710. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Bière De Garde
The air is cool and the sun is setting, so I thought I’d have another beer this evening out on the deck. I got this beer a couple years ago at our beer club Christmas party. Someone brought this and the Schlafly glass I often use for the gift exchange. The bottle says, “Schlafly Biere De Garde is a bottle conditioned, French farmhouse style ale. The name refers to the beer’s ability to improve with age and if you...
639. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Schlafly Christmas Ale
We are in St. Louis this weekend for the holidays, and today, we’re at a party at my aunt and uncle’s house to meet my cousin Steve’s baby daughter Harper. If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know I visited Steve last fall and he took me to a number of breweries around Seattle. He and I share an appreciation for good beer, and so my aunt bought some local craft beers for us “beer snobs.”...
500. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – 2008 Schlafly Reserve Barleywine Style Ale Aged on Oak
As most of you know, I celebrated the halfway to 1000 beers point with a bit of an online celebration – giving away bike chain bottle openers and cards. The other thing I did was have a poll to select which beer I should enjoy for #500. Withe the help of a tweet from @Schlafly, this beer easily cruised to the top spot. So, as promised, I cracked this one open at the end of the celebration week and enjoyed the halfway mark....
433. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Black IPA
I’m in Columbia, MO this weekend for my fraternity’s annual golf tournament. Followers of this blog will often see me trying new beers on my trips to the town of my alma mater, and this trip was no different. We arrived in town and immediately stopped at a new beer bar in town called 44 Stone. They had a very good craft beer list with a ton of great bottles available. I’d had several of the craft beers on tap,...
417. St. Louis Brewery Schlafly – Pale Ale
It’s a nice Saturday evening, and I’m out with my family at Joe’s Station House Pizza Pub here in town. It was a great night to relax with the kids, have some pizza, and a enjoy a few beers. I started with a Bell’s Hop Slam, only because it was actually on tap here, and then decided to slow it down a bit when the pizza came. I’ve had to start checking this blog to see if I’ve had certain beers...
378. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Oatmeal Stout
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and we headed to St. Louis to spend some time with my dad and sister. We decided to head over to my cousin’s new house to see it along with their adorable daughter. They offered me a beer while we were hanging out, and took this beer. I checked my list and saw I hadn’t had it yet, so I thought I’d write a quick review. Location: Enjoyed a bottle, at my cousin’s house in...
292. St. Louis Brewery – Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, my mom unexpectedly passed away on March 18. As you can imagine, it has been a tremendously difficult time. We’ve not only been dealing with her death, but all of the other things you don’t think about until something like this happens. My wonderful wife went out to do some shopping and came back with this beer for me. She figured I needed something big to relax and help deal with...
268. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Raspberry Coffee Stout
I found out about this beer a few months back from STLHops, and I knew I had to try it. St. Louis Brewery/Schlafly, makes a very good coffee stout (review coming soon), and I think it has a lot to do with the Kaldi’s coffee they use (and the cold steeping process for extracting the coffee flavors). I had never thought of a coffee-raspberry combination before, but once I had heard of it, I knew that it sounded pretty good. Also,...
244. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Holiday Ale
As I mentioned, we’re in St. Louis, visiting my parents for the holidays, and I brought a few beers with me. I bought this one a couple weeks back on another visit here, but after reading the last line on the label, I just knew I had to bring it back for this visit. The bottle says, “Holiday ale is a bottle-conditioned, English-style “Old Ale” brewed at the Schlafly Tap Room on 21st Street for Culinaria, a...
219. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Winter ESB Draft
My mom had emergency heart surgery on Thursday, so we rushed to St. Louis to be with her and my dad. It was extremely scary, but the doctors say she’s doing pretty good after the surgery. It was very unexpected and caught my entire family by surprise. We’re praying for her and hope she recovers quickly. After spending the weekend at the hospital with my stomach a bit tied up in a knot, we decided to stop at...
198. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Oktoberfest
We’re on our way down to the Oktoberfest celebration in Hermann, MO. My friend organized a bus trip, so we could all head down and have a great time enjoying the beer and wine in the German settlement town without having to drive. I came completely unprepared for my Oktoberfest Challenge, hoping I’d be able to find an Oktoberfest beer I had not had yet. On the ride down, my friend brought several beers, including this...
184. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Pumpkin Ale Special Release
I heard about Schlafly’s pumpkin beer about 4 years ago, and while in St. Louis for a friend’s wedding, we stopped by the Schlafly Tap Room specifically to try this beer. Due to the high alcohol (my memory tells me it was around 9% ABV back then), it was served in an 8oz snifter. I think they started bottling this last year, and I’m sure they lowered the ABV when the started bottling it. This beer will always...
