This episode covers Flying Dog Garde Dog, Dogfish Head Black & Blue, Smuttynose Hanami Ale, Harpoon Hibernian Spring Seasonal, Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale and Otter Creek Spring Ale. We’ve also got a special guest, Zach, who goes through his uber pilsners and other Virginia local brews.
This is the season to go outside, have barbeque’s and enjoy life with friends. I understand there are people around the world that enjoy the winter time, winter sports and bitterly cold weather, but for everyone else the spring and summer time is the time to kick back and get lazy. Need further proof? Many [...]
This episode of our drinking podcast covers a variety of winter ales, mainly from our fine friend Doug. While a few of us pick a winter ale to talk about, Doug tries to collect them all. You’ll see one of us loves Samuel Smith while another may think it’s just too skunky to call a [...]
The upcoming year, 2008, seems to be a big time for New Years Resolutions and new beginnings. Some people begin the new year pretending their going to start a new diet (again) or get that “new job” they’ll never apply for while others actually spring into action with real results. This spring we’ll see a [...]
Flying Dog Brewery, currently holding its main office in Denver will be migrating all of its production to Fredrick Maryland to response to market pressures. As we spoke about yesterday, hops and barley prices are rising out of control and breweries have to act quickly in response to the pressure. This move isn’t hugely dramatic [...]
In the last few years we’ve had crop reductions in the United States for one of our most precious crops: the hop. The second shortage falls on the barley, which lends a sweetness to balance out the flavor and bitter from the hops. Both ingredients are in short supply which means prices on the core [...]
A perfectly golden brown ale, slightly pale with a very distinct malty smell. If this brew was a bit stronger it would make a very tasty winter ale but it only holds a 5% alcohol by volume. Orlio Organic Beer Company is in Burlington Vermont, not too far from my home state of New Hampshire [...]
The names for all ales under the category of a winter ale: old ale, strong ale or winter warmer. Here in the United States, especially up here in New Hampshire and above in Canada know the bite of a winter chill all too well. In short, it’s damn cold. This is also true in higher [...]
Those in the New England area may be familiar with the Boston Beer Company, a brew house responsible for the beer known as Samuel Adams. The owner? Jim Koch (sounds like Jim Cook), this is a man amongst men. Much like the American Revolution Patriot Sam Adams, the beer is named for the brewer and [...]
In the United States there is this perception that beer is for the frat party while wine is for a higher class dinner party. You don’t go to the bar and order a glass of Merlot just as you don’t go to a fancy Italian restaurant and order a bottle of Natty Ice. There is [...]
