Hall of Beers

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. How [...]

 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

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10139682 Utah colleges pushing for ban on beer commercials The Associated Press Article Last Updated: 08/08/2008 12:32:34 PM MDT PROVO – College officials in Utah are among those calling for an end to beer commercials during televised NCAA sporting events.  Representatives from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah State and Southern Utah have signed letters [...]

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! [...]

OK I have to come right out and admit that I have yet to upload the pictures I took of the Eagle Rock Brewery this weekend, so I kind of took or stole or whatever these from their site. Now that the air waves are clear and the Captain can rest easy, here is a [...]

Well… those Belgians got ‘em. I have mixed to no feelings about the reins of Anheuser-Busch being handed off to ImBev. We’re not talking about Sam Adams or Otter Creek or something. We’re talking about a global consortium that will not change a thing about the beers we (well… mostly not I, but many—Jesus that [...]

Afternoon, beervolk. Just a simple, straightforward review of a simple, straightforward beer today. None of my usual odd, byzantine ramblings about obscure, wacked-out beers. You may notice that I recently passed ONE HUNDRED POSTS in the venerable Hall of Beers. I’m not going to make a big deal out of it* or anything. I’m a [...]

Friends, just a quick note today. The Eagle Rock Brewery is opening in, um, well in Eagle Rock. Eagle Rock is, oh, the next town over from mine. A 5 minute drive. So… good luck, brave micro brewers! (I met the son of the father-son founding team at a tasting at the superlative Red Carpet [...]

Gather round children, for I come bearing words of encouragement, rather than disgrace (reference my Apocalypse post of two months ago). As we speak (or rather, as you read the words I previously typed… previous, that is, to right now! Right… NOW!), my freshly-brewed Dunkelweizen is busily bubbling away in the coat closet. I wanted [...]

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 [...]