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 [...]
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 [...]
“Best beer bargains” is such a subjective phrase, since both value and taste are relative. For one drinker, a $5.99 six-pack is a bargain, while another might be happy to pay the same price for a 22 oz. bomber of good beer. A balance has to be struck between the price of a beer and [...]