Rogue Brewing kicks of our week long salute to the hefeweizen with a beer simply called Mom Hefeweizen. It’s very similar to a beer that can be found year round called Haf-E-Weizen, but that particular version does not appear to incorporate the infusion of rose petals and rose water. Like most beers in…
What do you call a beer made with holy water and smoked with vampire killing stakes? In our eyes there is only one thing you can call it, Vampire Slayer from Clown Shoes Beer. Normally this time of year in Arizona we are not even thinking about something this dark and heavy. …
Mission Street Anniversary Ale 2012 is the latest seasonal release from Firestone Walker exclusive to Trader Joe’s. There are several beers available under the Mission Street label including the Mission Street IPA which we have previously reviewed on a podcast. They call this beer an Imperial Brown Ale which I think is stretching…
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…
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…
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…
If we said bacon maple donut, what would be the first thing that comes to your mind? If you said, “One of the latest seasonals from Rogue Brewing” than you obviously read the title of this post and cannot be trusted to play guessing games. No matter. Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale…
Alaskan Brewing brings us our beverage of choice for the podcast today. Perseverance Ale is named after a local mine in the are that closed over 6o years ago, but still holds strong in the hearts of all who live and work in the area. Made with birch syrup, fireweed honey, and some…