December 31, 2008
Screaming Heneken Ad
I’m pretty sure this would be my reaction if I were to actually walk into the basement of the pub featured in the last video.
December 30, 2008
Anchor Our Special Ale 2006-2008 Tasting
The Barley Blog turned two at the beginning of this December, marking my foray into documenting my love of craft beer — or rather, just beer in general. This month also marks my first tentative steps into cellaring beer. One of the first brews that I put into the basement was a six pack of [...]
December 30, 2008
Video of #1 Beer Bar’s Cellar
I originally saw this on BeerNews.org late last night, but might as well post it here as well — spread the word and all. The below video highlights the cellar of Ebenezers Pub in Lovell, ME. One look at a single shelf in this cellar is enough to see why BeerAdvocate recently ranked them as [...]
December 23, 2008
The Barley Blog 2008 Year in Review
I meant to do one of these sorts of posts last year after checking out how Al and Ron over at Hop Talk handled their own year in review. I’m a bit of a web stats junkie, constantly checking the latest referrals or traffic numbers, but I’ll be sure to keep this as more of [...]
December 22, 2008
Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner
While I’m a big stout/porter fan, I do have a fondness in my heart for the pilsner. They were and I suppose still are the beer style of choice (Beck’s, St. Pauli Girl, Carlsburg) that could be found in my parents’ fridge. The German variety was essentially my introduction to beer, stealing my first sips [...]
December 22, 2008
Redhook Double Black Stout
I had this one for the first time late last month, but have enjoyed a few bottles since. Redhook first started brewing this one back in 1995, but cut short its production in 2000 — right about the time my beer drinking tendencies started to mature — so I never got an opportunity to sample [...]
December 18, 2008
Beer on TV Tonight
Discovery Channel tonight at 8pm. on “How Stuff Works.” Based on the description of tonight’s show, it looks like it could be interesting: “We talk to the experts, brew masters and beer connoisseurs about how they’re innovating new ways to make beer.”
December 16, 2008
Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout
Now, I’ve had plenty of different brews that used pumpkin in their recipe, but I’m pretty sure that this is the first time I’ve personally seen it used in a stout. I’m pretty sure that I would have picked up this bottle regardless of who brewed it, but knowing that it’s from Cape Ann Brewing [...]
December 11, 2008
Invisible Fence Bud Commercial
This one’s probably pretty old, but I feel anyone that would chase after a Bud truck deserves a little electroshock therapy. I might have to try and find myself one of those remotes. Man, it’s been a while since I posted a video.
December 11, 2008
Harpoon Brewing Expanding Capacity
Just saw this article pop up in one of my news feeds. Harpoon will be installing a couple of new tanks that will end up increasing their capacity by about 20%. Wow.
