Beer-a-Day #136
Pale, pale yellow. White head. Aroma is very light, as is the flavor. I’d have it again.
Stoudt’s Pils
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Mendocino White Hawk IPA
Beer-a-Day #135
This was brewed by Mendocino in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Nice amber color with orange highlights. A lot of floral in the aroma. Nice bitterness. That’s very nice.
Mendocino White Hawk Select IPA
Metolius Dolly Varden India Pale Ale
Beer-a-Day #134
Nice light amber. Very fruity aroma. A little burnt toast in the flavor. I’d have this again.
Brooklyn Summer Ale
Beer-a-Day #133
This must be new, as I’ve never seen it before.
Light golden color, clear, with a white head. Fruity and bready, but light. Crisp flavor with a bit of orange zest. Very nice.
Learn about homemade beer, wine, and mead in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday, May 16
THE FLYING BARREL
103 S Carroll St
Frederick, MD 21701
301.663.4491
Flyingbarrel.com
Saturday—MAY 16, 2009
10:30 to 3:00
DEMO AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
About homebrewing, home wine making and home mead making.
BRIAN GRUNER will do an “all grain” brewing demonstration. Brian will also be available to answer questions about brewing. You are also invited to bring your beer to share and get a critique.
BRIAN won the best of show for h is Steamroller Stout at the Frederick Fair last year. He is also an active member of FOAM (Frederick’s original Ale Makers).
JOAN DEACON AND DWIGHT HILL, popping air locks from the Flying Vines, our local home wine making club, will be on hand to:
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Taste and critique your wines.
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Answer questions about making wine at home.
Joan and Dwight have over 70 years of wine making experience between them! Bring you wine to share with other winemakers. Bring your questions to have answered.
DAVID PUGH AND BUCK REED, mead makers renowned will be here to talk about mead…..everything about meads, melomels, pymeat, cyser, metheglin and more.
Bring your honey beverages to share with other mead makers. Let these experts taste and critique your meads.
ALL WELCOME……NO CHARGE
Disclaimer…some questions may not be answered
American Craft Beer Week 2009
It’s American Craft Beer Week this week.
Drink a craft beer. Or three.
Tell them I said it’s okay.
(Ain’t it cool that it culminates on my birthday? I’ll be celebrating.)
Heavy Seas Red Sky At Night…
Beer-a-Day #132
Not too many saisons grace my icebox. I can probably count the number of pints I’ve had on one hand.
Pale yellow; white head. Obviously a Belgian yeast with a lot of complex aromas. Fruity, bubblegum, maybe a little cinnamon. Flavor is complex without overdoing it.
This isn’t something I’d like on a regular basis, but it makes a very pleasant change of pace.
Beer-a-Day Project: April recap
A third of the way there. This is harder than I expected.
- Saranac Pomegranate Wheat
- Mackeson Triple Stout
- Weyerbacher Fireside Ale
- Weyerbacher QUAD
- Weyerbacher Old Heathen Imperial Stout
- Weyerbacher Merry Monks
- Weyerbacher Hops Infusion
- Old Speckled Hen
- Mendocino Bock Beer
- Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
- Sea Dog Brewing Apricot Wheat Beer
- Barons ESB
- Mountaineer Brewing Stout
- Dominion Spring Buck
- Dogfish Head Aprihop
- Smoky Mountain Brewery Velas Helles
- Smoky Mountain Brewery Cherokee Red Ale
- Smoky Mountain Thunder Road Pilsner
- Smoky Mountain Brewing Mountain Light
- Smoky Mountain Black Bear Ale
- Smoky Mountain Tuckaleechee Porter
- Stoudts Gold Lager
- Beamish Draught Irish Stout
- Tetley’s English Ale
- Murphy’s Stout
- Greene King Abbot Ale
- Belhaven Scottish Ale
- Staropramen Premium Lager
- Peroni Nastro Azzurro
- Rock Bottom Lumpy Dog Light Lager
January recap
February recap
March recap
Brooklyn Pilsner
Beer-a-Day #131
Another “rule breaker” but what the hell.
Pale straw; white head. Slightly floral aroma. Light and refreshing, with a slightly fruity essence.
As I’ve said before, this is the beer those not-really-American beer giants wish they brewed.
Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning Über Pils
Beer-a-Day #130
I’m breaking my self-imposed “don’t drink a beer you’ve written about before” rule. I last wrote about this beer in August 2006, and I did a lot of yard work today. This is what I want to drink.
Light caramel, white head. Nice floral aroma. Malty but refreshing. I like it. I deserve it.
