Sorry I haven’t done any updating on this thing myself lately, but I just gotta share the fact that one of my fave ales just hit the shores here in the States.  It’s called “Double Dragon Ale”, from the Felinfoel brewery in Wales, and I plan on getting a few cases for our first ever […]

“Would you like to taste Santa’s Butt?” I just asked my wife. Of course, I tasted Santa’s Butt before she did. Yes, sometimes I’m so juvenile that I make Beavis and Butthead look mature. Huh. Huh-huh.
Just like Bad Elf, this beer is brewed in the UK by Ridgeway Brewery, and imported by Shelton Brothers. […]

The Hook Norton Brewery in Oxfordshire, England was founded in 1849 and is still going strong today. It is the only brewery in the UK that remains powered by a steam-engine.
The twelve days ale pours a clear brown and has a sweet aroma. It starts with a sweet malt flavor and a definite nuttiness, […]

The Christmas season always tends to get me in a bad mood. Dealing with all the idiots in the stores and out on the streets just gets to me and makes me grumpy. I tend to be a bit of a scrooge and go around using my own combination of four-letter words as my personal […]

My love for all thing Troegs is well known. Mad Elf Ale is their Christmas seasonal. It’s brewed with Belgian yeast, honey, and cherries. It’s also 11% alcohol. I know that because the proprietor of my local gourmet beer and wine shop warned me when I was buying the beer. When the shopkeeper warns you […]

Red Hook are generally consistently good, but not great beers. The IPA follows that tradition. It pours a nice golden amber with a long lasting frothy head. The nose brings strong hints of pine. The hops and malts are well balanced, and the finish leaves slight hoppy aftertaste. I like my IPAs to […]

Yes, I know it’s a Coors product. However, I’ve always been a fan of the Blue Moon White Belgium, so I thought I’d give this a shot. My local grocery store now has their own six pack holders and a section of refrigerated singles. You can make your own six pack for $7.99. Not a […]

One of our stops in Michigan was in the city of Holland. We didn’t make it to New Holland Brewery in person, but we did pick up some of their wares at a local market. The first one I’ve tried is their Zoomer Wheat Ale, and I must say I was mightily impressed. This bottle-conditioned […]

What do you do in Des Moines International Airport when you have to check in two hours before your flight and it only takes 10 minutes to get your boarding pass and make it through security?  You hit the Capital City Brew Pub, serving a wide assortment of local microbrews. Err, except they were out […]

It’s not often I buy beer in a can. It’s even less often that I enjoy a beer from a can. However, Atlantic Amber is quite the tasty brew. It pours a nice clean and very clear reddish brown with a minimal head. The nose offers hints of a earthy maltiness, but it is really […]

This beer was an anniversary gift from my buddy Rob. Even before tasting it, I knew I would be partial to it simply because I used to live about 20 minutes from Fort Collins, and I have many fine memories of the town, and at least some of the beers brewed there.
The motto of the […]

I’m continuing on in my summer beers series because well, it’s summer. I need to start out with a warning here. Mom, if you’re reading this, stop now. Don’t ask why, just stop. I mean it.
Sam Adams’ beers are like sexual positions. Some are really good, and others not as good; but even the ones […]

I poured this into my pint glass expecting to see a cloudy wheat beer; after all isn’t everything labeled as a “summer beer” some hefeweizen variation? But Redhook’s Sunrye is a clear, golden yellow, without a hint of cloudy, floaty stuff in it. It looks like a typical lager, but tastes better.
It starts with sweet […]

This American IPA, from Bell’s Brewery in Michigan, is one of the better IPAs I’ve had in a very long time. It pours a dark straw color with a almost frothy head that hangs around for a few minutes before reducing to a thin lacing that sticks around until you are done. The nose is […]

Originally posted at ODonnellWeb, but since I’m drinking one right now…
This my friends is the nectar of Gods. It pours a pretty copper color with a white head that thins quickly but does stick around in it’s diminished state. The nose is best described as 2 week old Christmas tree. That’s a good thing, trust […]