The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin, published this week, features a profile of Cold Snap, a pastry stout from Bevel Craft Brewing inspired by Mexican hot chocolate. The basic ingredients for hot cocoa consist of cocoa powder, sugar and milk, and it is typically quite sweet. Mexican hot chocolate, on … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, published last week, reviews a literal pastry stout from Boss Rambler Beer Club—Ocean stRoll, an imperial stout brewed with actual Ocean Roll pastries from Sparrow Bakery. It’s a collaboration beer with Horus Aged Ales of Oceanside, California, and leans heavily into the Ocean Roll’s … Continue reading
I’m over a week behind on posting this (too many other things and blog posts going on as we head into the holiday season), but my latest print article for The Bulletin considers Sugar High, the latest in the tinyHaus series from 10 Barrel Brewing. It’s an imperial pastry stout … Continue reading
The Bruery takes its pastry stouts seriously enough to even have an entire Bakery Series of beers to celebrate them, and the latest release in the series evokes banana nut muffins. It’s named, unsurprisingly, Banana Nut Muffin, and it’s an 8.1% imperial stout brewed with bananas, vanilla, and walnuts, and … Continue reading
Untitled Art is a brewery (beverage company?) based in Wisconsin that not only brews beer but also creates hard seltzers, CBD sparkling water, wine spritzes, and more. All of its beers are essentially limited edition one-offs; the company says: Each month exclusive examples of the most favored beers are created … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, features an exotic wood-aged imperial pastry stout from 10 Barrel Brewing, Soul Candy. It’s a limited-release specialty from the company’s Tiny Haus innovation brewery, and the focus is on the wood—Amburana wood, from Brazil. The latest is Soul Candy, an imperial … Continue reading
Back when craft breweries were just starting to can their beers, Oskar Blues introduced its Ten Fidy Imperial Stout in cans, which I thought was brilliant and quite the novelty. (High gravity imperial stout in a can! No wax-dipped bottle!) These days canning big beers has become much more mainstream, … Continue reading