If you followed our advice then you’re likely staring into an empty fridge that has been cleaned out of all of your summer favorites. No more Krankshaft, no more Oberon and no more Ruby Redbird. And if you didn’t follow our counsel, no biggie, but I bet you’ll start thinking about fall beers soon. Regardless [...]
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Mark Your Calendars: “Fall Beer Freedom Day” is Coming
Seems we struck a bit of a nerve yesterday. I’ve been at the tweetyspacing for a long time now (like OMG 2 whole years or something) and rarely have I seen the kind of response to a tweet as I did with this one. So, let’s make it a rule. Right here, right now. We declare, [...]
~ read more ~The GDB Pumpkin Beer Roundup 2k11
KARL: We’ve been threatening to do this for a while now, and it started somewhere around the time we poured our first pint of Pumking for the year a few weeks back. Now that we have found a few different styles and offerings from this years crop, rather than spread it out over 2 weeks [...]
~ read more ~On Hallowed Ground: We Went To Shorts (Finally)
KARL: It should come as no surprise that we like Shorts. Combine a minimalistic sensibility with an aptitude for amazing specialty brews and experimental fruit beers (paired with a little bit of demand from market limitation) and you’ve got a recipe for Shorts, and we like it. Despite being in Northern Michigan just a short [...]
~ read more ~Pumpkinsanity Review: Huckleberry The Great Pumpkin Halloween Ale
Huckleberry says: “This is an all grain Hazelnut-Vanilla Pumpkin Ale with a dash of graham cracker. It sat in the primary for four weeks, secondary for two and keg aged for one month.” Huckleberry The Great Pumpkin Halloween Ale Pumpkin Ale, 5.2% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Ryan: I met the guy behind this beer, Mike, [...]
~ read more ~Pumpkinsanity Review: Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela
Jolly Pumpkin says: “Ok, so the joke was that Jolly Pumpkin doesn’t brew a pumpkin beer. Well, now we do. Just this one. Packed with real pumpkins, hints of spice, and a gentle kiss of cocoa to liven the soul. An everyday easy way to fill your squashy quotient. Guess now folks will have to [...]
~ read more ~Pumpkinsanity Review: Heavy Seas The Greater Pumpkin
Heavy Seas says: “Our Great Pumpkin enhanced by aging in bourbon barrels. We add the pumpkin during the mash at precisely the right time to create just the perfect balance of malt, hops, pumpkin and spice.” Heavy Seas The Greater Pumpkin Pumpkin Ale, 9% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: Whoa. Just…whoa. Surprising, exciting, intense, and [...]
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