Tag: beer

Like Ron Burgundy and many other dignified gentlemen, I enjoy sipping Scotch whisky from time to time, preferably while quietly reposing on a large piece…

Grain is one of the key ingredients in beer, and most beers are made using barley, a common cereal grain. The barley is “malted,” which…

Before I delve into this week’s beer, let’s talk about beer in general to develop some context. These days, most beers can be distinctly classified…

Last week I reviewed a light, delicate beer perfect for a summer day — the Troegs Sunshine Pils. This week I’ll be shifting gears a…

Summer is nearly here, and with summer comes warm weather, baseball games on TV, and of course, summer beer styles. Among the many traditional summer…

One of my favorite warm-weather styles is the saison, which I have been missing the past few months. So in honor of the return of…

Last week I wrote about Weyerbacher’s Insanity, a barrel aged barleywine. Well, this week I couldn’t resist cracking open Heresy, the bourbon barrel-aged version of…

There are a few beers that I keep my eye out for, and this week I ran across two of them, Weyerbacher Brewing Co.’s Insanity…

This week has been rather warm, so I decided to crack open a lighter beer. I’ve been doing a lot of IPAs, so I went…

The beer I selected for this week is a favorite of mine from the old, dependable Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Sierra Nevada was founded in…