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Memorial Day Drinkin' With Shandy Cans

Photo via Bayside Beverage.  The only reason I don't have my own photo is because we drank 'em too fast last weekend while I was teaching people archery.  No kidding.

For the past couple years, I’ve been a bigger fan of Leinenkugel’s summer offerings than their other year-round productions.  For a long time, the only thing I could get other than M-B-C macros on draft while visiting family in Clare, Michigan was a lonely keg of Leinie’s Sunset Wheat.  For a beer that tastes like [...]

Review: Goose Island Pepe Nero

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Goose Island Pepe Nero Saison, 6% ABV

Sayeth the Guys:

Ryan: This is part of Goose Island’s Fulton & Wood series, reserved for their special, limited release beers. I had the Pepe Nero, a black Saison brewed with peppercorns, on tap at Sheffield’s.

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Review: O'Fallon Smoke

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O’Fallon says:

“Dark, rich and smoky…this classic porter is brewed with 63% German smoked malt and makes a perfect after dinner (or anytime) sipper for those who love a “bigger” beer.”

O’Fallon Smoke Porter, 6% ABV Sayeth the Guys:

Ryan: I had this, from a bottle, the night my wife and I indulged in [...]

FACEOFF: Bell's Hopslam vs. Troegs Nugget Nectar

Two beers enter.  One beer leaves.  (Both beers drank.)

From time to time, the staff of Guys Drinking Beer feel it necessary to answer the burning questions of the day.  In this spirit we introduce the Faceoff – in a battle between two similar brews, which beer will win?  What’s the favorite?  What are the differences?

Today, we let two highly-hopped ales battle it [...]

Review: Two Brothers Coffee Domaine DuPage

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Ryan: I had this beer on tap at Paddy Long’s in Chicago about two weeks ago.  I lucked out, it was one of the last few pints remaining in the keg.  This beer was specially brewed for the Craft Brewers Conference last month and is an off-shoot on the regular Domaine DuPage, a Biere [...]

Right Brain Brewery's Honey Basil Ale

If this beer is a garden, the color is the soil.  (Or something like that.)

If this beer is a garden, the color is the soil. (Or something like that.)

Right Brain Brewery’s Honey Basil Ale Fruit/vegetable beer, 5.3%ABV

Over the past couple days we’ve been heralding the brewing of Traverse City’s Right Brain, and it’s only fair that rather than just stick with the views of one [...]

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