Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of April 19th - April 25th 2015. We leave the vines of the past few weeks and head into the (clear) spirit world. It happens this Wednesday with a "Give It A Shot" featuring a dry gin from Dry Fly Distilling out…
With the success of last weeks wine from Trader Joe’s, Keith decided we should try another. Today at the tasting table we have the La Paca Spanish Garnacha. This particular grape originated in Spain, but goes by Grenache in the other areas where it is cultivated: Sardinia, the south of France and…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of April 12th – April 18th 2015. We decided to stay wrapped up in the vines this week as we bring another wine from Trader Joe’s to the tasting table. It happens this Wednesday with a “Give It…
Ripped from the pages of the latest Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, today at the tasting tables we have the Pacific Grove California Chardonnay. Made from 100% Chardonnay grapes, this wine goes through a very unique process of small batch barrel and malolactic fermentation. These two processes are more common in red wine making…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of April 5th – April 11th 2015. This week we bring a 100% barrel fermented chardonnay to the tasting table. It happens this Wednesday with a “Give It A Shot” featuring the Pacific Grove Chardonnay from Trader Joe’s.…
There are very few breweries that would use the word delicious in the name of their beer, but being bold and arrogant is something Stone Brewing wears like a badge of honor. Today at the tasting table we have their Delicious IPA. Brewed with three different hops (El Dorado, Calypso and the recently…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of March 29th – April 4th 2015. We have something a little different at the tasting table this week as we try a beer that adds by subtraction. It happens this Wednesday with a “Give It A Shot”…
This is the most forward planning of any show by far that we have ever done! Today at the tasting table we have the Stone Brewing Enjoy By 2.14.14. That’s right. I (Andrew) have been cellaring (unnecessarily) this beer for one year. I had bought several of these when they first…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of March 8th – March 14th 2015. The show one year in the making is finally here! It happens this Wednesday with a “Give It A Shot” featuring the Stone Brewing Enjoy By 2.14.14. You read that…
Spring is in the air and with it comes a fair amount of baseball conversation to start the show, but eventually we get to the beer at hand. At the tasting table today we have the Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA. It’s a newly created year round release that uses a method of…