It had been a while since I had come to terms and wholeheartedly embraced having a daughter and not a son. While I knew that some things would definitely be different, there was no reason why other things couldn’t be the same. I always had high hopes of sitting [...]
I think it is incredible how the human mind works. Things that happened 24 hours ago I can not recall however I can vividly remember the day my wife and I went to the doctor’s office to find out the gender of our child. It was one of the [...]
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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 [...]
Texas. The thought of hearing the very name of the Lone Star State conjures up images of folks in cowboy hats, driving pickup trucks and wielding shotguns to kill those God-awful rattlesnakes and copperheads. Things are just bigger there too. Because of that, the other saying comes to mind, [...]
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: HE'BREW Funky Jewbelation Brewing Company: Shmaltz Brewing Company Brewing Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Type of Beer: American Strong Ale – ABV: 9.8% Beer Description: From bottle: • Shmaltz Barrel Aged Release #6 • • A Blend of 6 Ales Aged In 73% Rye Whiskey Barrels and 27% [...]
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 [...]