Planet Brew

The Oregonian has a story about the Widmer Brothers Brewery working with home brewers to give them a chance to scale their home brews up to a commercial sized batch. This sound like a create idea to give home brewers a chance to have their own beers on tap at a few pub.

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Joe Sixpack from the Philadelphia Daily News sums up his 6 favorite beers of the year. 1. Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon (Norway): An imperial stout with 16 percent alcohol (at $25 a bottle), this baby set the pace for a new wave of Scandinavian beers. 2. Goose Island Matilda (Illinois): A surprisingly authentic Orval Trappist […]

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Last night Bob Tupper let us know that the last batch of Tupper’s Hop Pocket Ale has just been brewed at Old Dominion. After the Fordham/Anheuser-Busch take over of Old Dominion, Dominion decided to drop their contact brewing business. This left Bob looking for a new location to brew his award winning Hop Pocket Ale. […]

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I had a brief discussion with Jim Wager from Duclaw last night. I was asking about about my perception that Venom’s taste has change over the years. Jim reassured me that the receipt has remained exactly the same. It could be other things like the brewery move or my tastes that have changed the taste […]

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I didn’t see this coming, but Flying Dog Brewery is going to relocate all its beer brewing operations to Maryland. If you remember Flying dog bought the Frederick Brewing/Wild Goose Brewery in 2006. Colorado’s No. 2 craft brewer plans to stop brewing beer in Denver next month and will relocate all of its beer-making operations […]

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I mentioned that I wanted to try some of Bells Winter White Ale, well we were out at the Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington VA and I found a six pack So while there I had a pint of Bells Porter a print of Stone IPA and a six pack of Winter White Ale to […]

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This week saw a couple of beer disasters, first Guinness loose 36,000 pints of beer now a 40 tonnes of beer is lost in a motor way accident. I just hope someone is enjoying some of that beer.

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Interested in some winter bears, the Pittsburgh Tribune has a review of some winter seasonals. After reading Going in a completely different direction, Bell’s Brewery Winter White Ale uses American wheat and classic German Hefe and Belgian yeasts for a spicy, fruity brew with a clean, frothy finish. “While winter is dark and bleak,” Bell […]

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I picked up a six pack of Rogue’s Santa’s Private Reserve from World Market in Dulles. I wasn’t sure what to expect but thought it might be a winter warmer type beer. Overall disappointed in the beer, it is drinkable but in my opinion is on the bland side. On a recent visit to Whole […]

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The San Jose Mercury News is running a story on beers that are going up market. John Alderete is opening Mayfield Brewing Co. in Palo Alto. One is a pale beer that began its life as a traditional India Pale Ale but has been fermenting, first in a French oak barrel that formerly held zinfandel, […]

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