Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
I am not sure why it has gone so quiet. Am I reading the wrong websites? Was the fact that I know far more about knitting a clue? The coolest thing I saw this week was this image of a 20 pint cask with an handle posted on Twitter by Geoff Latham, English brewer and history … Continue reading “A Thursday Beery News Update For A Quiet Mid-June”
Back. I made it back. I hit four beer stores over around 500 km and nine and a half hours. Now, whereas Pretty Things was just a one time bottle that I passed in the night, now I have seven bottles representing three of their brews and any number of batches. Those canny little cap … Continue reading “CNY Roadtrip To Stock The Stash”
Another big buy from my trip a few weeks ago to the Party Source in Syracuse, NY. The case of this happy vista upon cracking the cardboard. Cooperstown Brewing is not actually in Cooperstown but is a proud cornerstone of the Milford, New York business community. Like the Smuttynose case review posted ten days ago, … Continue reading “New York: Variety 12- Pack, Cooperstown Brewing, Milford”
This is a hot beer. Boozy. Good boozy. But what would you expect from a beer who has its own URL at www.arrogantbastard.com and has “You Are Not Worthy” on the cap. Stone Brewing Company has a satanic theme going with its branding, too, that probably ensures that it will never be sold in the … Continue reading “Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone Brewing, California”
PA’s Tröegs Hopback, southwest NY’s Southern Tier, Ithaca’s Flower Power and Maine’s Shipyard. Porter lost out to India Pale Ale somewhere in the mid-1800s. The style came out of the export trade to the British soldiers in the Empire – by brewing double strength and double hopped, the ale travelled better and was expected to … Continue reading “Four North East IPAs”