American Blonde Ale with Lactose & Coffee - Wiley Roots Brewing Company Things I enjoy in the heat of the summer? Iced coffee. When I found out that Wiley Roots was releasing a blonde ale that featured cold steeped coffee it had to be mine. Add in the noble hops, lactose and the fact that... Continue Reading →
The Avery Invitational For the most part - we love change - however, when we heard that Avery was canceling the Strong Ale Fest and Sour Fest and replacing it with one singular festival - we freaked out. How could two of our favorite and most unique festivals be replaced? Lesson learned? Never underestimate Avery... Continue Reading →
Radler - Left Hand Brewing Company If you know me at all - you know one of my true quests in life is to find truly exquisite crushable beers for the hot summer months that have already arrived. Clearly, my friend Debi (shouts to Debi) understands it which is why she surprised me at work... Continue Reading →
Ale Aged in Oak Tanks - Holy Mountain Brewing If you drink craft beer - if you search out the best - you are at some point bound to stumble upon Holy Mountain Brewing out of Seattle. Without having ever visited the brewery you can still tell there's a certain attitude that surrounds it. The... Continue Reading →
Officially or unofficially most people think of cold weather when they think of dark beers. We know, by the way, that dark beer is an incredibly vague and inappropriate term but we didn't want our title to drag on for days. So to clarify and be perhaps more politically correct we will dig into the exact... Continue Reading →
Double IPA - Odd13 Brewing As you know I don't believe in lying so I am not even going to pretend for a minute that the reason I drove to Odd13 on a Sunday when I spent the Friday before camping out for the Cerebral release was for this beer. If you know me well... Continue Reading →
There is a certain period in your life when you can expect a theme party - it's a little time and place we call college. Not only is acceptable to throw theme parties in college, it's a requirement. I hosted a few epic shindigs in my day - my favorite was probably the Rock Star party... Continue Reading →
Wild Ale Fermented in Oak with Second-use Raspberries & Blueberries - Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Once upon a time, I was quite the wine drinker - I dabbled in white, red and anything that included bubbles. About four years ago that all ended. Don't get me wrong I still very much love a good... Continue Reading →
We want to start this piece by thanking the wonderful team at Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales for giving us the chance to talk beer and visit the new secondary facility. As a beer nerd who frequents the brewery, it was also an amazing personal experience. We don’t like to get too sentimental but... Continue Reading →
We have been drinking beers together for almost a year and a half and in that span of time, I feel like we have gotten to know each other pretty well. I will be honest, you've gotten to know me a bit better but that's only because I haven't run into everyone at a brewery... Continue Reading →
Hard 12 Brews 