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Dogfish Head Squall IPA The journey to becoming a hophead is not taken overnight, as I’m sure many of you will attest. When I tried my first IPA, I struggled just to choke it down and was baffled to learn that it was the brewery’s most popular beer. Now granted, this is before I really [...] Though I’ve only recently started writing about beer, I’ve been writing for several years. Sometimes I write for work, and sometimes I write for pleasure (though not as often as I want or should). I wonder how many beer writers or beer bloggers have come to write about beer in the same way – are [...]
Wolaver's Alta Gracia Coffee Porter A theory: many beer drinkers don’t like the taste of beer. A similar theory: many coffee drinkers don’t like the taste of coffee. Let me explain, before I’m labeled a beer and coffee snob. Both beer and coffee contain very strong, unique tastes that — for most [...] After trying a few lackluster brown ales, I almost concluded that the style just wasn’t for me. Then I had a brown ale which showed me just how delicious and satisfying a well-crafted one could be — Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale. This beer hails from the Samuel Smith Old Brewery in North Yorkshire, England, and [...] The morning after St. Patrick’s Day, most people — hungover from countless pints of the black stuff (and perhaps the green stuff) — will not want to so much as think about beer. Do not count Charlotte residents as among those beleaguered masses. At midnight on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day ends and Charlotte Craft Beer [...] |
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