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Jan 8, 2010

Victory Yakima Twilight

Let’s start this one off with the most obvious statement I can make about Victory’s Yakima Twilight. The beer contained within this […]

Jan 7, 2010

Founders Curmudgeon

It seems like 2009 was the year of Founders in my household with four new beers from the brewery showing up in […]

Jan 6, 2010

2009 Anchor Our Special Ale

If there’s one beer I religiously look forward to each December, it would be Anchor Brewing’s seasonal Our Special Ale. It’s a […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

Dec 18, 2009

Stone Cali-Belgiƫ IPA

Apparently, Stone Brewing decided to label half of the bottles for this brew with a nod to Dutch-speaking Belgians (I got this […]

Dec 16, 2009

Karl Strauss Fullsuit

I don’t surf. Never have. So the name “Fullsuit” initially lead me to believe the theme of this beer was poker related. […]