Recently, I was clearing out the beer fridge and found an orphaned bottle from Iron Hill Brewery. I had received this bottle of an American Double IPA as a “thank you” for renewing my King of the Hill membership (get it, the Dubble Danke, Double IPA and thank […]
Once you scroll down a bit, your eyes will be treated to a lovely photo of two perfectly poured pints of Guinness Stout. Scroll down a bit more and you’ll be able to read a press release from Ogilvy about the Guinness STOUTie, a brand new gizmo that […]
Our Man, G-LO, GLOating Over HIS Bottle of Woods & Waters While Vacationing at Lermond Pond in Hope, Maine In late August of the summer just past, I was headed down to the Jersey Shore with Benita and The Urchins for a week of fun in the sun […]
For those of you that aren’t familiar with Dick Cantwell, author of the IPA-centric book shown above, here are a few facts about his experiences in the ever expanding and ever evolving Craft Beer industry: In 1996, he co-founded Elysian Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington. Just as an FYI, […]
I was down the shore working while Benita and The Urchins were off to the waterpark. As a reward for my endeavors, I popped open a bomber of Victory’s Java Cask, a Coffee Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels. I acquired this bottle in a white elephant swap at work […]
While packing for the shore, I received a text from G-LO (he had just come back from his biennial pilgrimage to Canadia, aka Maine, and brought back some new beers for me to try) informing me that my “Maine Brewers To-Go Bag” (this isn’t really a thing, but […]
Way back in August of 2013, Limpd attended the First Pour at Iron Hill Brewery’s Voorhees location on his own, and last night, I attended the First Pour at Iron Hill’s brand spanking new Center City Philadelphia location (it officially opens on September 13th) on my own. What is […]
If you’ve ever read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity (or even seen the film, which is pretty faithful to the book except for the fact they they made all of the characters American and moved the location from London to Chicago), then you know that lists play a pretty […]
Limpd and I had two options yesterday afternoon: Option #1: Stay at work and toil away at our mostly thankless jobs until 5pm. Or later! Option #2: Leave a little early to attend a behind-the-scenes preview tour of a new brew pub in Center City Philadelphia. As evidenced […]
The beer you see up above was sent to us by Adam Krell of Curich|Weiss. That’s pretty much the whole back story. No elaborate schemes. No evasive maneuvers. No endless searches in the tri-state area. We got an email from Adam asking if we’d like to review the beer. […]