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.”...
549. Perennial Artisan Ales – Peace Offering
As I mentioned with the Perennial Hommel Bier I had, my dad lives in St. Louis and I visit there often. I stopped by Perennial once and picked up a couple of beers, but I can’t remember when it was, and there’s no date on the bottle. The bottle says, ” Peace offering is un-American brown ale, brewed with a few hundred pounds of maple roasted Missouri squash. We hope you enjoy our take on autumn in that the flavors...
548. Cathedral Square Brewery – Hail Mary Belgian-Style IPA
It’s Sunday night, and I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and relax after sending the kids up stairs to get ready for bed. I’ve found another corner of the beer fridge, with some beers (like Perennial Hommel Bier) I brought back from my many trips to St. Louis to see my dad. I’m not sure how long these St. Louis beers have been in the beer fridge, since they don’t seem to have dates on them, but...
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....
435. St. Louis Brewery / Schlafly – Yakima Wheat Ale
After a quick stop at a new beer bar in Columbia, MO named 44 Stone, and enjoying Schlafly’s Black IPA and Avery’s Hog Heaven, my friend Joe and I checked into the hotel. We met up with the guys we’d be playing golf with the next day at Booche’s in downtown Columbia. It’s a pool hall with some of the best little hamburgers anywhere. Joe and I each ordered several burgers as well as a pitcher of this...
432. O’Fallon Brewery – 5-Day IPA
As I mentioned in my last post, I picked up my wife from the train station in St. Louis, and we stopped at Bailey’s Chocolate Bar in Lafayette Square for a drink. I started off with their house beer, an amber wheat Chocolate Ale, brewed by O’Fallon. I was less than impressed, and decided to go with something bolder and hoppier. Location: On tap and served in a regular pint glass at Bailey’s Chocolate Bar in...
430. 4 Hands Brewing – Prunus Saison
I’m in St. Louis for the weekend, visiting my dad and taking the kids to the zoo. Since the kids had the day off school, I took the day off work and took them to the zoo. However, my wife had to work and is taking the train in to meet us. I headed downtown to pick her up fron the train station, and since her train was delayed a half hour, I stopped in at 4 Hands to have a drink and pick up a growler to go. According to the...
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...
409. 4 Hands Brewing – Bona Fide Russian Imperial Stout
I’m at 4 Hands Brewing in St. Louis, MO, enjoying a few beers in their tasting room, including their Divided Sky Rye IPA and their Reprise Centennial Red Ale. My friend Joe just had this beer, and recommended I try it myself. As a fan of Russian Imperials, I indulged in a third beer here before we headed off to another local microbrewery. According to 4 Hands, “Bona Fide Imperial Stout is a collaborative effort with...
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...
329. Urban Chestnut – Winged Nut
After having an awesome lunch at The Shaved Duck, my friend Joe took me to the first stop of our “mini-micro” tour of St. Louis – Urban Chestnut. It’s a microbrewery that opened in January near the St. Louis University campus. Founders Florian Kuplent and David Wolfe started it after leaving Anheuser-Busch when it was bought out by InBev. I’ve heard good things about them and was really looking forward...
