Exercise restraint with the Saint

October 4th, 2006 by Andy On a recent trip down to Houston I had the pleasure of trying, what turned out to be, a phenomenal beer. I had never even heard of the Saint Arnold Brewing company when I decided to try their Amber Ale; however, within one sip I was comfortable these brewers were […]

Oompa Loompa Doompa Dee Do

November 19th, 2006 by Kevork Released in June 1986, True Blue was Madonna’s third album. More importantly, it is a seasonal beer from Bar Harbor Brewing Company. With a smell of fresh blueberry pie, I was suprised by this ale’s crisp taste. I was expecting overwhelming blueberries, but it’s a delicious, well balanced brew. True […]

A killer whale of an ale

December 2nd, 2006 by Andy On a recent trip out west, I had the pleasure of enjoying a few beers from the venerable Alaskan Brewing Company, who beer snobs the world over admire for their celebrated Smoked Porter. On this particular occasion, I had the opportunity to sample the brewery’s Summer Ale and I am […]

What a neat wheat

December 3rd, 2006 by Andy I’m not normally a fan of wheat beers due to a sharpness I find in their taste from time to time. In fact, when I first tasted the Struise Witte from Belgium’s Noordhoek Ostrich Farm (yes, you read that correctly, this brewery is an Ostrich farm) I was a bit […]

If I had a time machine…

December 31st, 2006 by Kevork I might travel back in time to a truly important event. The bottling of J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 1997. You see then I would be able to tell what it tasted like fresh. I say that because I received a true gift from a friend at Finewine.com. Today, on the […]

Don’t knock the Eisbock

January 13th, 2007 by Andy Ice beer was all the rage a number of years ago– indeed, it was a successful marketing ploy that got a lot of people drinking beastly beer containing a lot of alcohol. First, there was Icehouse, then the venerable Beast Ice, which became the choice of sophisticated frat boys looking […]

A reluctant pick of the Gaelic

January 21st, 2007 by Andy Not long ago, I had the opportunity to venture to beautiful Asheville, NC where I happened upon mixed case of the Highland Brewing company’s beers. Of course, you may remember that in April of 2005, I reviewed the Tasgall Ale and henceforth declared that the Tasgall “is a unique beer […]

A question mark for this dark

February 25th, 2007 by Andy The Hobgoblin Ale is undoubtedly one of the coolest looking beer labels around– in fact, that’s what caused me to consider picking up a few the other day. But, like a book, which cannot be judged by its cover, one should also judge a beer for its character only. The […]

Terrible only in name

April 10th, 2007 by Kevork I noticed it said 2004 on metal wire cover over the cork (yes I said cork) and when I popped said cork I was met by one of the most enchanting and inexplicable aromas. Pouring this murky elixir in my Unibroue: La Fin Du Monde glass the bottle chortled and […]

La Maudite is one damned good beverage

April 13th, 2007 by Andy The Quebecois tell a legend of a team of most likely terribly drunk lumberjacks who made a deal with Satan himself to fly home in their canoes so as to make it home for Christmas. While this sounds more related to the infamous 1980’s John Candy and Steve Martin classic […]