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So tonight is game seven of the World Series. I was up until 2am last night watching one of the greatest games in baseball history, so I’m a little gassed, but that’s never stopped me. Tonight I decided to try one of my purchases from West End Beverage while I watch the game. [...]
Many years ago, the winter of 2000 to be exact, I was deep in the jungles of Vietnam sipping a sweet nectar they called “Tiger Beer.” We would ask “toi un Tiger beer, moi lom lom” and they would come back with a cold (for Vietnam standards anyway) Tiger Beer for us. There were [...]
Since the holiday season is finally officially over, I am getting back to brewing and a few lose ends. More to come on the brewing, but for now, I was the lucky recipient of a surprise package from Flying Dog Brewing Company. This isn’t a first, I have reviewed Flying Dog per-request by the brewery [...]
So over the past few weeks I’ve been pretty tied up with life and have not had a lot of time for brewing. This has not stopped my from trying new beers though. This is a Maredsous 8, a Belgian Dubbel that gets much BA’er love with an A- rating (I know, BA ratings are [...]
A while back I brewed a Belgian Abby ale that I called The First Tuesday after the First Monday Abby Ale. The original was an extract brew that I was really pleased with. Now that I have a little lag time in between large volume brews, I figured I would try a 5 or 10 [...]