Alaskan Brewing Co. Birch Bock
Birch syrup? As a kid I tapped maple trees and boiled the sap to make a syrup for pancakes. There’s something of that texture in this beer....
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Boulder Beer Company Mojo Risin’ Double IPA
So, Boulder Beer Company takes their IPA, puts it on steroids, and has us thinking about LA Woman?...
Samuel Adams Latitude 48
I had to laugh when I pulled this treat out of the beer fridge. The master of the German lager, the brewery that carried the craft beer revolution into places it hadn’t seen, the guys that taught the world about ...
Deschutes Brewery Hop In The Dark Cascadian Dark Ale
The few, the very few, who follow what I write know my partiality for Deschutes Brewery beers. ...
Deschutes Brewing Red Chair NWPA
One of my all time favorite breweries – Deschutes – consistently makes beers with a very subtle house profile....
Smuttynose Brewing Co. Farmhouse Ale
Saisons are a complex beer style....
Bell’s Brewery Consecrator Doppelbock
Doppelbocks are one of the beer styles that got me hooked on specialty beers – they are the steak beers of the beer world....
Victory Brewing Company Golden Monkey
My first intro to Golden Monkey happened a few years ago when owner Bill Covaleski poured me one during a visit to Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA....
Smuttynose Brewing Company Really Old Brown Dog Ale
If you haven’t been to Portsmouth, NH, you have missed a special micro beer culture....
Deschutes Brewery Jubelale
I nearly despise Southern summers. The heat and humidity just gets to me. Yet I know salvation is on hand when Jubelale shows up from Deschutes Brewery. Several years ago while president of the Brewers Association, I had the good ...
