Bison Organic Honey Basil Ale This beer pours an amber-orange color with a thin white head. The aroma is slightly malty with a hint of the honey. The basil emerges in the flavor profile. It is a background note that comes forward, then reverses itself. This is a smooth drinker. Dogfish Head Sah’tea The brewery... View Article
For the first six millennia of mankind’s “relationship” with beer, brewers were more like chefs than they have been during the last 500 years.
Avery Quinquepartite: Latin for “consisting of five parts,” Quinquepartite is a barrel-aged sour ale blended from beers aged in five oak barrels in the Avery cellars, two cabernet sauvignon barrels, along with port, chardonnay and zinfandel barrels. The beer pours a golden orange color with a thin white head. The beer has an attractive citrus... View Article
If you had two hard-to-find great beers in your fridge right now, would you consider mixing them together to create an entirely new brew? What if they were vintage beers you could not replace?
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye: This 8 percent alcohol by volume brew uses 18 percent rye. The beer pours a bright cherry wood color with a creamy thick tan head. Plenty of piney hops in the nose. The flavor is a solid 90 IBU hop bomb. Good amounts of spice and a malt base that... View Article
Nature has a way of taking care of our needs and balancing things out. Take grains. Certain grains, such as barley for instance, are great for making beer. Others, such as corn, are better suited for breakfast cereal. Rye makes great whiskey, while rice makes excellent sushi. And wheat makes delicious bread.
Deschutes Hop in the Dark Cascadian Dark Ale: After 22 test batches at their pubs in Bend and Portland, OR, the brewers at Deschutes settled on the final recipe. Hop in the Dark is part of the brewery’s Bond Street Series and uses Cascade, Amarillo, Citra and Centennial hops, with a blend of oats, dark,... View Article
This is the type of beer that will confuse your senses. Jet black like a tropical stout, with the aroma of Pacific Northwest pale ale. Do you trust your eyes or do you believe your nose? Upon further review, and your first gulp, you realize that this is something different.
Brooklyn Oktoberfest: Thick, rocky head. Dark amber color. Malty notes at the start, roasty touches and a nice hop note in the finish. A very well built beer and a classic example of the best of this style. Cottonwood Pumpkin Ale: This North Carolina ale has plenty of spice throughout. The pumpkin is in the... View Article
