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May 27, 2010

Shipyard Wheat Ale

Note: this is a review of a promotional sample I received from Shipyard. I’m not the biggest fan of beers brewed with […]

May 24, 2010

Strangford Lough St. Patrick’s Best and Legbiter Ales

It’s not often that I review more than one beer in a single post, but since I drank these on the same […]

May 19, 2010

Tommyknocker Butt Head Bock

I’m not sure what it is about the Tommyknocker beers (perhaps the label art), but, aside from their Imperial Nut Brown, I […]

May 18, 2010

Pike Street XXXXX Stout

Every now and again I get a little nostalgic and peruse the older posts here on The Barley Blog. A couple of […]

May 14, 2010

Undercover Investigation Shut-down Ale

I’ve written more than my fair share of praise for Lagunitas and their products. I have honestly not met a beer of […]

May 12, 2010

Book Review: Brewing With Wheat by Stan Hieronymus

Receiving free beer every now and again is pretty damn cool, but this is the first time I’ve received beer-related literature to […]

May 7, 2010

Sierra Nevade Fritz and Ken’s Ale

Like each and everyone one of you out there, I’ve been eagerly anticipating this four beer 30th Anniversary series from Sierra Nevada […]

May 6, 2010

The Bruery Hottenroth Berliner Weisse

It seems that every time I head into Total Wine lately they have something new from The Bruery. This time around it’s […]

May 3, 2010

Heavy Seas Siren Noire

I’ve had a couple of the Mutiny Fleet beers from Heavy Seas over the past year or so, and was really looking […]

Apr 30, 2010

Nectar Ales Black Xantus

Not only is the hummingbird after which this beer is named quite rare, but the beer itself is pretty damned hard to […]

Apr 23, 2010

Oskar Blues Gubna

Introduced a couple of months ago as a new rotating seasonal release with one of my favorite brews (Ten Fidy), Gubna is […]

Apr 21, 2010

The Bruery Mischief

I’ve had a few Belgian IPAs in my time. They’re a growing favorite of mine and are making a more frequent appearance […]