The Saison du Buff collaboration was first brewed by Stone, Dogfish and Victory Brewing in 2010. This was the first and I think only beer to come out of their BUFF (Brewers United for Freedom of Flavor) alliance. It was brewed at all three breweries using the same recipe and ingredients throughout that…
The 2010 Affentaler Pinot Noir is grown in Germany’s southern most wine growing region known as Baden. This area which is part of the Rhine Valley and is at the foot of the Black Forest has become know for its Rieslings and Pinot Noirs. Affentaler means “Valley of the Monkey” hence the symbolic…
Can you take a rainbow and put it in your pocket? Can you sweeten a cola with agave nectar? One man set out to definitively answer the second question with a large lineup of sodas. Stephen “Esteban” Anson began serving his handcrafted Oogave sodas in 2005 at his restaurant. They became…
We figured it was about time for us to take a break from the many beers we have been having lately and cleanse our palates with one of our favorite spirits, tequila. The Tres Generaciones Plata from Sauza Tequila came my way as a gift from my Dad at one of our get-togethers. …
Stone Brewing collaborating with anybody gets our attention. When we first saw this 13th Anniversary collaboration with Bottleworks we thought, “Who is Bottleworks?” I know plenty of our listeners may be letting out a collective sigh that we haven’t heard of this apparent Seattle landmark carrying over 950 beers and several rotating taps.…
We finished last week with a sesonal beer from Ballast Point that was quite delicious so why not start the week with another. The Tongue Buckler is an Imperial Red Ale with, as the labels says, has “More and more malt than any land lubber can handle.” With off the scale IBUs and…
It’s still “Wives Week” here at the site and today on the show we have two great things. My wife, Rachel and the Dorado Double IPA from Ballast Point. It’s a seasonal offering that gets hopped about very way possible: mash hopping, first wort hopping, kettle hopping, and dry hopping. This…
Today on the show we will be featuring the Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Ale. We know, we know more sour ales. We swear this will be the last one at least for a little bit since our bank accounts are starting to run dry (even as our mouths are watering) from the purchasing…
Collaboration beers are no stranger to our podcasts, but a wild ale collaboration is something to take note of. Lost Abbey and New Belgium have gotten together to create a beer for part of the Lips of Faith collection simply called Brett Beer. The Brett being short for brettanomyces which if you’ve been…
Still on the hunt for even more delicious sour beers, even after all the we have had over the last two weeks, we bring to the tasting table today a Flemish red ale. The Duchesse De Bourgogne from Brouwerij Verhaeghe is made in the traditional style of aging in oak casks. This beer…