Name of beer: Organic IPA Brewing Company: Napa Smith Brewery Brewing Location: Napa, CA Type of Beer: India Pale Ale - ABV: 7% / IBU: 75 Beer Description: From website: We set out first and foremost to make a great IPA, using only the finest organic ingredients. The aroma of [...]
Greetings Life of Dad community! Well, 4th of July is tomorrow and The Beer Guy can't wait to take the day off to find a Fireworks Retailer, enjoy some beer and have some all-American food. On that note, I wanted to share some other useful information and ideas, courtesy [...]
Name of beer: Black Phoenix Brewing Company: Bootlegger's Brewery Brewing Location: Fullerton, CA Type of Beer: Coffee Stout – ABV: 6.7% - IBU: 39.8 Beer Description: From website: Black Phoenix melds rich bold coffee with the smoky flavors of chipotle peppers, giving it just a touch of heat. To insure [...]
Name of beer: Double Daddy Brewing Company: Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Brewing Location: San Francisco, CA Type of Beer: Imperial India Pale Ale – ABV: 9.5% - IBU: 112.4 Beer Description: From bottle: SSSSHHH! During Prohibition, the masses were forced underground into the speakeasy. Hidden within the streets of the [...]
Name of beer: Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale Brewing Company: Stone Brewing Co. Brewing Location: Escondido, CA Type of Beer: American Black Ale – ABV: 8.7% - IBU: 90 Beer Description: From website: We're brewers whose substantial mettle and idiomatic approach to brewing allows us to consistently create works of art such [...]
Welcome to part 3 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. On Tuesday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Yesterday, we met Chris Tourre and the good folks [...]
Welcome to part 2 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. Yesterday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Today, I introduce you to Chicago’s Arcade Brewery. Arcade [...]
Welcome to part 1 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. For every Jim Koch (co-founder and chairman of Boston Beer Company - the producers of Samuel Adams and largest craft [...]
Well, another successful celebration of American Craft Beer Week has come and gone. That doesn’t mean we have to stop honoring and enjoying craft beer, though. In the short 2-month tenure I’ve had here at Life of Dad, it has come to my attention that Dads certainly enjoy their beer. [...]
Name of beer: Koko Brown Brewing Company: Kona Brewing Company Brewing Location: Kona, HI Type of Beer: American Brown Ale – ABV: 5.5% - IBU: 28 Beer Description: From website: "A Nut Brown Worth Cracking" - Is there anything more iconic of the lush tropics than the coconut? The delicious [...]