The Brew SiteYes, I’m still on the topic of Poor Richard’s Ale. Today I thought I’d share the extract-based recipe for Poor Richard’s that I devised based on the all-grain recipe (PDF)—for those of us homebrewers who don’t brew all-grain yet, or don’t have the time. The recipe is a bit simpler … Continue reading
Tonight I got to drink a pint of Poor Richard’s Ale at the Bend Brewing Company, although there’s a caveat: the place was packed, so it was standing-room only in the bar, thus I didn’t get to really do a proper tasting. It was pretty good, despite that. Reminds me … Continue reading
Last night I finally got around to making the pumpkin ale that I talked about way back in November (the pumpkin was frozen, so I was still able to use it). I followed my recipe here, with a couple of variations: I used American 2-row malt for the partial mash … Continue reading
Tonight I cracked open the bottle of Siletz Chocolate Porter. I had high hopes for this beer, after reading some of the BeerAdvocate reviews, but I hate to say I was disappointed. I don’t know if I got a bad bottle (I suspect I may have), but it was definitely … Continue reading
I highlighted Anderson Valley‘s Winter Solstice when I was doing the Beer Advent Calendar last month, and tonight I tried a bottle of it myself. I’m glad I did! It’s an excellent beer. My notes: Appearance: Poured clear, a bronzed-copper/amber-brown color. Two fingers of creamy beige head dissipated slowly. Nice … Continue reading
Over on Slashfood Sarah Gim has blogged about "Learning to Drink Beer". I had to comment, of course, but first, a review of the beers she tried: Tecate and Corona: needs lime, otherwise just "okay." Samuel Adams: bitter, had to add lime. Pilsner-Urquell: skunky. Becoming suspicious of green bottles. Miller … Continue reading
Today is Poor Richard’s Ale Day—the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin and the day most participatory breweries are serving up their version of Poor Richard’s Ale. Has anyone been able to try this beer yet? I’d like to get a chance to try both Bend Brewing Company‘s … Continue reading
Michigan has something like 70 breweries, according to the Michigan Brew Tour site. Who knew? Not only does that site have a linked list of breweries, but I like this idea: Not only did we want to visit every Microbrew in Michigan, we also "had to have" a souvenir growler. … Continue reading
Chris (another local blogger) tags me pretty good. Too funny, I got a good laugh out of that. Plus, a bonus: it’s a good review of Old English 800! Gotta love Sundays. 🙂
You’ve noticed that I’ve been reviewing more beers lately. I’ll be doing a lot more of that over the coming weeks and months; part of what I’ve done with some of my Christmas and birthday money this year was buy a bunch of beer that I haven’t had before, and … Continue reading