Hall of Beers

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 [...]

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 [...]

Friends, ever wonder if that delicious Budweiser you’ve just cracked open is really American? Then go away. Now. One, it’s not delicious. Two… you know little of the beer world. (ImBev mean anything to ya? Maybe a little thing called The Cotton Gin!? Aberdeen!!?? But I digress. And make no sense.)
But there are some good [...]

Folks, The Captain has been sticking to familiar waters lately. Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada and such—beers we have long ago discussed here. I did have a Pliny the Elder on tap on both Thursday and Saturday at the hep and well-tapped (go with it) Verdugo Bar, which I’m sure will become a new haunt.
So [...]

Why, just last Spring I brewed a Blackberry Wheat beer. So either great minds think alike or Jim Koch owes me a sweet piece of this action. No… no… I’m sure it was innocence that created this wonderful (sounding… but I have no doubt) brew.
Take it away, Sam Adams On Tap Newsletter…
2008 Beer Lover’s Choice [...]

Friends, we here in the Hall have started an informal rapport with the good people of the Karl Strauss Brewery (you likely know their Star Gazer IPA, Woody Gold or Red Trolley Ale among others) and I just got an email from them about a holiday beer that sounds like madness. You decide. I mean… I’m gonna try one. [...]

Friends, once again the illustrious team brew team of yours truly and Sergeant Stout teamed up 3 weeks back and brewed up a storm. Or rather two batches of beer. Then last weekend we bottled them… and something wonderful happened… both of our beers… while flat, tepid and not even done with their development (2 [...]

No, I don’t mean that stoopid Coors commercial with that frosty train gimmick. I mean today’s front page article on MSN.com touting the benefits of beer:
“The Boons of Beer” http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100220712&GT1=31036
and this link to another, even better (older) article:
“Beer With Benefits” http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100197361
The latter has a great guide to some top-notch brews, with most of which I [...]

That’s right, in an article about the growing beer culture in the Los Angeles, Eagle Rock Brewery got a shout-out. Why, you could read the article yourself! (And their link is over there down to the right… where the links are… there ya go.)
THE ARTICLE!

 
Well, one would think summer might have drawn to a close by now… I suppose it has, everywhere except Vegas that is, where it continues to hit 85 degrees nearly every ‘effing day. One would think one was in the desert or something. Actually, 85 degrees isn’t all that bad, and the evenings are extremely [...]