731. Uinta Brewing – Hop Nosh AIPA
Tonight, we went to dinner at Medici in Normal because I wanted to go here for my birthday last week, but we couldn’t get in. They have a pretty good menu, and a selection of about 30 or so craft beers on tap. I felt like a hoppy beer tonight with the stone-oven pizza I ordered, so I went with this one. Location: On tap and served in a tumbler style pint glass at Medici in Normal, Illinois. Numbers: 7.3% ABV, 82 IBUs, 15 SRM,...
645. Greenbush Brewing – Closure
It’s Saturday night, and my wife suggested we go out for pizza and beer. Since, unfortunately, our favorite place, Flinger’s Pizza Pub, hasn’t found a new location yet, we ended up going to Joe’s Station House Pizza Pub. They usually have a couple good microbrews on tap (but nothing to the level that Flinger’s used to have). As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, it seems like I’ve had several...
628. Surly Brewing Co. – Furious Beer
It’s Thanksgiving eve, and we just finished making burgers with a pretzel bun. They were incredibly good, and – having polished off the other three of these beers – knew it would be perfect to help wash down the burger. I picked up a four pack of this brew a couple months ago when I was up in Minnesota for a doctor appointment. I’d heard quite a bit about Surly Brewing, so I was eager to try their beers. I...
410. 2nd Shift Brewing – El Gato Grande AIPA
After a very successful trip to 4 Hands Brewing (where I had their Reprise Centennial Red Ale, Divided Sky Rye IPA, and Bona Fide Russian Imperial Stout), we headed over to the International Tap House in Soulard (near downtown St. Louis, MO) to watch Missouri play in the NCAA tournament and enjoy a few beers. My friend Joe said he had enjoyed 2nd Shift’s beers after he went to their 2nd Shift and Friends Festival last year, so...
366. Twisted Pine – Hoppy Boy
I’m in Boulder, Colorado for work and wanted to try to hit a few breweries while here. After an unsuccessful stop at Upslope Brewing, we headed out for dinner. Before heading to our dinner location, I asked the group if we could stop at Twisted Pine Brewing for a couple of beers, since I haven’t been able to have any of their beers. According to them, “Hoppy Boy India Pale Ale is the flagship beer of Twisted Pine....
322. Lucky Bucket Brewing – IPA
If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed a lot of reviews lately, and they’ve been a few weeks old. I’ve been really trying to get caught up, and finally have. It’s Memorial Day weekend, and I’ve been planning to homebrew for the first time in over 6 months. I’ve got the boil going and it was time to take a break and grab a beer. My beer fridge is packed, as I’ve been...
270. Smuttynose – Big A IPA Draft
My friend, BettyWriter is in town, so we went out for a couple drinks to catch up and put together a game plan for our trip to SXSW next month. We caught up at Medici in “Uptown” Normal, because they usually have a pretty good beer selection. I have heard a lot about Smuttynose, and it seems like they’ve been everywhere lately, so I thought I’d give them a chance. The Big A IPA appears to be a big American...
223. Sierra Nevada – Torpedo Extra IPA
Things have been tremendously crazy lately. As I mentioned in my review of Schlafly Winter ESB, my mom had emergency heart surgery and has been in the hospital. Due to some blood clots, she went back in. Upon being released, my grandmother stopped by to visit her and was killed in a car accident while leaving my parents house. It’s been a difficult time, so tonight, I wanted to just sit back, relax a bit in front of the...
85. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale Draft
With my parents in town for the long holiday weekend, we decided to go out to eat tonight. My mom is a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan, so we had to find a place that had the game on. I had only been to Wings Etc. here in town once before and was not very impressed. Well, tonight was no exception… There were no beer list at our table, and when I asked the waitress what was on draft she said, “Coors, Miller Light, Bud...
