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Beer Review – Keegan Ales Hurricane Kitty

By limpd on August 8, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

On a recent trip to NY, I ventured out to find a local beer to bring back to the fellow Dancers. Without any research, I picked up two sixes from Keegan Ales of

Booze News – Legal Moonshine in South Carolina

By limpd on August 5, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

Great news for all of you drinkers who have a hankering for 100% official moonshine. After South Carolina lawmakers (in 2009) altered existing liquor laws so as to lessen the financial burden on small distilleries, a new micro-distillery has decided to take advantage of the changes to the […]

Celebrate #IPAday With A Comfort Beer Review: Stone India Pale Ale

By G-LO on August 4, 2011 • ( 24 Comments )

Since today is International #IPAday (click here to read more about it), I thought that I would write a review of a beer that most Craft Beer drinkers know very well: Stone Brewing Company’s India Pale Ale. Actually, #IPAday is my second reason for writing this review. My […]

Whisky Review – Glenmorangie Sherry Wood Finish

By G-LO on August 3, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

While it’s nice to be my mother-in-law’s favorite son-in-law (interestingly enough, I am also her ONLY son-in-Law), this dubious honor comes with an occasional string attached. This past February, my in-laws asked me to pick them up in New York City after their 10-day Caribbean cruise on the […]

Beer Review – Brooklyn Summer Ale

By G-LO on August 2, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been getting a taste of the intense summer heat that our friends in the Midwest have been dealing with all summer long. Since last Friday’s forecast called for temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, Mrs. G-LO and I thought we were going to […]

Beer Review – Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale

By limpd on August 1, 2011 • ( 9 Comments )

Recently, I redeemed a Father’s Day gift certificate for lunch at the Wishing Well. As I had opted for a Shame Burger, I needed a bigger beer to compensate for all of the meat. To that end, from the extensive beer menu, I selected a beer from Ballast […]

Beer Review – Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

By limpd on July 30, 2011 • ( 10 Comments )

I am a huge fan of the merchant du vin lineup and thought I would add the Ayinger brewery to my list. To that end, I picked up a bottle of Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock as part of mixed six. From the Merchant du Vin site: “Originally brewed at a […]

Whisky Review – Highland Park 12

By G-LO on July 29, 2011 • ( 9 Comments )

Remember that bottle of Laphroiag 18 that I told you about last week? The one that I purchased with the cash that I received for Father’s Day? What I neglected to tell you was that I also picked up a bottle of Highland Park 12 during this particular […]

Beer Review – Founders Red’s Rye PA

By limpd on July 28, 2011 • ( 11 Comments )

On a recent trip to the local store, I hit the “craft” beer wall and picked up a bottle of the Founders Red’s Rye PA as a part of a mixed six. From the Founders site: “Serious hop bitterness, along with an unyielding grapefruit bouquet from the Amarillo dry-hop, […]