The last blind taste test was not only fun, informative, and tasty, it revealed much about how brand expectations can affect how a beer impacts various senses. I have yearned to match up different beers of the same style, and from different companies, for quite some time. In fact, I have several arranged that will likely see […]
Tag: Craft Beer
Great Marketing! Marginal Delivery!@
It appears that most companies take a serious approach towards brewing and naming their beers. This makes perfect sense, as a mature process towards selecting nomenclature would naturally appeal to an adult audience. Occasionally a brewery will make an interesting hop pun in the name, or a creative malt play-on-words will present itself, but rarely […]
Real time Blind Gose Challenge!
I’ve wanted to have a gose taste-off for some time. For those who aren’t aware, the gose (go-suh) style of beer has roots in Germany and most often considered a sour wheat ale. For those wanting to brush up quickly on the style, here is the wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gose, but for the purposes of blind […]
Incubus, the super sweet demon
It seems I have a mild obsession with mythology. I know the stories to be fantastic and supernatural, and I also know the tales to be stimulating and imaginative. While most of my constitution relies on logical and concrete assumptions, I can’t help that sometimes I am drawn to the mystical and phantasmagoric elements of […]
For the Bulld
So often its said about life, that it’s for the bold. Is that what life is really about, being bold? Could it also be about being smart, tactful, passionate, or even generous? Of course its said of all of these things, and inclusive of many other pursuits. But we seem to view and appreciate the wild, gripping […]
Semantics, Space, and Simians
Let us conduct an exercise by combining two random words. Air worm. Dirt whisker. Cactus muffin. Butt fossil. Carpet weasel. Road door. Productive philosopher. Corn Relax. Stumble Melon. Awkward digit. Tomato politician. Aside from one admittedly reaching, and not so subtle dig on deep thinking, none of these combinations make a lot of sense. All of […]
Old Knobby
Many years ago, one of the premier locations for specialty bottles in my area was Capone’s in Norristown, Pennsylvania. I have since found many competing bottle shop options, yet despite the hour and a half drive, I will still visit Capone’s on occasion for special releases. One of my prized finds there was Gratitude by East […]
Sitzt auf der Anklagebank der Berliner Weisse
Feel free to google translate at your leisure this witty, creative, and only relevant to this forthcoming discourse, title. For those acquainted with my work, a fusion of several different ideas into one cohesive process is familiar. For those unfamiliar, I sincerely hope that the binding dialogue involving three, seemingly unrelating items, will not come across […]
I see greatness in your future….
I love discovering new beers and new breweries. There is certainly something magical about initial discovery and a fresh experience that stirs curiosities and heightens anticipation. Some places, and brews, that I have experienced may have already been established, but my first visit to the scene, or the first taste of a beer from a […]
It’s what’s inside that counts, right?
When branching out from commercial beers, many, many, years ago, one of my “mentors” was an acquaintance who I encountered through a summer job at a paper company. My only real exposure to craft beer had been Sam Adams summer beer and the impression that Rolling Rock was craft. He highlighted the trail and gave […]