by David | Bohemian / Czech Pilsner, California, Flute Glass, Mug, Pilsner Glass, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Stange, United States |
I’ve got to admit first and foremost: I love pilsners, and pilsner-style lagers. Perhaps, it’s in my Hungarian blood, or maybe I developed a taste for it while living in Cincinnati, Ohio (for Germans what Holland, Michigan is for the Dutch). Of course, the Germans...
by David | Doppelbock, Lithuania, Mug, Pilsner Glass, Rinkuskiai Brewery |
Oh Rinkuskiai, Rinkuskiai! You’ve heard of it, right? Established in the early nineties; recently renovated; top-of-the-line brewing equipment; fifth largest brewery in the country? Still nothing? Well don’t worry; you’re not the only one. And when I said, “fifth...
by David | Orkney Brewery, Pint Glass, Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy, Scotland, Snifter, Tulip |
Today, I’m reviewing The Skull Splitter: The Orkney Brewery’s homage to the great—or terrible (depending on who you are)—Thorfinn “Skullsplitter” Hauskaluif—spelled how it sounds (depending on who you are). The beer nearly got pulled from market a couple years ago...
by David | Colorado, English Bitter (ESB) / Pale Ale, Mug, Pint Glass, Ska Brewing Company, United States |
There are a lot of stigmas attached to canned beer. Everyone associates it with something different. For me, growing up in the “Rust Belt,” it was the workingman’s beer. For others, it became the fisherman’s beer, or the teenage party beer, or the cookout beer, or the...
by David | American IPA, California, Mug, Pint Glass, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, United States |
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is quickly becoming a prime example for how a socially and environmentally responsible company can compete, and indeed succeed, against the careless corporations of America. Their flagship Pale Ale currently stands as one of the...
