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2012 Archive

May 8, 2012

Brooklyn Lager

This sample of Brooklyn Brewery’s Lager is one of three newly canned products from the company that arrived last week. The East […]

May 7, 2012

Brooklyn Brewing East India Pale Ale

The other day I received a package from New York’s Brooklyn Brewery. I had totally forgotten or missed the news that the […]

May 6, 2012

Odell Brewing Announces Thornbridge Collaboration

Press Release Pond Hopper – A Brewmance Odell Brewing and Thornbridge Brewery create transatlantic collaboration brew Fort Collins, CO. – On June […]

May 4, 2012

Flying Dog Helping to Restore Chesapeake Bay

Flying Dog Brewery Offering Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout Year-Round to Benefit Oyster Recovery Partnership Drink beer and restore the Chesapeake Bay – […]

May 4, 2012

East Coast Brewing Announces Kick Back Ale

Press Release Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (May 2nd, 2012) – The much-anticipated launch of the New Jersey Shore-based East Coast Beer […]

May 4, 2012

Sam Adams A Dark Night in Munich

Wow. It’s been a looooong time (2007 in fact) since I last indulged in one of Boston Beer Company’s LongShot variety packs. […]

May 3, 2012

Ommegang Art of Darkness

Created as an homage to brewing’s “dark arts,” this latest limited offering from Ommegang certainly is dark, but I’m not so sure […]

May 2, 2012

Starr Hill Monticello Reserve Ale

I’d seen Starr Hill’s Monticello Reserve Ale on the shelves over the past year or so, but never felt the urge to […]

May 1, 2012

Magic Hat Pistil

The unassuming dandelion. That little, yellow flower dotting yards across the country. The bane — and eternal enemy — of all home […]

Apr 30, 2012

Magic Hat Elder Betty

I can’t say that I’ve every tried an elderberry before. A quick Wikipedia perusal lets me know that if you ingest enough […]

Apr 27, 2012

Devils Backbone Eight Point IPA

You have no idea how excited I was to see six packs of Devils Backbone products in my local Harris Teeter. I’ve […]

Apr 26, 2012

Mikkeller Big Worse

I’m not entirely sure when this bottle of Mikkeller Big Worse was actually brewed — there was no bottling or vintage stamp […]