Apr 9, 2014
Full disclosure, friends: I had my first Bell’s Oberon of the year this week. I know, I know. I can hear it now: “Beer Snob, it’s just barely spring! Hey, that’s a wheat beer! A summer beer! Aren’t you a self-proclaimed ‘seasonal drinker?” In my defense, the...
Apr 2, 2014
The Vernal Equinox is upon us. And although as you’re reading this column there just as likely a chance of ice and freezing rain as there is sunshine, you should be ready to switch beer gears. So it might be time to lighten up, however slightly, with your beer choice....
Mar 26, 2014
The craft beer revolution is well and truly upon us West Ashley. Where once we were limited to the workmanlike efforts of Palmetto Brewing and the scattered attempts from others, in 2007 the floodgates were flung open. Where once there was a barely discernible...
Mar 19, 2014
An unusual trend has been happening lately, I’ve re-stumbled upon a patch of stouts. No, not the average, boring Guinness variety associated with the recent Patrician festivities. I’m referring to stouts of a slightly sweeter, richer, creamier nature. In the stout...
Mar 11, 2014
Although the English may claim to have created the beverage and coined the term ‘stout’ as a singular style, it ‘s the Irish that have made the beer their own. The lads and lasses from the green isle loved that dark beer so much, that a category was named for their...
