December 30, 2011
Favorite Beers of 2011
Along with the freshly posted Year In Review, it’s also time to note those brews which stood out over the past twelve months.. In no particular order (chronological in terms of post date perhaps) here are a few of my favorite beers. Please note that some of them were sent to me by breweries or [...]
December 30, 2011
Barley Blog 2011 Year in Review
The past 12 months have absolutely flown by. This year-end post completely snuck up on me, but I think I’ve got everything covered — nerdy site statistics and more. So without further adieu, let’s get into the 2011 year in review. At the time of this post, there were 278 total posts with an average [...]
December 29, 2011
Stone Vertical Epic 11.11.11
I’ve been a big fan of Stone Brewing’s Vertical Epic series ever since first hearing about it back in 2007 — it still burns me that I missed several years in the beginning. The concept is fun and was the main reason I first started cellaring beer. The series may not be a true vertical [...]
December 28, 2011
Flying Dog Releasing New “Brewhouse Rarities” Series in 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 28, 2011 In the words of Hunter S. Thompson, Flying Dog’s new series of limited-edition releases are “too weird to live, too rare to die.” The Brewhouse Rarities series will feature 10 new beers in 2012, each the brainchild of an individual brewer at Flying Dog. The first release, an Imperial [...]
December 28, 2011
DuClaw Oak Aged Black Jack Stout
I picked up this bottle of DuClaw Brewing’s Oak Aged Black Jack Stout a few weeks ago solely on the fact that I’ve liked just about everything these guys have done. I rarely do any sort of research on a beer prior to its purchase (trying to deter any pre-conceived notions brought on by prior [...]
December 27, 2011
St. Sebastiaan Yeast Hoist
Yeast Hoist is a limited run of a Belgian Strong Golden Ale from Brouwerij Sterkens N.V. that features artwork from artist Ron Regé Jr. The beer also features a comic from Regé hanging from the neck of it earthenware neck. I had purchased this bottle along with another from the brewery a couple of weeks [...]
December 22, 2011
Flying Dog Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout
Cujo, the 1983 movie based on a Stephen King novel, scared the living crap out of me as a wee little eight year old. I had nightmares of that ginormous St. Bernard chasing me down and hell-bent on chewing up my innards. Thankfully, Flying Dog’s Imperial Coffee Stout, Kujo, isn’t quite so malevolent or evil. [...]
December 21, 2011
St. Sebastiaan Grand Reserve
Here’s even more evidence (in a long line of well documented cases) where packaging was just too much for me to ignore. I love flip-top bottles. Not so much with regard to enjoying half a beer and saving the rest for later. I don’t have the will power for that. Any bottle with the additional [...]
December 20, 2011
Chapeau Framboise
Winter isn’t really the ideal time to enjoy a fruity lambic, what with the cold and short hours and all. That being said, the weather a couple of weeks ago was warm enough for me to chill out on the deck with this tasty Chapeau Framboise — I beer I know nothing about other than [...]
December 19, 2011
Uerige Sticke
Back in August of 2010 I ran across a rather unique bottle. It was skinny and tall with a resealable flip top — I was drawn to it like a moth to a glowing bug zapper. Thankfully, that Uerige Doppelsticke tasted fantastic and wasn’t just all show. I hadn’t seen much of it since then, [...]
