Another day, another dollar, and another collaboration brew from Stone Brewing and friends. More Brown Than Black IPA is from the collective brain trust of Ninkasi, The Alchemist, and Stone. The idea was to create a beer that was still very hop forward, but not quite as roasty and dark as a black…
I can’t believe I didn’t realize this earlier, but this has been IPA week here at the website. So to finish things off we have the Ruthless Rye IPA from Sierra Nevada. Rye beers are something we have only recently been exposed to, but so far seem to be quite interesting. It…
The old saying goes “Try it again for the first time”. Let’s just hope it goes better for our second go round with the Ranger IPA from New Belgium. We tried this beer almost two years ago and did not like it, but due to some listener comments and a recent tasting by…
Clown Shoes Lubrication which doesn’t sound like the name of a beer, but the beginning of the most amazing joke ever, is an American black ale. I had been seeing a lot of beers at our local Total Wine from this brand for some time now and decided to pick one up. Even…
In a year already filled with many firsts here at the site we will be adding another to that list with our first sampling of a gluten free beer. New Planet Beer has a selection of three gluten free beers for people who either have Celiac disease or are just wanting to live the…
A new Spring Seasonal is on the tasting table today from New Belgium Brewery. Simply called Dig, it’s a Pale Ale featuring one of our favorite new hops from New Zealand, Nelson Sauvin. This beer has a lot to live up to as it appears to be replacing one of our favorite seasonals…
In honor of Valentine’s Day we have a Winter/Spring seasonal from Kona Brewing. Their Koko Brown is a nut brown ale, brewed with toasted coconut. Sound interesting? We thought so. What made it even better is that we were given this beer by a listener of the show, Marilyn, who also…
I’m as shocked as you are that this podcast turned into a video. I mean, I knew we were recording it, but I didn’t think it would come together as well as it did. In fact it also gave me the opprotunity to try out our new editing software. I’m still getting…
Samuel Adams Alpine Spring is, you guessed it, a Spring seasonal. It’s an unfiltered lager looking to bridge the gap between Winter and Summer. Although to our thinking he’s going from a lighter lager in the Spring to a heavier ale in the Summer. Shouldn’t that be reversed? We’re probably over…
The Saranac Imperial IPA is one of only two beers in their High Peak Series. These beers are touted as being “bigger, more complex and flavorful.” They are difficult if not impossible to find here in Arizona. So when a couple of loyal listeners (Jason & Heidi) agreed to smuggle some back…