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There has been a very pronounced trend lately to see beers advertised with higher and higher ABV claims. I distinctly recall seeking out Dogfish Head’s World Wide Stout in my early days of beer geekery and being blown away by just how different this beer was from anything else I had had up to [...]
This coming Saturday, December 5th, is the Cliveden Winter Beer Festival at Cliveden, a National Trust Historic Site in Philadelphia. Part beer tasting, part museum fundraiser, this festival will feature seasonal and limited edition holiday craft beers from over 20 breweries!
There’s something I need to get off my chest. I want to make a confession, come clean if you will…
I like boring beer.
There, I said it. I, Michael Agnew, Certified Cicerone™, like boring beer. I am led to this impression by my perusal of beer forums and beer rating sites. The beers that I like [...]
Since the first humans accidentally figured out that fermented grains and fruits produced an intoxicating effect, we’ve been constantly seeking new and unique ways to brew. The magic byproduct of fermentation, the alcohol, has been a central part of brewing culture for centuries. The taste of alcohol can drastically change the taste of a beer, [...]
Inside: Everything you wanted to know about Michael Jackson’s Rare Beer Club, A timely history of mail-order beer societies, PLUS The Breaking News about Lost Abbey’s 2010 Patron Sinners and Saints
I can remember clearly my first visit to the city, when I interviewed for my current job. The night before the interview I spent several hours hanging out at the dingy, overstuffed Blind Tiger Alehouse over on Hudson St, just soaking up the atmosphere and chatting with a bunch of locals who weren’t necessarily beer geeks but did appreciate a drink of good craft beer.
Loving beer isn’t just about drinking the one-offs, the famed rarities, the high-octane, super-stouts or insane IPAs. It’s not just about looking for the next tick, the next Top 50 beer, the latest hyped-release from your favourite brewery. Loving beer is more than that. And, sometimes, bad beers are good.
Just so that you know up front, this article is *not* about that green “stuff” that is dispensed to the masses by your local beer purveyor on Saint Patrick’s Day. At the risk of adding to a somewhat overwhelming daily barrage of sound bites and statistics concerning the deleterious effects of human-driven climate change on [...]
The last couple of years I’ve been doing some (small-scale) cellaring of beer, putting some away each year to save for… well, I haven’t figured out exactly what yet, other than to open up the occasional bottle for special occasions. (In the back of my mind I have an idea that I might have a [...]
Last week we looked at a few breweries and brew pubs in Denver, just to whet our appetites. This week we’ll continue to merely skim the surface, looking at some beer bars and bottle shops.
If you have your own general suggestions, or some questions, leave a comment below. And if you totally disagree with me, [...]
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