Red Brick Brewing is finding their niche at barrel aging. Last year’s 15th Anniversary found instant popularity, prompting the brewery commemorate the beer again on their 16th. This beer is an imperial brown ale that spent 6 months with Mr. Jack Continue Reading →
Grand Cru is actually a wine term that beer has essentially borrowed. In wine – it means “great growth”, yet the definition is a little confusing. As of late, “Grand Cru” is essentially the best offering – or special vintage. Continue Reading →
Victory Brewing celebrated 15 years of brewing on February 15, 2011. For the occasion, Victory has released “Headwaters Pale Ale”. The name Headwaters refers to the Downingtown, Pennsylvania’s most prized asset – Brandywine Creek. The water comes from a Continue Reading →
The newest seasonal from Peak Organic Brewing Company is now arriving on shelves. This spring offering by the brewery is a pale ale obviously featuring a beer geek favorite hop – the mighty simcoe. The simcoe hops were grown organically Continue Reading →
You have seen this beer before under another name – Shiner Frost. Frost like this spring ale are dortmunder ales. This style first originated in Dortmund, Germany in 1873. It’s pale lager was first brewed by Dortmunder Union for Continue Reading →
2 releases from Mikkeller are now stateside – Koppi & 10. Both IPAs but with a very different ingredients. Let’s review:
10 – American IPA, 6.9% ABV. You have seen Mikkeller’s single hop series – 10 beers with the same IPA base, Continue Reading →
Edition #14 in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project series is arriving – “Tomfoolery” a black saison ale. The color, like the flavor is uncharacteristic for this kind of ale. Tomfoolery fits perfectly with Terrapin’s experimental mentality. Spike describes:
Made with a silly Continue Reading →
