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Sep 20, 2008

T-Shirt: Hop Zombie

Much like your standard zombie, a hop zombie has an insatiable hunger for one thing, and one thing only — hops. They […]

Sep 17, 2008

Bell’s Cherry Stout

The Apocalypse must be upon us. It just has to be. I mean, how the hell could I not like a stout? […]

Sep 10, 2008

The Bartender Hates You

I’ve seen a few of these “The Bartender Hates You” clips and they’ve always given me a chuckle. This one, however, is […]

Sep 8, 2008

A Small Pumpkin Patch – 2008 Edition

Last year I reviewed a small batch of pumpkin-brewed seasonals. I think I’m going to try and make this an annual event […]

Sep 5, 2008

Coney Island Albino Python

The Albino Python is the second beer from the new Coney Island line of beers out of Shmaltz Brewing. While the Sword […]

Sep 5, 2008

…And Frank is So Well Behaved

I’m a firm believer that adding monkeys to any promotional campaign is guaranteed to sell products — or at least make me […]

Sep 5, 2008

Session #19 – Deutsches Bier

I need to pay attention to my own blog announcements — I forgot that today was Session #19. Well, I didn’t really […]

Sep 2, 2008

Cellar Update

As regular visitors may know I threw myself on a strict diet when it came to purchasing beers for longer term storage […]

Sep 2, 2008

Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic

I got into the Stone Vertical Epic series a bit late, starting with last year’s 07.07.07, but that doesn’t mean I’m not […]

Aug 30, 2008

Session #19 Reminder

Time has been flying by so quickly lately that I nearly forgot all about next month’s Session. It seems as though work […]

Aug 18, 2008

Stoudt’s Double IPA

I’ve been on an IPA kick of sorts in the old homestead the past couple of weeks. Near perfect August weather will […]

Aug 13, 2008

Coney Island Sword Swallower

Most of the Shmaltz Brewing beers that I’ve had in the past have been through their He’brew line of products. This is […]