599. Brooklyn Brewery – East India Pale Ale
It’s Labor Day, and this morning we took the kids to the local parade. We came back and had lunch on the deck, and it seemed like the perfect afternoon to grab a beer and chill out for a bit. I grabbed this beer out of the door of the beer fridge, where I still have a few beers my friend Joe gave me when I helped him pack for his move to Atlanta last year. The bottle says, “East India Pale Ale is our version of the sturdy...
560. Samuel Adams – Third Voyage Double IPA
My homebrew club acquired a few bourbon barrels, and our group is brewing an Imperial Stout to put in the barrel. We’re brewing tomorrow at Illinois Brewing Company (IBC), here in Bloomington, IL. We have the grain, about 250lbs of it, but found out IBC only has a small corona mill. Therefore, my friend Fred and I started milling the grain this afternoon at his house. While we were milling the grain, Fred offered me this beer...
555. Green Flash Brewing – West Coast IPA
Tonight is my monthly homebrewers club meeting, and I had a half hour or so to grab some dinner beforehand. Regular readers will see that I love Flinger’s Pizza Pub for their pizza and craft beers on tap, and conveniently, it’s right down the street from Fat Jack’s, our meeting place. Since I was on my own, I had their tomato basil rolls – which were excellent – and this beer. Location: On tap and served...
543. Big Al Brewing – Big Hoppa India Pale Ale
The snow is really coming down outside, and I’m glad to be inside eating a hot pizza. After I pulled the Epic Simple Ale out of the beer fridge, I saw this one behind it. I also picked this one up during my work trip to Seattle a few months ago. I’d heard a lot of good things about this brewery online (and their support of the local homebrew community), and was a bit disappointed I didn’t get to stop there (although...
513. Oskar Blues Brewery – Deviant Dale’s India Pale Ale
I’ve been going into the beer fridge the last few days, and trying to pull out older beers. I picked up a four pack of these cans during my vacation in Florida, the first week in August. It was a great beer, and I especially enjoyed having this big beer in cans, so I could enjoy it on the beach. I was saving this one for a more formal review, and tonight is the night. Location: Poured into a Sam Adams perfect pint glass from the...
506. Highland Brewing Co – Kashmir IPA India Pale Ale
I took the day off work today to stay home and watch the kids. We had to go out for a little bit and get some shopping done and it turned into a bit of a debacle. My son spilled his root beer on the floor of my car, and then my daughter spilled her chocolate milk on my seat. Needless to say, when I got home I reached into the beer fridge and this was the first thing I grabbed. I believe this beer was given to me by my sister’s...
485. Schooner Exact Brewing Co. – Hopvine India Pale Ale IPA
I’ve had a great day and evening so far, stopping at several breweries throughout Redmond and Seattle, Washington. This evening, my cousin and I have been walking around his neighborhood of Ballard, going from brewery to brewery. So far this evening, he and I have stopped at Fremont Brewing, Reuben’s Brews, NW Peaks Brewery, and Hilliard’s Beers (and that’s after stopping at Black Raven and Pike Brewing Co....
476. Ninkasi Brewing – Total Domination IPA India Pale Ale
It’s been a long day in Seattle, Washington, where I am for work. I’ve been at a conference all day and a networking event afterward (where I had Mac & Jack’s African Amber). Then I stopped at Red Mill Burgers, which came recommended on the Travel Channel. Finally, I stopped at Hale’s Ales for a few quick samples, where I had their Red Manace Big Amber, Cream ESB, and Mongoose IPA. When I got back to my...
470. Elliott Bay Brewing – Dry Hopped IPA
After stopping at a couple of breweries this morning, including Elysian and Pyramid, and then stopping at Two Beers and Georgetown brewing, My cousin and I decided to go to dinner at Elliot Bay Brewing Company in West Seattle. This brewery had come as a recommendation from a couple of people from Twitter and my Google+ page, but he had been there before and said it would be a nice place to have dinner. Location: On tap and served in...
464. Fremont Brewing – Interurban IPA
I’m getting ready for a business trip out to Seattle, and I’ve been trying to have a few of the beers my cousin sent me a few weeks ago from Seattle. I’m hoping that it’ll help me determine a few breweries I must stop at while I’m there. In doing a little prep work for my trip, it looks like this brewery has a great “urban beer garden,” so I’m hoping this beer will be the motivation I...
463. Pennsylvania Brewing Co. – Overlook IPA
A few weeks ago, my dad and sister made a trip out to Pittsburgh, PA. My sister plays professional women’s tackle football for the St. Louis Slam, and she was out there for the league’s all-star game. She and my dad stopped at Penn Brewing for dinner and decided to buy me a mixed 6-pack of beers to review here on my blog. They struck up a conversation with the waiter and told him about this, and he sent them home with...
460. Elysian Brewing – The Immortal IPA
I found out that I’m going to be heading to Seattle for work in a few weeks, and one of the first things I did was see what breweries were in the area that I could visit. I had heard of this brewery, because my cousin had sent me a bunch of beers from Seattle and this was one of them. Bottle says, “Aggressive, yet well-balanced, The Immortal IPA is a Northwest take on a classic English style, golden-copper in color and...
