The Beer Chaser

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 20, 2009

Hold these two dates on your calendars – Saturday, May 2nd and Friday, June 12th. You don’t want to miss these two events with drinking quality brew as the common denominator.
I’m really stoked about this first outing. Dunedin Brewery will be holding it’s 1st Annual Hoppy Endings IPA Festival on Saturday May 2nd from 7:30-11:30 [...]

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Tags: DIPA, Dunedin Brewery, IPA, Oldsmar Tap House

Mike | April 13, 2009

A couple of weekends ago, I stumbled onto a nice local event for Cigar City Brewing’s launch party. Try to keep up with my story here. My girlfriend and I were supposed to head to Orlando to see a show, but decided to stay in town (Tampa). We ended up heading to the Oldsmar Tap [...]

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Tags: brewery, Cigar City Brewing, Double Nut Brown Ale, IPA, Mr. Dunderbak's, Oatmeal, Oldsmar Tap House, Rye, taproom, World of Beer

Mike | March 12, 2009

This flowery vine, related to Cannabis Sativa, is an essential ingredient for brewing beer today…

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Tags: American pale ale, beer, brewing, hops, IPA