The Brew Site
It’s seems a bit early for Christmas, but Deschutes Brewery sent me something anyway: three bottles of the 2009 edition Jubelale, their Winter Warmer. And, what might be an exclusive: first pictures(?) of this year’s label, which I haven’t seen anywhere yet. I knew the beer was being brewed, but … Continue reading
The other day this arrived at my door from Deschutes Brewery: Their Black Butte XXI, this year’s anniversary Reserve Series batch of “double” Black Butte Porter. This year’s version is brewed with chocolate beans and coffee, with 20% aged in bourbon barrels. It’s 11% alcohol by volume. And it’s very … Continue reading
Yesterday I received a package from Deschutes Brewery containing three bottles of this year’s Twilight Ale. It’s their summer seasonal and quite a popular one. From the press release: Twilight Ale is a straw-colored ale with a vigorous hop essence and a subtle, wafer-like body that complements the flavor of … Continue reading
Almost no sooner did I write about Redhook’s new Tripel limited release than I receive the bottle I mentioned. It came yesterday, and included a nice bit of glassware. The box came wrapped with gold-embossed red ribbon proclaiming “Redhook Limited Release 2009.” And of course, what’s inside is what counts. … Continue reading
A package came today from Deschutes Brewery, containing their two newest beers in their Bond Street and Reserve Series, respectively: Their Red Chair IPA, and Mirror Mirror Barleywine. Both of these are beers I’m excited about; the Red Chair because I’ve sampled it already and it’s quite good (brewed to … Continue reading
I received a package today containing two new Michelob seasonal/limited releases: Michelob Honey Wheat and Hop Hound Amber Wheat. Both are new to me—in fact, they’re new to everybody: according to the PR letter with the package, they are both part of a "seasonal wheat beer sampler pack launching nationwide … Continue reading
Today I received a promotional beer package containg three bottles of Widmer‘s latest creation, Drifter Pale Ale—the first such package of the year already and it’s only the fifth! (Actually, there was apparently a shipping snafu with UPS, otherwise it would have arrived "last year.") I knew it was on … Continue reading
So I tried making a Black and Tan as per the kit I received with the brolly, and took a video (which is embedded below). As you can see, my B&T making abilities are enormous FAIL, but I thought everyone would get a kick out of it. (Go ahead, point … Continue reading
Just what is a "Brolly", you ask? Well, yesterday I received an unexpected package containing one (and more). As you can see, it’s a package from Bass, which here in the U.S. is distributed by Anheuser-Busch. It’s a handsome wooden box, hinged, and by it’s weight I knew there was … Continue reading
Last week I received a bottle of Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale, Anheuser-Busch‘s (by way of their Michelob craft arm) seasonal Winter Warmer. This is aged on oak staves and vanilla bean, and is 6% alcohol by volume. Here’s their spec sheet that goes with the beer: Introduced: 2005 Beer Style: … Continue reading