I had a chance the other day to finally open the bottle of a unique beer that I’d ordered online from Europe a couple of months ago. This beer was crafted especially to be served with Asian cuisine, but has enough bite to be paired with just about everything. Mikkeller Dim Sum (Mikkeller; Copenhagen, Denmark; [...]
With the cool crisp weather of Fall arriving in most of the country, including Florida, having a good pumpkin ale was on my mind. And when I hit the Cock & Bull with my friend Brad a couple of nights ago, I had the chance to try a very good one indeed. Cigar City Good [...]
Stopped by Mr. Beery’s yesterday to watch some NFL football, and asked Stew about a new wheat wine from Brooklyn Brewery that was on tap. For those of you unfamiliar with the wheat wine style of beer, it’s similar to a barley wine save for a large portion of malted wheat. Considering that I’m a [...]
Back in the Middle Ages, peppercorns were used as a form of currency to pay everything from bribes to the monthly rent. And there’s an Abbey ale, which I scored in a recent beer trade, that’s worth its weight in peppercorns. Brewer’s Art Green Peppercorn Tripel (The Brewer’s Art; Baltimore, MD; Tripel; ABV: 9.2) is [...]
I’m very excited that Long Island brewery Blue Point brought back one of my favorite DIPAs. I first tried this ale at Mahaffey’s in Baltimore several years ago, and of course was immediately hooked. The beer was retired shortly thereafter, but in the past year Blue Point started brewing it again. It began surfacing in [...]
We stopped by BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse in Pinellas Park on Sunday for dinner, and noticed that they had an abbey ale as the special on draft. Beer Advocate had it listed as retired, but BJ’s is brewing it again. I can definitely attest, after a couple of pints, that everything’s back to Normal! BJ’s [...]
It’s an annual right of passage at the beginning of February that two world renowned Imperial IPAs make their mark upon the craft beer world. The first, Russian River Pliny The Younger (Russian River Brewing Co.; Santa Rosa, CA; Imperial India Pale Ale; ABV: 11.0), has become the Holy Grail for many beer enthusiasts. While [...]
With the explosion of the craft beer industry, it seems like ales and lagers are giving wine a run for its money as the drink of choice. In fact, many breweries have started to age their ales in oak barrels which give them a distinct wine like character. This “crossover” is producing beers that appeal [...]