Avery Anniversary 16

When the wife is away, the blogger will…  blog?  Totally doesn’t rhyme, but is more or less accurate.  Today, I decided to try something completely new to me, and I’ve had some interest in doing a vertical tasting of Avery brewing’s Anniversary saison series.  Unfortunately, this beer may have dissuaded me from that pursuit. I [...]

Insanely Bad Elf… more like, “Delightfully good ale.”

So, there has been wonderful happening in my life this week, which I will disclose at a later date.  As such, the wife and I have decided to celebrate.  I headed down to our local market to go grab some wine, but as it happens, Colasanti’s closes at 7 pm.  I got pwn3d’d.  However, there [...]

Bell’s Oracle: a vision of the future?

So, let me say, I’m an arse for not posting a picture of this beer.  I poured it without thinking, and don’t have the “appropriate” glassware or bottle at hand now.  Suffice it to say, I will attempt to review all facets of this beer with the utmost care. First off, let me tell you [...]

A wonderful surprise behind a deplorable name

Alas, weather has prevented me from going to the premier D&D, MTG, SoC, etc party of the year (Dork & Fork 2009 AKA John Krohn’s b-day).  As such, on my way home, I picked up beer and wine for my wife and I.  While I was looking for something delightful to drink this evening, I [...]

Boulder Brewing: Killer Penguin Barleywine

I wish I had a cool story about how I scaled a 14′er in Colorado and at the summit I was greeted by the Dalai Lama, Vishnu, Buddha, Jesus, and the pope and we all sat down and put a few back and talked about life, but alas my story is not that cool.  I [...]