Sam Adams Stony Brook Red--Sam Adams has come out with 3 barrel aged beers in corked 750 ml bottles. I grabbed 2 of them on friday--the Stony Brook Red (wild ale) and a Tripel. Funky long necked bottles. The Stony Brook pours a red amber with a slight head. Taste is really dominated by lots of both...

Sam Adams Stony Brook Red--Sam Adams has come out with 3 barrel aged beers in corked 750 ml bottles. I grabbed 2 of them on friday--the Stony Brook Red (wild ale) and a Tripel. Funky long necked bottles. The Stony Brook pours a red amber with a slight head. Taste is really dominated by lots of both ...

not to rip off the band-aid or anything.... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091113/SPORTS/91113005/Harrison-Barnes-will-play-college-basketball-at-North-Carolina After the announcement, a picture of Williams and Barnes, wearing a North Carolina No. 40 jersey, appeared on the screen. It w...

Southern Tier Old Man--Could be the first Southern Tier beer that I've tried. Billed as an Old Ale. Pours a fairly dark amber with a small head. Starts off with a lot of sweet caramel malts. Comes off as almost too sweet given the beers relative thinness. Beneath the malts is a fairly hefty pine hop...

You might try to find a 750 ml bottle of Le Freak, the Green Flash hybrid between an American IIPA and Belgian Tripple. It clocks in at 101 IBU and 9.2% ABV. I have 1 bottle I'll enjoy soon and the 2nd I'll cellar for a year or two (I hope). Le Freak is very good...Green Flash also makes a nice Bar...

Now wait a second, we had an INDIA PALE ALE, what is the difference between a PALE ALE and BARLEYWINE? CB&B, I think I slipped a HIGH SEAS into your 6'r because I paid attention! I still want to brew some RED ALE and EAT some of that BBQ or RIBS! :D The primary difference, IMO, is that a barleywine...

Bump bump.. Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper--2008 vintage..I managed to hold off trying this until the 2009 came out (though it helped that I bought this in the spring after primary stout season)..This is another excellent imperial stout. Pours thick like black mud. No head at all. A nice blend o...

Otter Creek Quercus Vitis Humulus--The third of their imperial series along with an RIS and DIPA..Apparently, they will be having a box of all three for the holidays..A barleywine with sauvignon blanc grapes and champagne yeast and then aged in oak. Pours a nice amber color, a bit darker than I was ...

That is a nice find..I've never seen that up here...only their RIS and non-imperial type beers. Sounds great..I'll keep my eye out for this one.. I gathered from their web site that this is a new addition in May, 2009 to their imperial series with the RIS being their 1st. There will be another rele...

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 2009 edition hit the shelves of Total Wine last week and is released this year in 4 packs. Now I'll have to buy 3 of these suckers instead of two 6ers :D . Still one of my favorite all-time beers going on about 10 years now. A typical imperial stout with 6 malts and l...

No they didn't talk about giving it to me. We're just getting me the seasonal flu vax when I go back. He did say that Duke has some H1N1 for high-risk. He thought that Katie at under two and with a family history of asthma and her own reactive airway issues she's had would qualify. But he's not her...

That is a nice find..I've never seen that up here...only their RIS and non-imperial type beers. Sounds great..I'll keep my eye out for this one.. I gathered from their web site that this is a new addition in May, 2009 to their imperial series with the RIS being their 1st. There will be another rele...

As promised a little over a week ago, tonight I finally did my mini-vertical of Avery's Old Jubilation winter ale. Old Jubilation is Avery's winter seasonal, available from September through December. It also has one of my very favorite labels: http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/68.jpg The beer is ...

I'll offer this one as the 1000th post in this thread: Keelhauler Scotch Ale-Full Sail Brewing Company-Great but sad story here. I brought this $3 bomber (no typo-3 bucks!) back directly from the brewery after a tour in March when we returned after Dad's death and just got around to sharing it with...

Otter Creek IIPA-Quite a find here by 8-x ! A monster I2PA I had never heard of before. A blend of 4 hops for an intense grapefruity nose and taste which is fairly well-balanced with 6 malts, including, somewhat surprisingly, some wheat malt. This one will indeed turn your tongue upside down and ar...

Bruery Hottenroth..my first beer by the Bruery which produces some pretty unique beers. I have their autumn maple which is made with yams sitting on my shelf for thanksgiving. The Hottenroth is a listed as a berliner weisse which I had never heard of before buying. Comes in a nice 750ml bottle. Pou...

Bruery Hottenroth..my first beer by the Bruery which produces some pretty unique beers. I have their autumn maple which is made with yams sitting on my shelf for thanksgiving. That sounds very intriguing, looking forward to that review, the hottenroth sounds interesting. I wonder why such a low ABV...

Great DIvide Hibernation---2006 vintage..a store near me was selling these off for $2 each which seemed pretty cheap for a 3 year old cellared beer. The store is pretty reputable so I was confident that this was well taken care of during its aging (though at only 8%, it seemed like a risk for extend...

Bruery Hottenroth..my first beer by the Bruery which produces some pretty unique beers. I have their autumn maple which is made with yams sitting on my shelf for thanksgiving. The Hottenroth is a listed as a berliner weisse which I had never heard of before buying. Comes in a nice 750ml bottle. Pour...

Second in a series, but NOT consumed on the same night: Harpoon Leviathan-Not to be confused with your standard Harpoon ales. This one is a monster. An IIPA with a huge hop presence. The IBU is listed at 122! It tastes it, too with a buncha different hops which explode into flavors of pine, flowers...