Hall of Beers

We’re still here, people… if you are. This Captain still drinks beer and thinks beer all the time. If you’re out there, beer readers… if you want us back here… oh, it shall be so.

Ohmigod… oh baby…. So we brewed a stout over at (hey!) Sgt. Stout’s house 2 weekend’s back and I bottled the sumbitch on Sunday. It’s going to be a life-affirming beer, I’m telling you. Kahlua infused coffee beans, darkass malts—this brew smells amazing, and is the color of motor oil. I’m sure there’s no way [...]

So… Michelob. You think Ultra, yes? And Light. Fair enough. While my natural inclination is to scoff out of hand this thinly veiled offshoot of Zie Anheuser Busch family, well… a lot of Michelob beers are pretty good. Take its stalwart Amber Bock and its new forays into the world of Pale Ale. And then [...]

You know what? Screw it—this diagram made me proud as hell. Proud because, given the right circumstances, I would do serious damage to a 12 pack of Schlitz, but on any given day, this is about right:
http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/12-22-2008/How-to-Know-If-You-Are-a-Beer-Snob-92

Just a quick note of appreciation for Sgt. Stout, who brought over 5 gallons of birthday beer for Mrs. Beer’s birthday. A nice batch of golden ale bubbles away in our uh… what do I call that… mud room? Back hall/room/thing. We may add spices, we may go simple. But 5 gallons of beer is [...]

Friends, it’s a happy time when a Sam Adams mix pack comes out. As you all know, darker, winter beers are this Captain’s favorite, but summer/spring beers are wondrous too. The most recent mixed 12er I picked up has 2 of each of the following: Boston Lager, Sam Light, Blackberry Wit (finally!), Hefewiezen, Summer Ale [...]

HOOOOOOOOOOOO doggy! See below for their lovely label. Here’s just a quick little note to say that I finally had this beer and it it’s amazing. It’s everything you’d expect. BIG roasted malt flavors with notes of toasted bread, bitter coffee and a slight almost leathery outside. The hops are a bracing bitterness in tandem [...]

It’s been a busy 2009 so far, beer readers. I’ve had time to sample some new brews, but I haven’t been able to tell you folks about them. My humble whatevah. Anyway, here’s a review for you. Enjoy with a side of beer.
Mission Street’s beers are very good. You may recall earlier this month when [...]

We’re… we’re still here dammit… just buckin’ fusy with lots of other things but I promise, beer volk, that Captain Beer is still out there sampling many a fine brew—he’s just been focusing on “mental” updates or… something. Stand by for Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale and Firestone’s Double Barrel Ale reviews.

Those daring, beautiful people have done it again: Jim Koch and his Samuel Adams crew have made me scream like a little girl. Here’s an article (ahem) lifted from their newsletter. Why gild the lily, I asked myself. Read on. Oh, the beer of it all!
Pushing Beer’s Boundaries

In 1984 Jim Koch first brewed Samuel Adams [...]