Shamrock Pub Owner Derek Anderson gave me a heads-up last week that he had a 2008 Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Milton, DE; Imperial India Pale Ale; ABV: 20.0) on tap, and we stopped by on Saturday afternoon to give it a try. Needless to say, the years have been very [...]
It was a special day on Saturday when Mr. Beery’s in Sarasota hosted a Rare Beer Silent Auction & Mac ‘N Cheese Cookoff to benefit the HelpHOPELive Southeast Lung Transplant fund in honor of Erin Coleman, with all proceeds going toward her double lung transplant. It was a full house that turned out to honor [...]
I remember the first time that I had a beer from Green Flash Brewing Company. It was six years ago when I was consulting in the Baltimore-DC area, and Frisco Grill in Columbia, MD had just scored a keg of Green Flash Imperial IPA (Green Flash Brewing Co.; San Diego, CA; Imperial India Pale Ale; [...]
We went to dinner at Darwin’s on 4th in downtown SRQ earlier this week, and I had the chance to try an interesting IPA that was one of the guest taps. Rogue Brutal IPA (Rogue Ales, Newport, OR; India Pale Ale; ABV: 5.8) is an award winning IPA from the Oregon brewery. It pours a [...]
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 [...]
In Asian philosophy, the concept of Yin Yang is used to depict how polar opposites or contrary forces are interconnected and dependent on each other in the natural world. And mixing two ales from Danish brewer Evin Twin proves that opposites attract. Combining Evin Twin Yin (Evil Twin Brewing; Valby, Denmark; Imperial Stout; ABV: 10.0) [...]
Marzens tend to be traditional Fall beers, but I had the chance to try a different take on this beer style at Crum’s Bar and Grill recently. Cigar City Marzen Spring Lager (Cigar City Brewing; Tampa, FL; Marzen; ABV: 5.5) is also known as Cigar City Oktoberfest Marzen when it’s released during the autumn months. [...]
You can add Crum’s Bar and Grill to a growing list of exceptional brewpubs in the Tampa Bay area. Located in downtown St. Petersburg, and owned by Chris Crum and Lanette Miller, Crum’s Bar and Grill offers craft beer, food, and live music in a hip casual setting. Speaking of which, there’s 52 selections of [...]
The last time I was at the Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room in Tampa, I learned something new. Did you know that bats pollinate blue agave plants, which provide the ingredient found in tequila? So it’s fitting that I tried a double cream ale, named for the bat, that’s aged in tequila barrels. Cigar City [...]