It’s that time year once again when the leaves begin to change colors and thoughts of colder weather and the harvest come to the forefront. Here in Arizona very little of that is true, but we try to think positive and be excited those times are only a couple months away. To help…
We have not even made an attempt to keep secret our enjoyment of Modern Times Beer and our longing for them to start distributing to Arizona. Founded just over a year ago by Jacob McKean a long-time homebrewer and former Stone Brewing Co. employee. Most of their lineup and limited releases to this…
We have left the great state California and moved on down the tracks to Kansas City, Missouri. The California Beer Train may be over, but apparently my locomotive references still have a bit of steam left. Today at the tasting table we have a bit of a combo style. Boulevard Brewing brings…
The California Beer Train makes it’s final stop today in Santa Rosa for a visit to Russian River Brewing. For many of you I don’t need to go any further and the video or podcast is already being consumed as soon as I say Russian River. For the rest of you that want…
It’s our last week in San Francisco and once again we have another beverage from Almanac Beer Company. We decided that there was no better way to close things out than with a berry bang! A strawberry bang to be exact. (giggity) We will pause as you either finish chuckling or…
We stay in San Francisco this week as we try another beverage from Almanac Beer Company. The Farmer’s Reserve Citrus is included in their immense lineup of Farm to Barrel Series beers. Like the Sourdough Wild Ale we had last week, the Citrus uses the same “Dogpatch” sour culture. This blend of…
This is the beginning of a three week stop in San Francisco for the California Beer Train. Almanac Beer Company is the reason for this prolonged stop as we will be featuring three beers. First up this week is their Sourdough Wild Ale. It brings together everything you look for in this…
This week the California Beer Train makes a stop in Alpine for what we have been told is one of the best brewers of IPAs. The Alpine Beer Company opened its doors in the fall of 2002 and it didn’t take long for word to spread to local hop heads that this was a…
The California Beer Train (choo choo) is full steam ahead and pulling up to our first destination in San Diego. The taps began flowing in June of 2013 for Modern Times Beer and since then they have slowly been building not only a stable of year round releases, but some special limited options as…
The first thing that came to our minds when reading Loose Leaf was tea of course. Unfortunately this beer from Odell Brewing does not use tea of any kind. What the Loose Leaf Session Ale does have is the promise of everything we’re looking for in this very popular style of beer: …