Oh the schwarzbier…  This is an under appreciated style that I happen to love.   Roasted malts, even a bit of chocolate and hazelnut – really smooth and delicious.  Plus it’s in a swing top bottle and you know how that gets me all excited.  It doesn’t take much.
Brewed by the folks over at Kulmbacher Brauerei [...]

From the elusive Lawson’s Finest Liquids of Vermont, the Chinooker’d IPA is an atomic hop bomb – and that bomb’s name is Chinook.  This is Lawson’s award winning single hop IPA – with that single hop being Chinook for the slower readers out there.  Chinook hops are not for everyone, especially me – but Amy [...]

There is a time and place for everything.  Even PBR.  In the can.
For me the time was about 1:45am and the place was a dive bar with good music where I was offered a “stimulus package”, including a shot of old crow and a can of PBR for $5.
Pabst apparently won a ribbon for this [...]

Being we are having a very Duvel week, I figured I would continue with a review of the original duvel.  While I had admittedly not tried this beer in some time – the Duvel Green event gave me the welcome kick in the ass to revisit the original.
I have no idea why I don’t go-to [...]

So what makes this duvel Green?  I actually wish they hadn’t named it “Green” as it gives the impression that they are just jumping on the “green” bandwagon like so many others.  Which is a shame becasue in all honesty, this beer is awesome.
Of course, I am biased here as I tend to love Ommegang’s [...]

Boont Amber Ale, it’s “bahl hornin’”.  That’s what it says on the label.  Turns out these yocals are so far removed from civilization that they created their own language to fuck with the yuppies from L.A.   At least they can make beer.
The Amber Ale is solid.  Carmel and roasted malt, offset with some subtle aroma [...]

A Belgian style stout, the Allagash Black is something delightfully different.  It pours black in color (bet you didn’t see that coming) and has a slight light tan head.  Packaging is sleek and sexy (i do love a cork and cage).   Tastes of chocolate, burnt coffee and a clearly Belgian style yeast.  Full flavored [...]

A British IPA.   Kind of an oxymoron.  While Britan may have their share of scary looking talent,  they are the William Hung of hoppy beers.  Historically I would think that British IPAs would be hoppy – after all the origin of the style itself would lead you to believe that the first IPAs [...]

Alright, as you know I am usually a session beer guy.   That’s why my ratings favor good session brews. But I never turn down a beer suggestion from a professional, and so when the barkeep sent me a Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, I happily obliged.
Far from a session beer, this beer is the extreme [...]

I was the driver on our most recent trip south to the Moan and Dove.  I allowed myself only one beer.  Considering I was only having one beer I reviewed my choices very carefully.  I wanted to try something I had not had before and I was hoping to be knocked off my bar stool [...]

Considering this was one of the cheapest beers on the menu, I had expectations as low as my budget for the night.   Those expectations weren’t improved when the first bottle poured flat (but the great bartender at the M&D dumped it out and opened another).  In the end,  I was pleasantly surprised to find that [...]

I love the name of this beer.  Amy on the other hand just plain loved the beer in general. And no, she didn’t really drink it out of the bottle.  (at least that’s what she told me to say)
Hop Stoopid is a big ole west coast beer, which despite what I thought is not in [...]

I am not sure who Erik is, or if he was in fact a short fat man  – but what I am certain of is that he is bitter and a bit dry.
As a matter of fact, Erik here was a bit drier than I would like.   A little bit smoky and some flavor of [...]

Believe it or not I had never tried Racer 5 before.  I have actually tried a couple of solid clones of this beer thanks to one of the Masholes; but never let him know that I had no idea what he was cloning.   Now that I have tried the original, I see why he is [...]