We drove to Indianapolis for the 3rd annual Upland Sour + Wild + Funk beer festival on May 17th. I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural event in 2...
Knotty Pine DIPA – Country Boy Brewing
My pour from a fresh growler of Country Boy Brewing Knotty Pine DIPA produced a hazy light peach colored body with a tight and white, creamy head. A ...
Women’s Beer T-shirts – A Rant (My First World Problems are Tough)
As a beer nerd, I own a few brewery T-shirts, don’t we all? As a woman I prefer women’s cut T-shirts, they just fit better. They are more flattering t...
Peanut-Brown Apocalypse Brew Works – Review
I have had other peanut beers, but they were stouts. I enjoyed those southern legume infused stouts but a peanut brown ale may be an even better combi...
Sun King Fistful of Hops (1st qtr – Blue Can) – Review
Sun King says they cannot make their wildly popular Grapefruit Jungle IPA year round due to hops availability and variety that vary. It is difficult f...
New Albanian Citra Ass Clown – Review
New Albanian Brewing Company has not dipped their toes in the highly hopped end of the spectrum very often but they do so very effectively with this o...
Falls City 502 American Pale Ale – Review
Given the recent holiday – I am “thankful” that Brian Reymiller and Falls City are constantly putting out a variety of quality beers at the tap...
Book Review of Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Shrewd and resourceful. Mechanically inclined and fiscally conservative. This is the picture you get of Ken Grossman when you read his book. The book ...
Kentucky Kölsch (Style) – Review
Thankfully this Alltech beer has been rebranded. Previously known as Kentucky Light. I’m not sure if they were trying to interest the Bud Light crow...
Wild & Sour In America at Against the Grain 2013
BeerAdvocate defines Wild Ales as: Sometimes Belgian influenced, American Wild Ales are beers that are introduced to “wild” yeast or bacte...