Shorts Smoked Apple Ale

I feel bad I can’t give you a picture, but I need to describe this beer. Poured like any other ale, maybe a little on the lighter side. Orange-ish. 0.5 cm head, pure white. Smells like apples and funk. I was confused, momentarily by this. Then again, green apples smell a tad bit funky, so [...]

ska decadent iipa

So, I’ve really wanted to have some Ska Brewing beers since I applied there for an assistant brewmaster position some years ago. They are phenomenal people, with a really cool outlook on brewing, and should be supported. As for this beer, it is their imperial ipa offering and it just so happens to be my [...]

North Coast: Old Stock Ale 2007

Today I got back to running on my own.  I ran a nice 7.25 miles or so.  Felt great.  I’ll be sore tomorrow, but it was time well spent.  As such, I needed to shower more or less immediately.  Now, my favorite thing in the world is drink beer in the shower.  I was running, [...]

Short’s Brewing: Good Humans

My second beer of the night, likely third, and possibly 4th beer of the night is from Short’s Brewing of Bel Aire, Michigan.  Good Humans.  I don’t know the story behind it, and why it’s named what it’s named, but I do know I like good people, and according to Hunter S Thompson, good people [...]

Bell’s Expedition Imperial Stout: better than exploding tires.

The low tonight is between -5 and +3 farenheit.  Because I like beer, I needed to find a beer that keeps me warm in the cold.  Turns out, Imperial Stouts are just the right thing for that.  The epitome of a winter beer, if I do say so myself.  So, I was interested in finding [...]