Hall of Beers

…or rather a few words, but basically I point out that over the weekend many members of the Fleet rocked out with a bunch of strangers to Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy,” up to and including loud “Hoo! Hoo! Hoos!” and even the lauded “Aye aye yai yaie aye yaie… uh ughn uhuh… uh ughn uHUHuh…” and […]

So… I’m going to add nuts and coffee to my stout’s secondary fermenter. What do you think? You think I’m nuts (ha)? Well… if and when this brau rocks, you can eat those words, Mr./Mrs. You can eat them with a fork! And use your napkin. You have a little—yeah. I think it’s… pasta sauce? […]

My stout is alive and kicking, y’all! OK… our stout, Mrs. Beer. But being as it was likely me who caused the initial yeast-shock-murder, I was ready to take the blame. Anyway, after my fortunate encounter with Sgt. Stout and all of your concern rays beaming into my primary fermenter… along with a carefully suspended […]

Friends… tonight I learn if my batch of stout is headed for glory, or yeast-shock death… send flowers (hop flowers) and beer if the latter, and send beer if the former. Either way, we shall raise beers in celebration or sorrow tomorrow. Or both, just as an excuse to raise more beers. Have a good […]

Friends, for my historic, FIFTIETH post, I thought I’d take a look back… at a few of the beers I’ve drank and mused over in these past few months. Not all of them, as I’m lazy, but… some of them:

Cue the “memory lane” music (whatever that means to you… that’s what I was thinking of. […]

Friends, a wonderful beer-related thing was recently brought to my attention by my Uncle. We’ll call him… Uncle Steinlifter. Yeah, that’s good. Anyway, friends… I cordially invite you to visit:
www.beermapping.com
Awwwwwww yeah. The site, when you first go to it, is a bit intimidating. There’s a lot of info there, because hey… there’s a lot of […]

Hoist a brew in memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Brew Crew and Dear Reader, the Captain certainly hopes you had a lovely and beer soaked Thanksgiving. Now that it’s back to work for all of us, rather than weeping in traffic, let’s reflect on memories of yesterbeer (which is to say yesterweek). Kolonel Tripel and I wandered out into the desert, beards and wacky […]

Friends, today Captain Beer and a few of the HoB Fleet received a very good question from a very good man to ask it, our very own Brigadier Bock! Here’s what was troubling the Brigadier:
So, I bought a 10 dollar bottle of the Chimay blue at Whole Foods, and
to be honest it wasn’t that […]

Friends… this is just a quick note to say that the beer Mrs. Beer and the Cap’n brewed a few weeks back is AWESOME. We brewed a steam-style brau but added a LOT of hops and a bunch of dried cranberries. Not shockingly, the result is a hoppy, floral boqueted brew with a mildly fruity […]