February 3, 2012
Flying Dog Wildeman Farmhouse IPA
Flying Dog has always made good, craft beer, but it seems that the past couple of years has seen the brewery up the ante on their craftsmanship and quality — not to mention willingness to expand outside of their safety zone. The brewery’s latest year-round release, Wildeman, was first brewed to celebrate the 25th anniversary [...]
February 2, 2012
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale is the first ale to be produced by Spoetzl Brewery in its 100+ year existence. It’s also the first time I’ve ever had anything from the brewery other than their bock. The 5.7% ABV American Pale Ale uses US Golding and Bravo hop varieties throughout the brewing process, as well [...]
February 1, 2012
Karl Strauss 23rd Anniversary Old Ale
Aging beer in retired bourbon barrels isn’t anything new. In fact, within the confines of this site you’ll find plenty of reviews for a variety of such beers including stouts, porters, IPAs and barleywines. This, however, will be my first Old Ale that’s matured in any sort of barrel. And aged it has been. Karl [...]
January 31, 2012
Newcastle Founders’ Ale
There was a time (many moons ago) back in college when all I drank was Newcastle Brown Ale. As a student prone to be as thrifty as possible with what little cash I had, I usually resorted to ingesting mass quantities of macro-lagers, but once I tried my first nutty, malty Newcastle that all changed. [...]
January 30, 2012
Le Bilboquet L’Archange
I don’t know why I purchased this bottle of Le Bilboquet L’Archange — a 5% ABV Hefeweizen. It’s not the right season for it, nor am I even a fan of the style. I suppose I may have been seduced by the tasty La Corriveau that the brewery also produces. Then again, maybe I was [...]
January 27, 2012
Victory Otto
When I picked up this bottle of Victory Brewing’s Otto back in December I was under the impression that it was their attempt at your standard Rauchbier (smoked beer) and had put it aside for when I was really in the mood for one — which I have been in more often lately for some [...]
January 26, 2012
Bison Brewing Gingerbread Ale
It’s been quite some time since I’ve had a beer from Bison Brewing and, after spying this Gingerbread Ale on the shelf last month, I knew it was time to revisit the brewery. Much like pumpkin ales are appropriate for cool Autumn evenings, the thought of gingerbread cookies as snow falls outside was more than [...]
January 25, 2012
Le Bilboquet La Corriveau
At first, it was the bottle artwork that intrigued me. Then I remembered the run of really tasty brews from Quebec that I’ve enjoyed over the past twelve months. Well, this 5.5% ABV Oatmeal Stout from Le Bilboquet is another notch in the belt of small Quebec breweries. I also don’t know how or why [...]
January 23, 2012
La Citrueille Celeste De Citracado
I’ve had a few of Stone Brewing’s recent collaborative releases the past year or so. This latest combined effort sees forces from Stone Brewing, The Bruery and Elysian Brewing coming together to craft one of the more interesting pumpkin ales I’ve had. This 5% ABV effort is brewing with a variety of malts (honey and [...]
January 20, 2012
Avery Brewing The Beast Grand Cru
Much like Avery Brewing’s Mephistopheles’ Stout, this Belgian Grand Cru (appropriately named The Beast) is just flat out mean. This 16.83% ABV brew packs a wallop and is not for the faint of heart or faith. Delivering hints of rum, dark fruit and honey, among other flavors, the beer is meant to be enjoyed slowly, [...]
