Pick 8 - Not 6 We almost went with Pick 6 but the way the Broncos season has been going that felt like inviting even more bad luck. Besides the four-pack is dominating the beer scene right now and it's easy enough to bring two of them. Whenever we get invited to tailgate whether it's... Continue Reading →
Location: Denver (less than 5 minutes from Five Points and RiNo) The Scene: I had seen beers, posts and crowler pictures from all sorts of people as soon as this place opened downtown. The back of the bar looked awesome and people were raving about the beers. I finally found a time to get down... Continue Reading →
Porter Styles vary from American to English and from there the combinations of malts and additions to the brew are endless. For our homebrewed Porter review we are going to use the description from the box as a baseline. "A classic dark ale featuring specialty grains. A nice, hoppy character is balanced well against this... Continue Reading →
In our last homebrewing post I was wavering between brewing a Porter or a Stout, ultimately the Porter won. I went this direction for two reasons, both of which may have nothing to do with the actual outcome of the beer. One, I have heard from other homebrewers that this is a fairly easy style... Continue Reading →
Over GABF week Meg and I both went to a Cicerone based off-flavor tasting course at Epic Brewing. The focus of the course was to compare the six most common off-flavors to a control and learn why these can happen during the brewing process. This isn't the first off-flavor course I have taken but it... Continue Reading →
Hard 12 Brews 