Mike | May 12, 2009
Once again, I am rating an IPA from a well recognized brewery in the craft brewing scene: Stone Brewing Company. And once again, I have had very little experience tasting their beers. This will no longer be the case after imbibing this nectar of the gods!
I had know about Stone Brewing for years only because [...]
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Tags: American pale ale, craft beer, Greg Koch, IPA, Stone Brewing
Mike | April 30, 2009
Last weekend I went out to Dallas, Texas for a business trip. I got to stay in a pretty swanky Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas (home of the Byron Nelson Championship). Shortly after checking in I went downstairs to the hotel bar to wet the whistle. I started off with my old standby Sierra [...]
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Tags: amber ale, black lager, brewery, craft beer, German black lager, Rahr & Sons, schwarzbier, St. Arnold Brewing Company
Mike | April 17, 2009
Last night, I went to see the one-night-only showing of Beer Wars written, directed, and produced by Anat Baron. This was personally a very eye-opening documentary about the never ending battle for market share between craft brewers and the “Big 3″ mega brewers – Anheuser Busch, Miller, and Coors. Hence, the title of the film. [...]
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Tags: American Homebrewer's Association, Anat Baron, Anheuser Busch, Beer Wars, BeerAdvocate, brewing, Charlie Papazian, craft beer, Doghead Fish Brewery, Greg Koch, Jim Koch, Maureen Ogle, Moonshot, New Belgium Brewing, New Century Brewing Company, Sam Adams, Sam Caglione, Stone Brewing, three tier system, Todd Alstrom