I don’t actually remember having Widmer‘s W’06 NW Red Ale, but that’s apparently what their new seasonal Brrr is based on. It’s a 7.2% alcohol in the "Northwest Red" style (although now that it’s a winter seasonal, you’ll see it classified as a Winter Warmer), and you’ll recall that I received three of them. By and large, general reaction to the beer when it first appeared was apathy, or at least "unremarkable." That was the … Continue reading →
Interestingly, my recipe for pumpkin ale from way back in 2004 is the number one result on Google for the search “pumpkin ale recipe”—this time of year I always see the search numbers spike (for good reason). I’ve bragged about this before (yes, I do that from time to time) but I certainly don’t mind pointing to other recipes on the web that sound good. Thus, the posted Pumpkin Spice Ale recipe over on Kegerators.com. … Continue reading →
This is mostly a re-run; I redacted the original press release at the request of the agency that sent it out due to erroneous information. But I’ve since received a six-pack of Newcastle Brown that I’ll be reviewing, and I figure it’s fair to run this updated press release. #1 Imported Ale Partners with Popular Consumer Brands and TV Chef “Sam the Cooking Guy” to Launch a National Grocery Store Campaign Slaving over the bird, … Continue reading →
Going back through the various links and PR that I was sent and didn’t get to for a week while I was Halloween blogging, and I see CHOW has an article on canned beer. It fits nicely with what I was writing about earlier this year when I did Canned Beer Week. It’s a good, informative article that covers the angles. For instance, here’s the history of craft canned beer in a nutshell: A major … Continue reading →
Even though these beers and this type of post isn’t really a Halloween thing, receiving beer is sort of like trick or treating so I thought I’d include them in Halloween Week, what the heck. The first is a six-pack of Newcastle Brown Ale. You may remember I ran the press release a while back about Newcastle’s "Holiday MAN-ual" for apparently clueless men around the holidays. Here’s the beer I received: The MAN-ual excerpt I … Continue reading →
