A friend with some really great beers that we can’t get in Michigan gave me a can of this a little while ago. He had never had Alpha King from Three Floyds, so I passed one of those onto him. Was it a fair trade? The can popped with almost no carbonation. It felt strange [...]

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 [...]

President Lincoln has gone down in history as the Great Emancipator, no?  And what is another word for Emancipator???  Liberator.  What has Short’s Brewing done?  Made a great beer called the Liberator.  Great Liberator = Great Emancipator = Abe Lincoln.  Thus, this is Abe Lincoln beer. So, we’ve all known for some time that Ian [...]

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 [...]

Last week, I did a favor for all of humanity, and I tried Founders Devil Dancer and Dark Horse’s Double Crooked Tree back to back in an effort to compare the two. There will obviously be some naysayers claiming that one cannot fairly pass judgement on the second after finishing the first, but these are [...]