Apparently my website was lost. Working diligently to recover as much of it as I can. My apologies.
Update. I was able to recover most of the text content from the beginning through February 2024. Unfortunately, it appears all images are gone, and all content from February through today (August 3) is lost, including the email subscriber list. I’m bummed and and am going to take some time to determine my next steps.
I’d appreciate it if you were to resubscribe to my newsletter, but completely understand if you don’t want to.
In the meantime, you can peruse the archives below.
Ecliptic Brewing and Holy Mountain Brewing Brew Extra Juicy Pale Ale
(Portland, OR)- Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing and Seattle’s Holy Mountain Brewing are releasing an Extra Juicy Pale Ale this summer. The fourth beer in Ecliptic’s 2022 Cosmic Collaboration Series will ship August 24th in 16-ounce cans and draft. Ecliptic + Holy Mountain Extra Juicy Pale Ale is brewed with Pale and Pilsner malts and dry-hopped with Vista …
Going Feral — Fly-Fishing on the Maine Coast with Tim Adams of Oxbow Brewing Company
Fishing has long been pitched as a way to relax in the great outdoors, but I always thought it was missold. In my experience, it can be a fraught, fiercely territorial business. Anglers guard their fish finders, and may as well lace up their lips with fishing line, so unwilling are they to share the …
Great Lakes Brewing Blackout Stout Makes Return for 2022
(CLEVELAND,OH) – Great Lakes® Brewing Co. (GLBC) announces the return of Blackout Stout Imperial Stout to its 2022 seasonal portfolio. Named for the infamous 2003 blackout that hit the Northeast United States, Blackout Stout returns to GLBC’s seasonal lineup in package and draft beginning September 12, 2022, after a three-year hiatus. A two-time World Beer …
Dogfish Head & Cabot Creamery Release The Perfect Pairing, A Hazy Pale Ale
(MILTON, DE) – The world’s cheesiest beer collaboration (quite literally), Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Cabot Creamery unveil The Perfect Pairing, a hazy pale ale scientifically-engineered to be ‘the perfect pairing’ for sharp cheddar cheese, specifically Cabot Creamery’s Seriously Sharp Cheddar cheese. Clocking in at 5.5% ABV, The Perfect Pairing is unfiltered and hop-forward with juicy, citrusy notes of grapefruit and pineapple. Beautiful hazy-golden in …
Celebrate National IPA Beer Day at BREW’d
National IPA Beer Day falls on the first Thursday of every August! In preparation of the celebration, we are taking you to … Read More
Beer pick: Party Forward Hazy IPA, Fair State Brewing Co-op, Minneapolis
Party Forward has a hazy golden color with a big white fluffy head. This beer uses the Citra hops which gives the beer a tropical, fruity aroma of tangerine and red grapefruit with hints of mango. The … Read More
What the Ale: Beer of the Week, Wild Brew Tangerine IPA brewed by Dead Armadillo
Dead Armadillo was able to test its beers at Wild Brew before it was even a brewery. However, this year the ABLE Commission … Read More
New Belgium Brewing plays prank on Napa with fake beer-themed water park
When a slew of weird emails about a protest in Napa hit my inbox (and my coworkers’) on a Friday afternoon in early July, … Read More
Back to Back Visits to Human Robot Beer
Something that would be considered a new fad in the United States, but an old tradition in the Czech Republic, would be the side-pull pour of lager. I’ll supply you with my interpretation, which is a special draft faucet that pours beer with greater velocity, and results in a glass of beer with a decadent …
Domo Arigato (Hoppy Japanese-style Rice Lager)
Mash 70 minutes at 64°C (147°F) and a mash pH of 5.2–5.5. If sparging, do so at 75–78°C (167–172°F). Collect enough wort in the kettle to yield 5 gal. (19 L) into the fermenter. Boil wort vigorously for 60 minutes, adding Whirlfloc, yeast nutrient, and kettle hops as per the required schedule. After the 60-minute …