OMMEGANG BIERE D’HOUGOUMONT
Eight malts, French hops, aged on oak and maple staves, reference to Napoleon’s downfall in the name. That sound like a beer you’d be into? Yeah, me too. I bring you Ommegang Biere D’Hougoumont.
Tag: 3.5 Hops
FOUNDERS CBS
Brother Barley gets his hands on the legendary Founders CBS. Mmm…
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 […]
BLOCK 15 WANDLEPAD
Beerford reviews Block 15’s Wandlepad Belgian Blonde.
PEAK ORGANIC HOP NOIR
Doc goes all granola crunchy and takes down Peak Organic’s Hop Noir, a delicious Cascadian Dark Ale from Portland, ME
WILD HEAVEN ODE TO MERCY
Brother Barley reviews an excellent Imperial Brown Ale from a Georgia newcomer, the Wild Heaven Ode to Mercy.
NIGHT AT THE IMPROV
Lord Copperpot is overmatched by a complex offering from Cigar City.
AN AFTERNOON WITH SAMUEL SMITH
The Czar’s assistant, Karl, reviews some of Sam Smith’s offerings.
UPRIGHT FOUR PLAY
3.5 hop review of Upright Brewing Four Play
GUEST POST: THREE FLOYDS ROBERT THE BRUCE SCOTTISH-STYLE ALE
Our guest Herr Direktor spends his paid day off watching cars skid off the road, abdicating his parenting duties and drinking an excellent Scottish-style ale from Three Floyds.
GREEN FLASH DOUBLE STOUT
The Commander rallies the troops for happy hour in a blizzard and emerges triumphant with a remarkable British-style Double Imperial Stout.
GUINNESS FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT
Always late to the party (By roughly 200 years), the folks at Aleheads.com finally review the venerable Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.
SAY IT WITH ME NOW: BODEGA — PART 4
So life happens and I haven’t had the opportunity to tell you how our Bodega experience ended up. If you recall (which, of course you don’t), the Commander and I had ditched our wives and children somewhere in central Ohio, and proceeded to visit Bodega in Columbus for happy hour. After sampling the Goose Island Minx […]
CIGAR CITY JAI ALAI CEDAR-AGED IPA (HUMIDOR SERIES)
Slouch Sixpack puff, puff, passes Cigar City’s Humidor Series India Pale Ale.
BROOKLYN LOCAL 2
3.5 Hops for a solid BSDA and one of Magnus’s favorites…the Brooklyn Local 2.
SAY IT WITH ME NOW: BODEGA — PART 1
Lord Mashtun Copperpot and Commander Pint O. Chug spend happy hour at the Commander’s favorite beer bar in Columbus, Ohio. Part 1 of a series.
MIDNIGHT SUN PANTY PEELER
3.5 Hops for one of the best American-made Tripels…the Midnight Sun Panty Peeler.
SOUTHERN TIER PUMKING
I’ll see Brother Barley’s 3.5-hop-rated pumpkin/octoberfest lager session beer and raise him a 3.5-hop-rated 8.8% ABV imperial pumpkin ale! The folks at Old Bag o’ Nails Pub in Upper Arlington, Ohio have been rotating this one through their craft beer taps for the last month or so. It’s served in what our too-cool-for-blogging friend Pappy O’Caniel […]
AVERY THE REVEREND BELGIAN QUADRUPEL ALE
The Commander assaults a member of the Belgian clergy and walks away intact (and satisfied).
TASTES GRAPE, LESS FILLING
Brother Barley blurs the lines between wine and beer and discovers some magic.
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