FOUNDERS CBS
Brother Barley gets his hands on the legendary Founders CBS. Mmm…
Month: October 2011
11.5% ABV MEXICAN CHOCOLATE STOUT = PERENNIAL ARTISAN ALES
Kid Carboy Jr.’s final interview from his Saint Louis beer vacation, with the pioneers at Perennial Artisan Ales. Mexican chocolate stout!
IN DEFENSE OF BLACK KÖLSCH
Slouch stands up for St Arnold Brewing and Santo, their new “Black Kölsch” beer.
THE BEST BEER LABELS
The craft brewing proliferation over the past few decades has increased the number of beers on package store shelves exponentially. With greater variety comes a greater need to differentiate your product. You can certainly do that by making better beer than your competition. Or by pushing the envelope with extreme beers. Or by developing new, […]
FRESH HOP EXPLOSION: FOUNDER’S HARVEST ALE
Kid Carboy Jr.’s face collapses into a permanent hop pucker after sampling this year’s batch of fresh-hopped Founder’s Harvest Ale.
DOUBLE-DIGIT DRINKABILITY
The Aleheads discuss their picks for the most sessionable high ABV beers around.
CAMBRIDGE BREWING COMPANY GREAT PUMPKIN ALE
Good Grief! Doc delights in a locally sourced brew from Cambridge Brewing Company, The Great Pumpkin Ale!
CLOSING THE BOOK ON TERRAPIN
Brother Barley’s final thoughts on the Terrapin/MillerCoors situation.
FRESH HOP FANTASIES
Beerford enjoys a flight of fresh hopped beers from the Pacific Northwest.
TERRAPIN RESPONDS
John from Terrapin responds to Brother Barley’s post.
ET TU, TERRAPIN?
Terrapin sells their souls to MillerCoors. Brother Barley is not pleased.
SHOULD THE DEFINITION OF SESSION BEERS BE CHANGED?
Slouch proposes a change to the definition of session beers.
USA VS. UK: THE GRAVITY GAP
Brother Barley wonders why there is such an “ABV Divide” between American and British Aleheads.
EXTREME ST. LOUIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH 4 HANDS BREWING
Kid Carboy Jr. talks hops, Goose Island and sweet potato beer with the founders of St. Louis soon-to-be 4 Hands Brewing.
SKUNKED
Have you ever taken that first sip of a beer and had to put the bottle down because it was skunked? You liar. You drank it anyway, didn’t you. In between some of the poop jokes on the very exclusive Aleheads email list someone mentioned skunked beer, and it got me thinking as it’s something […]
DESCHUTES THE STOIC
The Stoic is Deschutes Brewing’s newest beer in their Reserve Series lineup (which includes such impressive brews as The Abyss and Black Butte XXIII). To quote directly from the website’s description: A prized, potent, Belgian-style Quad of stirring depth and complexity. Four nuanced fermentations. Aged, sequestered, in select rye whiskey & wine casks. Ergo a […]
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