453. Hilliard’s Beer – Hilliard’s Amber Ale
A couple of months ago, I sent my cousin – who lives in Seattle – a box of my homebrew. I asked him if he could find some local beers and ship the box back to me. He obliged, even checking this blog to see what I haven’t had yet, and sent me 10 or so beers from the area. I’m finally getting around to trying a few of them. This can just happened to be in the door of the beer fridge, so it goes first. Location:...
452. 4 Hands Brewing – Pi PA
Several weeks ago I was in St. Louis visiting my dad and my wife and I attended the St. Louis Brewers heritage Festival. I had to pick my wife up on Friday night at the train station since I took the day off and took the kids to the zoo on Friday. Her train was running a little bit late and so I stopped at Four Hands Brewing Company in downtown St. Louis. I had their Prunus Saison at the time, and picked up a growler of this to go....
451. Florida Beer Co – Florida Lager
It’s just a lazy Saturday, and I’m digging into some of the beers that I picked up during my vacation to Florida last week. I already had my last Cigar City Jai Alai. When I found this one at the grocery store in Flordia, I wasn’t exactly sure how great it was going to be, but I thought I’d give it a shot. Besides, what’s better in hot weather than a nice clean lager, right? Location: Poured into a...
450. Cigar City Brewing – Jai Alai India Pale Ale
I’m back from my family vacation, and it’s taken me a week to adjust. I was able to smuggle several beers out of Florida and bring them back home to add to the list. I bought a 6-pack of this beer my first night in Florida and was planning to review it down there. However, I drank these mostly at night, so it wasn’t ideal to take a picture. I thought about getting more when I visited Cigar City Brewing my last...
449. Peg’s Pizza Cantina Brew Pub – Blind Date Amber Ale
It’s the last evening of my vacation in Florida, and I took my family to Peg’s for dinner. As I mentioned in my review of their G.O.O.D. Dancing Cody IPA, this place came highly recommended from several sources. I was impressed with that beer, as well as the food, and wanted a chance to try one more of their beers. Behind the Dancing Cody IPA, this appeared to be another of their signature beers on tap. Location: On tap...
448. Peg’s Pizza Cantina Brew Pub – G.O.O.D. Dancing Cody IPA
When I went to Florida, my friend Joe recommended Peg’s Pizza Cantina Brew Pub. Then when I got down there and talked with a couple of folks, they recommended it as well. When I read an article naming this the best brew pub in America (yes, it’s debatable), I knew we had to go. So, on the last night of our vacation in Madeira Beach, we headed over to Gulfport and had dinner at Peg’s. The brewmaster at Peg’s...
447. Cigar City Brewing – Maduro Brown Ale
As I’ve mentioned in my last few posts, I’m at Madeira Beach in Florida on my family vacation. Today we went to John’s Pass, a touristy area with lots of souvenir stores, ice cream spots, restaurants, and tours. We walked along the boardwalk and stopped into The Hut Bar and Grille to rest and grab a bite to eat and drink. Location: On tap and served in a plastic cup at The Hut Bar & Grille at John’s Pass...
446. Margaritaville Brewing Co – Landshark Lager
As I’ve mentioned in my last couple of posts, I’m on vacation with my family in Florida. Today we stopped for lunch at a place on John’s Pass called Gators so my son could try gator nuggets. It was a great place to sit waterside and watch the boats, birds, people and the drawbridge (which you can see is open in the background of my photo). Their beer list was limited to the typical big brewery beers, but I...
445. Mother Earth Brewing – Sunny Haze German Style Hefeweizen
I’m on vacation in Florida, and on our way down we stopped in Atlanta to stay with my friend Joe, to take a break during the 17-hour car drive down. Joe picked up a couple of local craft beers that I couldn’t get in Illinois or Florida, and made sure they were in the can, so I could drink them on the beach. Well, I’m not on the beach yet, but I cracked open one of these while sitting on the veranda looking down the...
444. Birra Moretti – Birra Moretti La Rossa Birra Doppio Malto
My family and I arrived in Florida today on our family vacation. We rented a condo on Madeira Beach. After getting in this afternoon, we dumped our stuff at the condo and went for a drive north toward Clearwater. After exploring for a bit, we were hungry, and used Yelp to help us find Cristino’s. It’s an italian restaurant which reviews said made great pizza. They were right! Since it was hot, I started with a Peroni, and...
443. Lazy Magnolia – Indian Summer Spiced Ale
My family and I left for vacation today to spend a week on Madeira Beach, Florida. We’ve driven about 10 hours today and arrived at my friend Joe’s place in Atlanta. We’re crashing here for the night before finishing our trip tomorrow. Joe knew that there was nothing I wanted more after the long drive than a good beer. He offered a bunch of different beers, and I decided to go with this one before going to bed....
442. Piece Brewery & Pizzeria – Dysfunctionale
Several weeks ago, I was in Chicago to watch my sister play football (she plays for the St. Louis Slam professional women’s football team). While there, we stopped at Piece Brewery & Pizzeria for a late lunch before the game. I had a couple of beers (as did my wife, although I had much of hers). Since I’d never been here before, I wanted a growler, and I couldn’t leave with it empty, so I took this beer to go....
