Hall of Beers

So, just a quick post…I sent my kickin’ IPA to Sam Adams for the Longshot competition, and the shipment was received by Bob Cannon, one of the Brewmasters. Dude! Sweet!

Readers:
The prodigal son hath returned: General German is alive and well, making a post.
Check this out–Sam Adams Brewer Jim Koch has a thing or two to say about his new brews! Think he has enjoyed a few along the way…
Sam Adams Imperial Beers Promo

Guys:A visit to Dogfish Head Brewery was truly a “pilgrimage” of sorts. While Sergeant Stout paid a visit, I convinced him that it was worth a 150-mile journey. This had indeed been his largest brewery visit, while I had seen large operations such as Boston Beer, Brooklyn Brewery, and Red Hook, all of which were conducted [...]

Today, I have made the biggest beer I have ever brewed–hence the new name, Bigiz M’cak Imperial Stout*.This desire for a really, really powerful beer entered my imagination when I first tried North Coast’s Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. Having had many dry stouts, this thick, gritty, puts-hair-on-your-chest brew became a fixation of mine. [...]

 A great story in the link below, from the WSJ. They predict prices to fall over the next couple of years.
 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970968791471283.html

WARNING: This beer should be consumed by someone with a lot of time on their hands. Like, seriously. This was not at all like the beer I chugged over the weekend during a little reminiscent pong action. This was a turn-on-some-light-music, open-a-good-book kind of beer. Indeed, this IPA is among the most extreme of brews–one [...]

Friends-in-beeriness:
My apologies for the absence. I was on vacation, then spent lots of weeknights and weekends coding Perl. But that’s neither here nor there, because it may actually help fund a larger brewery one day…in the mean while, I am happy to report the expansion of my 5-Gallon brewery with a brand new burner! [...]

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Yes, it’s cheap. Yes, it’s from Mexico. Yes, it’s summer in the DC area, and when dining on Tex-Mex, nothing tastes better than a decent Mexican lager like Dos Equis. While my last review was perhaps one of the most full-flavored ales available year-round, it’s time to head back to basics for the wonderfully drinkable [...]

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA has been heralded by Esquire magazine as “perhaps the best I.P.A. in
America.” Without a doubt, it could very well be. While other IPAs are great all-around drinkable–Redhook Longhammer, Lagunitas, and Sierra Nevada come to mind–this is entirely different as it is indeed an Imperial IPA. Genius Sam Calagione devised a [...]

Guys:
 This post is going to take a while to both read and to write. I am still digesting the amount of information I absorbed (and multiple strains of yeast). Let me give you the synopsis of most definitelythe greatest beer event I have ever attended, period. Period. Except for a decent Brew-ha-ha. But you have [...]