I stopped for mixed six at Wegman’s and picked up a bottle of Weyerbacher Slam Dunkel, a Double Dunkelweizen Ale. I had their Double Simcoe, Verboten and Merry Monks’ before so I was reasonably familiar with the brewery and their product line. Weyerbacher Brewing Company is a microbrewery located […]
I received a bottle of Balcones Texas Single Malt Whisky way back in early March. Thanks to some positive feedback that I received from a friend that recently tried this whisky (my friend is a rum drinker looking to broaden his booze infused horizons, and I was kind enough […]
If you’re a regular reader, then you already know about my beer hunting adventures during my family vacation to the great state of Maine this past August. On the Monday morning of our vacation, I made a very brief solo excursion to Portland, where I stopped by Maine […]
I had to go to Jackson Hole for work and while there I had the chance to sample some of the local brews from the Snake River Brewing Company. The brewery was established in 1994. And, when the founders retired in 2007, the brewery was sold to Ted […]
There was a famous scene in Seinfeld which involved a a conversation between George, Jerry, and Newman about postal workers and why there “the guys that always go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everybody”. This was Newman’s response to George’s question about “going postal“: […]
A while ago, I went to Roger Wilco in search of Harviestoun and wound up with a mixed six of various Trappistes and Abbey ales. The first bottle that I opened was the Trappistes Rochefort 8. I then moved to the Trappistes Rochefort 10. Finally, I moved on to […]
The interwebz can be a virtual minefield if you’re not careful. Phishing, spambots, identity theft, and computer viruses galore are out there, waiting for you to make one wrong click, or divulge a bit of personal information that has the potential to make your life a living hell […]
A while ago, G-LO received an email from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America (SMWSA) about a new program that they are starting whereby they will send samples of their newest Outturn offerings to various whisky bloggers across the country in order to get their opinions, and […]
While waiting for the return flight from Louisville, I wandered in to the airport bar and had a Kentucky Ale from the Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Lexington B&D, established in 2000, is the only brewer in downtown Lexington. They make the Kentucky Ale, the Kentucky Light and the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel […]
During my 2012 family vacation to Maine a few weeks ago, I learned my lesson from my two previous family vacations, i.e. there is no time for brewery tours or serious Craft Beer hunting when you have two small boys, and instead decided to focus on picking up […]