Way back in early May, our good friend The Alemonger set out to create a new home brew as a going away present for his friends and neighbors Dennis and Renee (they were moving to yet another Craft Beer centric metropolis: Denver, Colorado, home of the Great American […]
“Yeast sample for lab analysis”. That’s what was written on the label that was taped to the box that contained the beer that you see in the photo above these words. In addition to this beer, there were two other beers in the box from Monday Night Brewing: […]
At work, we have tried to celebrate the end of our work week with Beer Friday. Each Friday at quittin’ time (or maybe just after lunch), we head over to the kitchen and partake of whatever fine libations are available. Of course, as we are responsible for buying […]
After reading The Dogs of Beer review of the Dogfish Head Sixty-One, I just knew that I had to try it, so when I finally saw it on the shelves (it was in the last place I looked. Funny how that works), I immediately picked up a bottle […]
Before we get into our review, let me get a couple things out of the way… #1 – Twitter Magic Strikes Again! Last summer, we scored a four pack of The Alchemist Brewery’s Heady Topper thanks to Megan Moore, a fellow Philly Beer Geek and sales representative for Evolution Craft Brewing Company. This […]
“Never go in against a Sicilian when whisky is on the line!”– G-LO I enjoy Roulette, March Madness and Super Bowl pools, and even buying a lottery ticket every so often, but I would never consider myself to be a gambler. Like most people, I don’t like to […]
Mrs. G-LO says, Miller 64 is the beer for people that don’t like beer, but have friends that drink beer, so they drink this beer to fit in with all of their beer drinking friends. It tastes like a beer flavored seltzer, but with less flavor. I concur. […]
I stopped by the Roger Wilco just to look around. And the Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy label caught my eye. I had had the Russian Imperial Stout on several occasion and thought I had found it again. To my surprise, I had picked up a bottle of their Wee […]
For Father’s Day, my lovely bride purchased a bottle of exotic beer all the way from the Czech Republic. The Žatec Bright Lager is one of six beers brewed by Žatecký Pivovar. Brewing in Žatec, dates to around 1004 when the first hops (Saaz noble) were grown in the area. […]
Since today marks the 197th anniversary of Argentina’s declaration of independence from Spain, I thought I would repost this post which was originally published on July 9th, 2011… On July 9th, 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain. Since I’m not much of a historian, I’ll skip all […]