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November 2008 Archive

Nov 30, 2008

Future Cicerone in the Making

Often, when taking notes on a beer that I’m unfamiliar with or enjoying for the first time, I’ll find myself missing things […]

Nov 24, 2008

Dirty Jobs: Hop Harvesting

Jay Brooks reminds us that the hop harvesting segment of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs airs tomorrow night. Set your TIVOs now.

Nov 21, 2008

Pike Brewing Company Releases Pike Entire Wood-Aged Stout

I don’t normally normally regurgitate press releases that I receive, but I had to make an exception on this one (an may […]

Nov 18, 2008

InBev Takeover of AB Final

Well, it’s officially official now. The new company will be referred to as Anheuser-Busch InBev and is now one of the top […]

Nov 13, 2008

Session #22 Announced

The next Session has been announced and will be hosted by 21st Amendment Brewery. On December 5th be prepared to answer: “What […]

Nov 12, 2008

A-B Shareholders Approve Merger

Anheuser-Busch shareholders voted earlier today to approve the takeover by InBev.

Nov 12, 2008

Shipyard Imperial Porter

Beer rocks. Free beer rocks harder. This one came via UPS last week and I’ve been itching to crack it open ever […]

Nov 12, 2008

Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor

I’m a huge fan of just about ever beer to come out of Brouwerij Het Anker. Their Gouden Carolus Tripel is one […]

Nov 7, 2008

The Session #21: Your Favorite Beer

Don’t forget that today is the first Friday of November and that means it’s time for The Session. Our gracious host has […]

Nov 5, 2008

Shipment from Shipyard

So, the UPS guy just left a few minutes ago and I’m pretty damned stoked right about now.   Above is my […]

Nov 3, 2008

2007 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

To put it bluntly, I’m a huge World Wide Stout fan boy. I love this stuff. A lot. I’ve been holding onto […]

Nov 3, 2008

Name That Beer Label

A little Monday morning fun to get the week started. I scored an 89%… stupid O’Douls…