Hall of Beers

Um. OK. I’ll just post a link to a thorough AP article, but here’s the skinny: Miller is going to start releasing “craft” versions of its Lite beer. There will be a blonde, a wheat and an amber version. I’m intrigued but not… like… I mean it’s wrong. It’s wrong! Here’s the thing—as I’ve said […]

Sometimes a lot of flavor hides behind pale brau, buddy. I’ve had many a Shipyard, but most of them were back in the sylvan days of my East Coast youth. I hadn’t had one in, say, a year. I’ll nary* go so long without one again. This beer is a damn fine balance of crisp-n-refreshing […]

Friends, at first this Captain was skeptical. I mean, Bud Light… mixed with Clamato!? Whoa! Pass the bong, Chip! It took me long enough to embrace the mixing of clam juice and tomato juice in the first place. In fact, I don’t really think clam juice should be a juice one consumes. But, notwithstanding… this […]

We had a lot of folks over on Sunday, friends, including Kolonel Tripel, Brigadier Bock, Admiral Ale, Sergeant Stout and the seldom-heard from Herr Hefeweizen (at least he brought Hefeweizen) and a bevy of other folk. Much food, MUCH drink, and—of course—much good beer. Until the brew ran out. We quickly sent a detachment for […]

It’s a great day, beervolk! Except that I’m at work, so it’s not a great day. But whatever! BEER DAY! Green, many beer Beer Day is here! So hoist a few green braus…

or if you’re like me, regular braus, as I find green beer rather off-putting. I know it’s merely food dye, but still, please […]

Guys: I am not sure what to make of this. I gave my IPA a taste just before bottling. It was both hoppy and reasonably bitter, almost to a point of harshness. Completely understandable–after all, this was a very young IPA.
Fast forward to last night. It’s been in the bottles for a week, and I […]

I can’t believe it. I can’t f%&#ing believe it. I can’t F%&#ING BELIEVE IT!!! They all blew. THEY ALL BLEW! THE WHOLE G%#DAMN CABINET!!!
It is quite possible that I have discovered a source of energy that is renewable, organic, has the potential to free us from the grip of foreign oil, and will get you drunk. […]

Ladies and Gentlemen:
 The General has come out of retirement to brew…an IPA. I went to my parents’ house to grab my old brewing equipment, then headed to myLocalHomeBrewShop for supplies. The guys there were bend-over-backwards great in making sure I had everything I needed (and nothing I didn’t need, which surprised me). If in the […]

Incredible article from the WSJ yesterday…Budweiser is indeed losing its edge. Clearly, one of the best ways to make a ton of cabbage is to bully distributors into exclusive agreements. This is indeed prevalent throughout the nation’s flyover states. Basically, evil Anheuser-Busch crafted an idea way back to have beer distributors sell only their branded […]

I’ve found a wondrous place on the Intraweb where Beer-O-Philes and Brewers like us can unite and talk about beer! It’s called HallofBeers.com! It’s GREAT! OH… and… I also found another place, too:
www.brewingkb.com - check it out friends. A fine place to ask some brewing pros questions before you start shooting (or double yeasting… Kolonel…) […]