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Jan 6, 2010

Bavaria Commercial Spoof

Everyone remembers that Heineken commercial, right? Apparently, Bavaria did their own version of the advertisement sometime last year that is pretty funny.

Jan 4, 2010

Leinenkugel 1888 Bock Returns for New Year

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (Dec. 22, 2009) – The New Year is bringing with it the return of Leinenkugel’s 1888 Bock – brewed […]

Jan 4, 2010

Aspall Cuvee Chevallier

Over the past 10 years or so, the traditional New Years festivities for my wife and I have been to crack open […]

Jan 2, 2010

The Session #35: New Beer’s Resolutions

I’m a day late to this month’s installment of The Session, but better late than never. Hosted by The Beer Chicks, the […]

Dec 31, 2009

De Proef Witte Noire

De Proef’s Witte Noire is not only another sample received from SBS Imports, it’s also cocreated by the SBS’ own Alan Shapiro. […]

Dec 31, 2009

Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf

I bought this bottle along with one of its lesser potent brothers earlier in the month. While the first brew was an […]

Dec 30, 2009

Best Beers of 2009

After writing up the 2009 year in review last night, I began to think of the many brews that I had enjoyed […]

Dec 30, 2009

The Barley Blog 2009 Year in Review

Keeping with tradition, it’s time for a little review of this past year on The Barley Blog. This was a busier than […]

Dec 29, 2009

De Proef Van Twee

This latest collaboration in the Signature Ale line from De Proef also arrived along with the bottle of Batemans Rosey Nosey. This […]

Dec 29, 2009

Batemans Rosey Nosey

The shipment of beer that this complimentary bottle of Batemans Rosey Nosey (sent from Alan Shapiro from SBS Imports) was supposed to […]

Dec 23, 2009

Karl Strauss To The 9’s

Shortly after receiving the press release for Karl Strauss’ Winter Seasonal To the 9’s, a 22oz bottle arrived in the mail from […]

Dec 21, 2009

Clipper City Heavy Seas Yule Tide

I’m a big fan of just about everything that Clipper City has put out in their Heavy Seas line. Yule Tide, however, […]