Articles Posted in the Beer Evaluations Category
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LIFE & LIMB BEER DINNER
I recently had one of the most amazing beer experiences of my life. No I’m not talking about the beer — which was amazing. Or the food — which was also outstanding. I’m referring to the opportunity to meet both Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head, and Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada. And let [...]
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Great Lakes Brewing Christmas Ale
During a recent visit to Milwaukee for the Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference, I had the honor of meeting Patrick F. Conway, owner of the Great Lakes Brewing Company. Once upon a time, I had a 6 year stint in Ohio. I moved to Ohio from NY to attend THE (yes THE) [...]
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Cooking With Beer: Gingerbread Ale & Butternut Squash Soup
I love to cook with beer. In my opinion, any recipe that calls for water, stock or broth can easily be replaced with beer. I love to steam rice and couscous in beer. It adds so much flavor. Whenever I come across a spiced beer, fruit beer or specialty beer — the wheels in my [...]
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ORVAL Vertical Tasting
Recently, I was given a rare opportunity to taste a vertical of ORVAL vintages. The 3 different vintages included: April 2009 –> 5 months old May 2007 –> 1 year nine months old October 2002 –> 7 years old The 7 year Orval was probably the “oldest” beer that I’ve tasted. I found it rather [...]
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Keweenaw – Craft Beer In a Can
Some of you may have noticed the recent trend in the craft brew industry towards packaging (craft) beer in cans. Until about five years ago, putting craft beer into cans was taboo. But times, they are a changing. Dale Katechis, the brewery owner of Oskar Blues Cajun Grille and Brewery in Lyons, CO., pioneered the [...]
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A Taste of Two Brothers Brewing Co.
During a recent trip to Milwaukee, I had the opportunity to attend the 3rd Annual World Beverage Retailer Showcase, which was co-hosted by Beechwood Distributors Inc. and GreatBrewers.com at the Harley Davidson Museum. While at the trade show, I visited the Two Brothers Brewing Co. table and Christian was kind enough to tell me a bit about the [...]
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A Tastin’ of Texas Brews
After two amazing beer nights in New Orleans, my traveling companion (Shana) and I decided to “take a break” from beer for a night of vino with the authors of Another Wine Blog in Houston, TX. Another Wine Blog is the brainchild of Amy and Joe, a husband-wife team dedicated to wine, food and home-brewing. [...]
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“Underground” In NOLA Day TWO
In my last post, I noted that NOLA is not particularly known for its beer bars. There are a handful of decent beer bars and only one or two that have noteworthy beer lists. The poses a predicament for the local beer geeks. Frequenting the same bars over and over can get rather old fast. [...]
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Ales of the American Revolution
My father is a big American history buff. He is also obsessed with researching our family’s genealogy. Recently, my father revealed that my sister and I are “Daughters of the American Revolution.” Technically, I am not an official DAR yet – because I have not officially activated my membership. However, according to the National Society [...]
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Amarcord Birra Artigianale’s LA TABACHERA
It is no secret that my geekiness extends far beyond the realm of beer. And I think that most of the people reading this blog understand what I am talking about. (Craft beer enthusiasts tend to walk to the beat of a different drum.) I am definitely not a vanilla person. (Unless we are talking about putting [...]
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