Sadly, tomorrow marks the last official day of the world’s largest folk festival - Oktoberfest. And unfortunately, yet another Oktoberfest has come and gone without me. I vow to make the trek to Munich for this event some day! Until then, I will live vicariously through the stories of others while sipping on some [...]
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The Story Of Oktoberfest-Bier
Posted in Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, Beer Wench, lager, marzen, marzen-bier, oktoberfest beer, oktoberfestbier, the beer wench on Saturday, October 4, 2008 | No Comments »
The Magical “Medicinal” Powers of Hops
Posted in Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, hops, medicine, the beer wench on Thursday, October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hops are most commonly known for giving beer its distinctively bitter taste - a characteristic which no other plant is able to provide. Hops is also a natural preservative.
What most people don’t know is that there are several “medicinal” uses for the hops plant. The word medicinal is in quotations since most hops remedies have [...]
Dogfish Head Brewpub PAR-TAY!
Posted in Beer Review, Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, Beer Wench, bloody mary, brewpub, dogfish head, spirits, the beer wench on Saturday, September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After taking a kick-ass tour and enjoying a tasting flight of beer at the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton - my friend and I made the trek down to the Dogfish Head Brewpub (called DFH Brewing & Eats) in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Along the way we stopped off at an enormous liquor store (whose name [...]
Dogfish Head Brewery Tour
Posted in Beer Review, Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged 120 minute ipa, beer, dogfish head brewery, punkin, the beer wench on Thursday, September 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Where did we last leave off?
Ah yes, now I remember …
Last week I made the bold decision to leave the state of Ohio - never to return again. (Well that is a BIG lie. Being an Ohio State alumni and a wickedly obsessed Buckeye football fan, it is guaranteed that I will return on multiple [...]
Theobroma Update!
Posted in Beer Review, Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, brewpub, dogfish head brewery, the beer wench, theobroma, travel, victory brewing company on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For those of you who are unaware, The Beer Wench is currently in transition - moving from Columbus, OH to Orlando, FL. At this moment, I am sitting in a hotel room in Florence, SC.
The first two days of my travels were extremely exciting! I went on a VIP tour of Victory Brewing Company on [...]
Pinkus Jubilate Organic Dark Lager
Posted in Beer Review, Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, Beer Wench, dark lager, merchant du vin, organic, pinkus brewery, the beer wench on Thursday, September 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The press release below was recently forwarded to me by the Midest Regional Manager for Merchant du Vin. The product is now available in all MdV warehouses.
Merchant du Vin and Pinkus Brewery (Munster, Germany; est. 1816) are pleased to announce that a new Certified Organic dark lager will be available in the US soon: [...]
The Holy Grail For Hopheads
Posted in Beer Review, Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged 120 minute ipa, ale, beer, Beer Wench, dogfish head brewery, IPA, the beer wench on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Okay Kids. It is time to get serious.
REAL serious.
There comes a time in every hophead’s life where the hops cravings become insatiable. Regular IPAs start to taste like light lagers. Double IPAs, Imperial IPAs and Barleywines start to loose their “oomph.”
This insane phenomenon seems to occur about every 4 months throughout the year. This year [...]
The History Of Oktoberfest
Posted in Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged bavaria, beer, Beer Wench, lagers, munich, oktoberfest, oktoberfestbier, spaten, the beer wench on Monday, September 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Boasting an attendance of more than six million people every year, Munich’s Oktoberfest is officially the world’s biggest party.
While several other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event and held on similar dates, none rival the authenticity and grand scale of the original.
Unfortunately, the closest I have ever come [...]
The 45 Million Year Old Beer
Posted in Beer Wench, Beer-ology, tagged beer, Dr. Cano, jurassic park, the beer wench, wheat beer on Monday, September 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the very near future, Fossil Fuels Brewing Company will be releasing the world’s oldest beer -EVER.
Fossil Fuels™ Wheat Beer is being marketed as “The 45 Million Year Old Beer.”
Obviously, man has not been on the earth for 45 millions years. And beer is man-made.
So this raises the question: How the heck can Fossil Fuels™ [...]
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