By Sergeant Stout on Jun 30, 2008 in Brew Reviews | 1 Comment
So it’s about time the Sarge came back with a good ole stout…in time for summer, no less.
Folks, let’s have a quick word about stouts. We know they’re ales made from roasted barleys, some good noble hops and yeast, but as I’ve indicated before, most microbreweries have compromised their craft to appease a wider audience’s […]
By Sergeant Stout on May 20, 2008 in Brew News | 0 Comments
What better way to, er, complete the beer drinking experience?
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1967155420080519
Sorry, You Are Out of Ammo…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named ‘Place to Pee’, which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals.
Werner Dupont, a software developer, and Bart Geraets, an electrical […]
By Sergeant Stout on Apr 23, 2008 in Rants | 3 Comments
I can’t quite muster the courage to effectively write this post. Last night, at approximately 0230 PST, a loud, wet sort of pop announced the end of a hefeweizen that had barely begun. Brewed on Friday, the OG was solid at 1.042, the color was an even, red earthy base with a mighty amber froth. Hell, […]
By Sergeant Stout on Apr 20, 2008 in Brew Reviews | 3 Comments
It began with a late night conversation five weeks ago with General German.I had just finished an IPA, bottled it only days before, and I was pondering what the next brew-to-be was on my list. The good General suggested I visit the podcasting of basicbrewing.com. Good chaps they are, gents who brew and chat […]
By Sergeant Stout on Apr 11, 2008 in Brew News | 6 Comments
Je-SUS.
The Sarge cannot even BELIEVE this. It’s got my heart racing so much that I need a beer- if I could still AFFORD ONE IN THIS STATE. PRAY this doesn’t pass!
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8888028?source=rss
Higher state tax on beer?
ASSEMBLYMAN BEALL PROPOSES BIG INCREASE
By Mike Zapler
Mercury News Sacramento Bureau
Article Launched: 04/11/2008 01:34:17 AM PDT
SACRAMENTO - Joe Six-pack will have […]
By Sergeant Stout on Feb 22, 2008 in Brew Reviews | 4 Comments
Ah, Bill Bill Bill….Not a sonnet nor Lady Macbeth can tame this dark $7 black tar of Gehenna! T’was a mighty dagger I saw before me whence I traversed the Food of Whole to find ye, O pitchmead from the House of William! Yeah, it was a dark, evil-tasting beer. Here’s what I thought.
By Sergeant Stout on Feb 7, 2008 in Rants | 1 Comment
After 13 days of uncertainty after bottling, I finally cracked this sergeant’s homebrewed IPA. Thank God all is well. Review to come!
By Sergeant Stout on Jan 16, 2008 in Brew Reviews | 5 Comments
You know, you’ve gotta hand it to those monks. Not only to they baer the burden of copying bibles and praying for our sins, but they also furrow their brows constantly over the great responsibility of keeping the clergy and laypeople alike smashed at all times. Enter the ultimate Triple Belgian Style Ale: Maredsous Triple […]
By Sergeant Stout on Jan 10, 2008 in Rants | 2 Comments
My birthday’s in five short months!!!
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=26454
By Sergeant Stout on Dec 12, 2007 in Brew Reviews | 1 Comment
Ah, those Belgians. They just couldn’t let a thing like beer stay with the common folk, could they? They just couldn’t keep things ordinary, even banal, when it came to precious beer. Enter a true champagne of beers: Malheur Biére Brut Reserve!