I really like Canadian Federal elections. And we are moments away from the dropping of the writ up here and the …
Ontario: Working Man's Stout, Barley Days, Picton
Posted by on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in - 3 comments
I went to the brewery the other Sunday as I hauled the kids out of the house to give the place a sense of sanity for an afternoon. Handy (if you are on the east side of Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario) - Barley Days Brewery deserves respect for making tasty lower strength solid beers. This …
What To Drink With Canadian Thanksgiving Muskox?
Posted by on Sunday, October 10, 2010 in - 2 comments
OK, we don't actually eat Muskox for Thanksgiving in Canada. The world can't be that perfect apparently. We tend towards turkey with nods to joints of lamb and ham. We watch sports on TV, rake leaves if need be and, if I am indicative, have a nap after lunch after a morning in the pew. • All of …
Scotland: Paradox Islay #004, BrewDog, Aberdeenshire
Posted by on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in - 2 comments
What a mess. I hadn't realized the label was made of hard card stock stuck on with two-sided sticky tape. I might take it down to the lab and get James' near teen DNA off of it. Bottle 131 of 200. By opening it, I probably just threw away the 100 bucks I could get from some guy in Kansas on eBay …
