(Press Release) ESCONDIDO, CA—What happens when a rabid beer geek and a passionate homebrewer get together to brew? Well, in 1996, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner started Stone Brewing Co., that’s what. Okay, here’s another one…what happens when, 17 years later, ...
Dolores River Brewing Co. Dolores, CO Named for the Totonac people of Mexico, credited as the first to cultivate vanilla by hand-pollinating the vanilla orchid. A stout brewed with flaked oats and conditioned with whole bourbon vanilla beans. ABV 6.8 ...
Elevation Beer Co. Poncha Springs, CO Oil Man is aged in Breckenridge Distillery bourbon barrels. The beer is part of Elevation’s Double Black Diamond series, which features “extremely complex barrel-aged beers.” ABV: 11 ABW: 8.8 COLOR: 40 BITTERNESS: 50 ORIGINAL ...
Cathedral Square Brewery St. Louis, MO This imperial stout boast a chocolate, malty backbone with a dry, hoppy finish that complements its balance. ABV: 10.0 ABW: 8.0 COLOR: 57 BITTERNESS: 110 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1074 AVAILABLE: IL, KS, MO, NE...
Samuel Smith’s Brewery Tadcaster, UK [Imported by Merchant du Vin, Tukwila, WA] Water from the original brewery well, sunk in 1758, is still used. Fermented in open-topped vessels made of stone (slate) known as Yorkshire Squares. Certified Organic by UK Soil Association ...
Stout evokes images of the bitter black and mysterious ale synonymous with Ireland. The Emerald Isle may indeed be famous for the inky drink, a style the Irish brought to the forefront two centuries ago, but most stouts today are ...
I’m really not much of a gambler and, no, I’m not talking about schwarzbiers. Porters and stouts are the topic in this piece, friend. OK, porters aren’t as black as stouts and still show some hints of deep ruby, but ...
The addition of adjunct grains to beer can be a target of both scorn and praise. Macrobrewers’ use of corn or rice, though originally practiced out of necessity, is ridiculed by craft-beer lovers. On the other hand, history has shown ...
There’s an old saying in England that when the ravens leave the Tower of London, the monarchy will fall. Is there, I wonder, a similar maxim in Ireland when sales of Guinness slump: the Blarney Stone turning to dust, perhaps?...
