Mar 17, 2015
Spring has finally sprung. The weather is all over the chart, some good, and some bad. Warmer days, cooler nights, sun, rain, wind, we’ve got it all. During these wildest of pre-summer months, which beers are serviceable and which, if any, just don’t cut it?...
Mar 11, 2015
Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is said to have driven the snakes out of the emerald isle. Whether there were ever snakes there in the first place is up for debate. However, we are sure that Ireland has beer to offer, and there is no better time of year to...
Mar 4, 2015
Red beer seems like an extremely boring descriptor, but many examples that fit under this seemingly vague category can be quite tasty, if not glorious. If, where you live, winter is still hanging on, and, like me, you’re not yet ready to give up the ales of the...
Feb 25, 2015
With the first day of spring still a month away, and warmer weather seemingly nowhere in sight, I don’t yet feel the need to break into the moderate beers. It seems that many breweries use February to release several big beers. After pints and pints of double this,...
Feb 19, 2015
I’m really not sure if this should have been an omen, but a friend texted me to say that his local Harris Teeter just got a few cases of Hopslam. I was not at home, much less near his store, and was pretty certain I would be able to get my own 6-pack either through my...