New Holland Night Tripper

WHOOOOOOOOOO! Damn this was good.  A nice big deucer of a nice big imperial stout.  As with the Goose Island Bourbon County Brandstout, i felt the malt profile was lacking a teeeeensy bit.  However, the mouthfeel was brilliant, and this was a really fantastic offering.  The strange thing was that the most prevalent flavor was [...]

Goose Island Bourbon County Brandstout

Yes! This was a great stout. The bourbon was extremely prevalent, but a great flavor. My issue with this stout was that it was lacking in stout flavor. For a stout thats 13% by volume, its malt profile was rather simple, and the mouthfeel was a bit lighter than anticipated. [...]

Hans Christian Andersen meets H.P. Lovecraft

For those of you who are as behind on the times as I am, I have a present.
Imagine a world in which melancholy fairy-tales are entwined with Victorian horror stories, where madness and monsters are just as likely to end a war as a command from a general, and where black and white woodcuts [...]

Shorts Soft Parade

I tried this little guy on tap at Slow’s in Detroit the other night.  I will have to utter severe disappointment with this one.  When Ian and I read the beer list from Shorts, we were immediately in awe of this one, and without seeing the recipe, tried to replicate it.  I have to admit, [...]

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

I was really excited to try this one, as it had come highly recommended from an old roommate of mine.  I will be honest, I was disappointed.  Maybe it is just that no brown ale will ever do it for me again, as long as I live, but this was just lackluster.  It was plenty [...]