The Brew Site
It’s the third Monday of the month, so that means it’s Theme Week here at the Brew Site. For this month I’m reviewing the beers of Lakefront Brewery of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This actually goes back to Pumpkin Beer Week last November; I reviewed Lakefront’s Pumpkin Lager and noted that in … Continue reading
Theme Week here at The Brew Site starts next Monday (the third Monday of every month), and this month’s theme is Lakefront Brewery. I’d mentioned the possibility of doing this before, so I made the executive decision (which is easy to do when it’s just me on this blog!) to … Continue reading
Gordon is the third and final beer I received from Oskar Blues Brewery to review (albeit late) for last month’s Canned Beer Week. This is a serious beer: an American-style Imperial (or Double) IPA, with 8.7% alcohol by volume—the highest of the three I’ve reviewed. Appearance: Dark copper colored beer, … Continue reading
Old Chub is a Scottish Ale from Oskar Blues and, I believe, is the second beer they canned (after their Dale’s Pale Ale). Like the Dale’s, I received this can in a promotional package but fell too far behind to get it written up last month for my Canned Beer … Continue reading
Back when I was doing Canned Beer Week in February, I spoke with Marty Jones with Oskar Blues Brewery and he sent me three cans of their beer in a promotional shipment: Dale’s Pale Ale, Old Chub, and Gordon. I didn’t get them in time to coincide with that week … Continue reading
This is the first Theme Week where I didn’t actually drink and review any beers, although I did drink McMenamins‘ seasonal Irish Stout after work today, so perhaps that’s not quite accurate. (It is indeed a fairly dry Stout, with roasty, slightly astringent notes and a low session-level alcohol—4.77%—that makes … Continue reading
The two styles that originate in Ireland are Irish Dry Stout and Irish Red Ale. The more famous of the two is, naturally, the Stout, since that’s the one everyone is exposed to. The Dry Stout style evolved from the London Porters of the time, and were a stronger version … Continue reading
Yes, naturally I have to dedicate at least one post this week to Ireland’s largest brewer, Guinness. After all, Guinness is what many "beer civilians" think when they hear "Stout", and it’s become the defacto "default Irish beer" to many. A great resource for almost everything you’d want to know … Continue reading
Ron Pattinson’s European Beer Guide has the best and most comprehensive listing of Irish breweries that I’ve ever seen. It’s definitive and up-to-date. Not only does Pattinson give a fantastic list of breweries (and their beers, when applicable), but he’s dug deeply into historic numbers and statistics (which anyone who … Continue reading
Yes, the title pretty much says it all; the link sent to me points to a page (update: that link is broken, but it’s on the Wayback Machine here) that does indeed relate the experiment of frothing up a nice-looking head on a pint of Guinness with an electric ultrasonic … Continue reading