The Brew SiteIt may well be that “collaboration is the new IBU” in the beer world as noted by @jeffbearer on Twitter, but this is one brewer collaboration that’s worth getting excited about: Sierra Nevada teaming up with Dogfish Head to produce something, well, amazing: This fall independent craft brewers Sierra Nevada … Continue reading
I’m behind on posting a bunch of stuff but I did want to highlight the press release that came in for Shipyard Brewing: the one announcing the latest in their “Pugsley’s Signature Series” line, Smashed Pumpkin. More like “Imperial” Smashed Pumpkin… this monster is 9% alcohol by volume which is … Continue reading
I blogged the blurb about beer in the White House the other day and since then the whole story has been spiraling out of control. It’s ridiculous. Search Google News for “obama beer summit” and you’ll see how out of control and overblown this whole thing is. So I propose … Continue reading
→ To no real surprise, foreign beer is not served at the White House. I have to wonder, though, since Anheuser-Busch, MolsonCoors, and SABMiller are all foreign-owned companies, why are they going to serve Budweiser and Blue Moon? → Sierra Nevada Brewing is going to be releasing one of the … Continue reading
Our San Diego trip was really good, and I managed to squeeze in a few beer things along the way. Actually, that wasn’t hard since my brother is into good beer and Double IPAs these days. Among other things I’ll be blogging about: Visiting Stone Brewing (again) San Diego Brewing … Continue reading
Yes, I fell off the radar there for a few days, and look out, it’s going to happen again: we’re bound for San Diego next week. This weekend was an anniversary weekend, which meant time away with no computer access. One highlight from last week, though: Stan Hieronymus and his … Continue reading
Here’s a little beer-economics gem: Bill at It’s Pub Night has flexed his Javascript chops and written a “Six-Pack Equivalent Calculator” that lets you select what size package someone is selling beer for, and how much, and it will tell you approximately how much you would be paying if you … Continue reading
Not much to blog about that is beer-related tonight, but I just completed a major WordPress upgrade for the blog—so let me know if there’s any weirdness going on.
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a local beer scene roundup here, and I’ve certainly extolled the beer cred of Bend, Oregon, many times before. So let’s take a look. Deschutes Brewery: Coming up on June 20th, they’ve got their annual legendary barrel-aged beer tasting, which for $40 will get … Continue reading
Updating the Press Releases this evening, an a couple of items caught my interest. First, the long-awaited (by me, at least) #3 in the “LTD” series from Full Sail: a Pilsner. I was beginning to wonder since they released 01 and 02 several times. It’ll be available this summer from … Continue reading