The coronavirus has put everyone in quarantine so I passed the time by watching the movie The Lighthouse, which endorses excessive alcohol consumption while in isolation. Fortunately for me, I had Cisco Brewers’ Grey Lady, which has a picture of…
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Because I planned a trip to Italy right in the middle of the global coronavirus outbreak, and because that trip might be canceled as a result, I decided to do the next best thing: Drink Italian beer. Luckily for me,…
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(This pour is, um, mostly cloudy) Someone dropped a four-pack of beer on my desk at work and I wasn’t sure who it was. I figured it was the weather department, because the beer is called Partly Cloudy from Solace…
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There’s a party in my mouth and everyone’s invited. After my local beer store told me it didn’t have any gingerbread beer – on Christmas Eve – the guy who worked there told me to try Sierra Nevada’s Celebration. This…
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Holy Hoppiness… After getting sick of lagers and seeing that I haven’t even drank them all, I reached for something that looks like the complete opposite: A Belgian pilsner. Bavik Super Pils, which sounds like something you buy from a…
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Considering I’m not a big fan of Porters, I’m unclear how I keep ending up with them. Yet, I drink them anyway because these things are too thick to pour down the drain without doing permanent damage. This 7.2% alc….
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Next up on the cleaning-out-my-fridge tour is Moosehead Lager, a beer that comes in a green bottle that has a picture of a moose on it. Moosehead describes its ‘premium’ lager like this: “This golden, refreshing lager offers a fine…
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Perhaps I felt the eyes of the hatted dame staring at me with a ‘come hither, sailer,’ invitation, soliciting me to try Founders Porter, which looks and tastes like a stout. Though I’ll admit I’m not big into dark beers…
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Iron Maiden, the heavy metal band that made Trooper beer a few years ago with Robinsons Brewery, recently put out a new one called Light Brigade. Being a die-hard Maiden fan and just having seen them in concert (paying $13.75…
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After being forced to deliver Thomas Jefferson’s Tavern Ale to my cousin in North Carolina, I decided to try another Yards Brewing Company beer because apparently, this is stuff you can only get in one place in a 30-mile vicinity…
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