For this 13th of December we’re traveling north for our Advent beer pick, and land in Anchorage, Alaska, home of Midnight Sun Brewing Company. Midnight Sun brews CoHoHo Imperial IPA, the label of which features a coho salmon wearing a Santa hat, with brown sugar, honey, and juniper berries. Designed … Continue reading
On Saturday we were over at our friends Paul and Sandi’s house for a beer tasting extravaganza: they had a stockpile of high-alcohol, specialty beers and we sampled a good number of them. One of the highlights that Paul wanted to make sure I blogged about was a special bottle … Continue reading
Up to this point most pumpkin beers I’ve had have been pretty “normal”: the usual variations on the pale-amber base, with spices. The ones deviating from that norm have tended towards the “Imperial” range, like yesterday’s Pumking, or Shipyard’s Smashed Pumpkin or Dogfish’s Punkin Ale. I suppose the commercial availability … Continue reading