Category: Review

Beer Review – Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout

By The Wookie on April 6, 2011 • ( 19 Comments )

What’s the best way to end the weekend (or start a new week)? With a late Sunday night tasting of one funky brew, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, at the Pour House in Westmont, NJ.

Booze Review – The Manhattan Club’s Manhattan

By G-LO on April 5, 2011 • ( 14 Comments )

Ever since we launched “It’s just the booze dancing…” last April, I’ve spent a good bit of my spare time reading about the stuff we write about, i.e. craft beer, whisk(e)y, and cocktails. If you’re going to put yourself out there as some some sort of booze expert, […]

Beer Review – Flying Fish Exit 9 Hoppy Scarlet Ale

By The Wookie on April 4, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

When it comes to beer, unlike our buddy Miracle Max, I don’t like to stash it away and let it age. Maybe it’s a lack of the willpower required for aging brew but I like my beer fresh and prefer that it is local. So when I was […]

Beer Review – Bell’s Two Hearted Ale

By G-LO on March 30, 2011 • ( 18 Comments )

It’s been a controversy filled week for the craft beer loving community. Here are some of the headlines from across the internet: MLCC taking an obscene stance on beer’s name – The Michigan Liquor Control Board bans the sale of Flying Dog’s Raging Bitch Belgian IPA. Goose Island […]

Restaurant Review – Bar Ferdinand, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia

By G-LO on March 29, 2011 • ( 16 Comments )

Last Thursday night, I was scheduled to meet The Rick and our friend Frank for dinner and a few drinks. Though Frank was unable to attend, The Rick and I decided to go out anyway. By Wednesday night, we decided that we were going to Northern Liberties, but […]

Food Review – El Pollo Rico – Arlington, VA

By The Wookie on March 25, 2011 • ( 2 Comments )

In between growing up in NJ and starting a family in NJ I lived in the DC/Northern VA area for ten years. There are a lot of things I miss about the DC Metro area (friends, the Smithsonian, traffic on the Beltway) but when it comes to food […]

Whisky Review – Glenfarclas 12

By G-LO on March 24, 2011 • ( 15 Comments )

“My great-great grandfather, John Grant, born in 1805, purchased Glenfarclas Distillery for £511.19s.0d on the 8th of June 1865. To this day, Glenfarclas Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky is distilled and matured at our family owned and run distillery, which thanks to the foresight of my forefathers remains […]

Beer Review – Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout

By limpd on March 23, 2011 • ( 8 Comments )

On my way home from work, I had an urge for a new beer. Perusing the many bottles at my local liquor store, I found another bottle from Leinenkugel’s, the Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout. The RIS is a specialty beer that was first released in 2007 […]

Beer Review – Green Flash West Coast IPA

By G-LO on March 22, 2011 • ( 22 Comments )

Since I picked San Diego State University to win the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship (aka March Madness) in my office pool, I thought I would review the Green Flash West Coast IPA which is brewed and bottled in San Diego County, California. Here is Green Flash’s

Save the last dram…

By The ROK on March 19, 2011 • ( 8 Comments )

A few years ago for my 40th birthday, I received a very special gift – a bottle of Aberlour a’bunadh. Tonight, I will enjoy the last dram as I write this review. The Aberlour distillery is located in Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland in the heart of the Speyside region. Situated at […]