Stone Vertical Epic ‘08

At the store I work at, we have at least one customer who flat-out refuses to drink beer produced by the Stone Brewing company, simply because of the pretension. I mean really, they brew a beer named Arrogant Bastard, and don’t even put the name of the brewery on the label - at least not [...]

Southern Tier Unearthly IPA

Okay, so this is the first foray that Brian and I are making into mutually blogging about beer. And for our first selection, we picked Souther Tier’s Unearthly IPA.
This is what Brian had to say about it. I drunkenly transcribed everything he said.

“It was delicious, but it lacked in those two areas, in my opinion. [...]

Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree

If i could have my choice of beverages in the world, they would go like this:

Imperial IPAs/Imerial Rye IPAs
Diet Coke/Pepsi
Imperial Stout
Blue Monster
Quadrupels
Tripels
IPA
Stout
(big) Doppelbocks
Other Ales

This would make one realize why its no wonder I love double crooked tree so much.  SO much in fact, it warrants a full description.  First, be careful removing the cap.  That [...]

Founder’s Devil Dancer pt 2

So at $3.59 a bottle, I wasn’t exactly excited to buy again and try a beer that I disliked so much last time. But at Brian’s insistence (and especially after his latest review), I’m giving it a second look. And you know what?

Bell’s Hopslam

Ah, Hopslam. I usually like Bell’s beer, but when I first caught wind of this before it was released, I was pumped.
And oh man, I was not disappointed. I love me some hops, and this was never too hoppy for its own good, but it does pack a punch.
This is the first Hopslam I’ve [...]