Bourbon Barrel aged beers from Founders. A brewery known for producing consistently high-quality beers, and sometimes brilliant high-gravity beers. Then sometimes, they decide to put them in oak barrels. That’s how you get these beers.
Backwoods Bastard: This is a bourbon barrel aged version of their Dirty Bastard Scotch ale. While Ian doesn’t normally like Dirty [...]

(The girlfriend and I had this on Friday night, but I’ve been away from the internet, and only just not getting around to posting it.)
I like Goose Island. On the whole, they make good beer in a variety of styles, and their regular offerings are great examples of what a brewery of their size and [...]

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, [...]

So I think this is a new brew from Sierra Nevada. New to me, anyway.
The photo below doesn’t do the head justice, as it poured with a nice one, but that quickly dissipated.
It smells like a German lager. Malty, but lighter than a standard bock.
The mouthfeel is pretty lightweight, and modestly bitter for the style. [...]

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 [...]