A couple of months back I picked up a Sierra Nevada Stout.  I kinda figured it wouldn’t be a really great stout like Bourbon County, partly because it was from a larger craft brewer, and it wasn’t in their special releases that tend to be bigger more complex offerings.  Nope, this one is just their […]

I seem to have this problem with single barrel whiskeys, they seem thin to me.  I’ve talked about it before, here and in the online bourbon forums.  If a bourbon is taken from a single barrel it tends to be incomplete.  I think small batch is a much better way to go if you are […]

Well in the case of Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout this holds true. The 13% ABV Stout has been aged in bourbon barrels and this aging imparts a significant smoky quality to the stout that is really quite striking when you first taste it.  It reminded me a little of liquid smoke at first, but […]

I’m gettin’ a little tired of Rogue Ales.  See the Rogue Brewery in Newport, Oregon has some very good beers.  Their Dead Guy Ale is a great daily drinker.  Sweet, bitter, and complex with a creamy mouthfeel it is a great brew for an every day beer that is not too expensive and very accessible. […]

Lets go surfin’ now, everybody’s learnin’ how come on and safari with meeee… Man am I ready for Summer!  More so than just about any winter than I can remember I’m wanting to shed the layers of clothing and put on a pair of shorts and a tee shirt and head out into the warm […]

What kind of brew would name themselves after the devil?  That is what I had to ask myself when I decided to pick up and Avery Brewing Mephistopheles Stout.  I mean after all you might just loose many of your potential customers just based on the name alone, then I opened my bottle last night […]

My buddy Steve is going through an existential crisis: His favorite beer is being discontinued.  He needed a shoulder to cry on and some good advice, and for some crazy reason, he turned to us.  His story follows below: In the world of craft beers and overall beer appreciation I’m most definitely a newbie.  Having […]