03 September, 2016

A Wondrous Hypotyposis: Smoked Dubbel by Wisconsin Brewing Company

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Last week Wisconsin Brewing Company unveiled another brew in their Forward! Series. This time out it was a Belgian dubbel, a smoked dubbe...
31 August, 2016

Just Say Ja to Oktoberfest: Oktoberfest by Sierra Nevada and Mahrs Bräu

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You know it's July when American Oktoberfests hit store shelves. I managed to refrain from buying any until late August this year beca...
30 August, 2016

I Dined on Mince and Gose of Quince: Geisterzug Quince Gose by Freigeist Bierkultur

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Another bier from Freigeist! I have previously enjoyed Sebastian Sauer's spruced gose as well as one laced with rhubarb . He takes ...
29 August, 2016

A Berliner in Verona: Berliner Weisse by Wisconsin Brewing Company

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This past Wednesday the Wisconsin Brewing Company loosed a small batch of Berliner Weisse into the wild as part of their Forward! series....
28 August, 2016

A Pils Fit For Perseus: Radio Free Pils by Wild Onion Brewery

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Wild Onion's Radio Free Pils is so new that the brewery's website doesn't even have a page dedicated to it. Wild Onion Brewery...
24 August, 2016

This Bier Belongs to the Realm of Light and Righteousness: Pear Abraxxxas by Freigeist Bierkultur

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American microbrewers have yet to embrace the Lichtenhainer the way it has its cousins, the Gose and Berliner Weisse and I don't see t...
23 August, 2016

The Evil Rye: Böse Roggen by Excel Brewing Company

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It is a testament to my tenure in IT that whenever I see this bier bottle, I don't think of doing well at some endeavor but rather of ...
22 August, 2016

I meet Raquel Welch. I buy a nice mango American Kölsch.: Mangö by Clown Shoes Beer

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This being my first encounter with a brew by Clown Shoes I sought out some info about them on the Internet. I discovered that all of thei...
19 August, 2016

I want all my rauchmonbozia (smoky goodness): Foraging Swine by Scorched Earth Brewing

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We return to northern Illinois after having gotten a taste of summer there earlier this week courtesy of Scorched Earth, which harbors at...
18 August, 2016

Diane, if you ever go to Algonquin, that Gose is worth a stop: Sweetie Pie by Scorched Earth Brewing Company

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On a recent trip to Chicagoland The Dulcinea and I stopped in at a liquor store on our way out into the exurbs. My intention was to grab a...
17 August, 2016

The duality of beer. The Jungian thing.: Rauch Pils by Mikkeller

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> Wowzers! It appears that this is my first Mikkeller beer. That's odd. Mikkeller, it says here , was formed in 2006 by friends ...
16 August, 2016

Farm to Glass: Honey Kolsch by Rogue Ales

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I have not exactly plumbed the depths of Rogue Ale's (and Spirits) catalogue of brews. It seems that I've reviewed only two of t...
12 August, 2016

Sláinte Mhath: Swamp Thang by Oliphant Brewing

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The fine folks at Oliphant up in Somerset have heard the siren call of the Summer of Rauch 2016 and given us a smoky twofer. First there ...
11 August, 2016

The Appeal of Bell's and That Christmas Tree Smell: Quinannan Falls Special Lager by Bell's Brewing Company

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I do believe that this is my first review of a brew by the venerable Michigan outfit, Bell's Brewing . Bell's has been around qu...
10 August, 2016

Yippee-ki-yay!: hans macgruber by Oliphant Brewing

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When I saw the name of this bier, it was instantly familiar. Hans MacGruber, Hans MacGruber...nope. I just couldn't place it. I DuckDu...
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09 August, 2016

She Wore Lemon: Meyer Lemon Lager by Anchor Brewing

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I had an Anchor Steam relatively recently and, oh man, was it good. It was one of the few microbrews in Madison taverns 25 years ago and h...
08 August, 2016

Measuring a Summer's Day: Tangelino by Hop Haus Brewing & Vintage Brewing

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Back in late June Scott Manning from Vintage Brewing made a trek out to Verona where he met up with Phil Hoechst, brewmaster of Hop Haus ...
07 August, 2016

Lager! Lager! Erik Jensen Shed His Grace on Thee: Sea to Sea Lager by Green Flash Brewing Company

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While it would be madness for me to say that the zwickel/kellerbier is a trend in microbrewing, I have run across a trio of them this summ...
02 August, 2016

Sunny, Tropical Leipzig: Flamingose by Uinta Brewing

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What compels you to place your faith in a brewery? My run-ins with Salt Lake City's Uinta Brewing have all been pleasant experience...
01 August, 2016

A Midwestern Affair: Family Values by Sierra Nevada, August Schell, et al

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Beginning last fall I went through a phase of sampling beers from Sierra Nevada and along the way I reacquainted myself with the brewery...