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...
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...
232. Cathedral Square – Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
Since my Oktoberfest Challenge, the other beers in my beer fridge have felt a bit neglected, so I thought I’d grab a random one for a review. I was told by a friend about this somewhat new brewery in St. Louis and have had their Iglesia Agave Ale which was pretty good, so I thought I’d give their Belgian-style Abby a try. The bottle says, “this traditional Belgian-style Abbey Ale is brewed using five malts, two hop...
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...
32. ABInBev – Budweiser
I was going to wait to have this one, but sometimes an opportunity presents itself. In this case, my traveling partner got me upgraded to first class on our flight. With first class, comes free drinks, but my choices were Bud, Bud Light, Corona, and Heineken (all canned). Having grown up in St. Louis, I went for the hometown beer (St. Louis, although, after the InBev buyout, it’s not really the hometown beer anymore)....
