18 Nov

Review of Stone Vertical Epic 09.09.09

My wife travels for work and I am a pretty lucky husband.  She likes beer but not as much as I do.  Despite that, she fully supports my Year of Beer and loves to help me in my quest.  Whenever she travels she looks for places she can stop and buy beer for me and [...]

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12 Nov

Review of Hurricane Reef Pale Ale by Florida Beer Company

From the Florida Beer Company, we have the Hurricane Reef Pale Ale.  This beer is an American Pale Ale and is brewed with two-row barley and hops from the Pacific Northwest.  This is one of the beers that came in my first Beer of the Month club shipment and it’s taken me this long to [...]

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11 Nov

Review of Old Leghumper Robust Porter from Thirsty Dog

I must admit, I bought a six pack of this beer because I loved the name.  This beer is from Thirsty Dog Brewing Company based in Akron Ohio.  The name of the beer is Old Leghumper and the label, if you can’t make it out, has a black dog with three sets of beautiful legs.  [...]

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6 Nov

Review of Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

This is a really complex beer, I think it’s going to be a tough one for me to describe.  I hate for a bottle to be correct but I think I may indeed be unworthy of reviewing this beer but I am going to give it a try.
Arrogant Bastard pours a very dark reddish mahogany [...]

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21 Oct

Review of Pivovar Herold Bohemian Black Lager

This is one of the beers I received in my first Beer of the Month shipment.   It’s from a brewery called Pivovar Herold from the Czech Republic.    They have been around since 1506 so they must be doing something right.  Actually, to survive that long, they must be doing a lot of things right.
The beer [...]

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19 Oct

Review of Fort Collins Brewery Chocolate Stout

A friend of mine bought a case of this beer over the weekend and since he knew I was doing my Year of Beer he brought me a bottle.  I had never heard of Fort Collins Brewery but that shouldn’t be a reflection of the the brewery, there is a lot about beer that I [...]

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