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 – all year round. Next week, Flying Dog Brewery’s Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout will be available for purchase year-round with distribution throughout the country. A dry stout brewed with local Rappahannock River Oysters, Pearl [...]
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 Co.’s third beer is upon its fans. Co-owners John ‘Merk’ Merklin and Brian Ciriaco announced today that they are adding yet a third craft beer to their portfolio, Beach Haus® Kick Back Ale [...]
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. I can’t believe that I haven’t picked up any of them in the past 4-5 years. That’s just nutty. I’m not sure what spurred me on to finally pick up a six pack [...]
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 that it is crafted so much in respect to traditional dark Belgian ales as it is moreso a twist on them. Brewed with a variety of barley, wheat malts and flaked oats, Art [...]
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 purchase a bottle. I couldn’t tell you why, there just wasn’t a spark there. Perhaps it was the “official beer of…” disclaimer on it. I didn’t want to get sucked into buying a [...]
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 owners and lawn care professionals everywhere. My single thought upon reading that Magic Hat’s Pistil is brewed with the flower’s petals? “Revenge is mine!” And how appropriate then that I fully enjoyed this [...]
April 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 of the leaves, stems and branches a dangerous level of cyanide could potentially build up in your system. The berries, however, appear to be safe to eat. At least that’s what the Internets [...]
April 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 been enjoying the brewery’s IPA (then un-named) at local restaurants on tap over the past year or so, but to finally be able to purchase it easily at the grocery and take it [...]
April 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 to be seen — but it drinks like it’s already been cellared for a good while. The beer has an aged character to it’s flavor profile. There isn’t a cardboard flavor or anything [...]
April 24, 2012
Gouden Carolus Easter Ale
There are very few things that I love more than a glass of anything from Belgium’s Brouwerij Het Anker — proprietors of the Gouden Carolus brand. From their classic Tripel to their oh-so-cellerable Cuvée Van De Keizer Blauw, the company makes, hands down, some of my most favored products. So, needless to say, it was [...]
