Samuel Adams Food Pairing Ep#017

A Geek Tasting Brooklyner Weisse

A German Hefeweizen brewed by Brooklyn Brewery, New York Commercial Description: Brooklyner Weisse is a Bavarian-style wheat beer, unfiltered and chock full of spicy esters that evoke hints of cloves and fruit, some say even bananas. The beer is made with a traditional weizen yeast strain. The malt mix is half malted wheat and half [...]

Home Brew: Brewing a Belgian dubbel

Follow me as I brew a dark and malty Belgian dubbel ale. First, there is some confusion about what exactly a dubbel ale is. Dubbel is simply a term used in Belgium for ale. It implies fairly strong ale, say 6.5-9% ABV, but it is not twice as strong as other ales. There are also [...]

Otakon, the epic beer run!

Well, after 8 years of knowing about Otakon, I finally made it there thanks to iZatherez and one other friend, Spaz. Otakon is a 4-day fan convention in the United States focusing on East Asian popular culture (primarily anime, manga, music, and cinema) and its fandom. Otakon is usually held on a Thursday (day to [...]

Update: Jessica Simpson and “smart” beer, WTF?

Jessica Simpson is the face of Stampede Light Plus, a vitamin-enhanced German-style light lager made by Stampede Brewing Co. of Dallas, TX. But she’s not just the ‘face’ of the beer, she’s part owner. From the press release: Everyone knows about Jessica Simpson’s daisy dukes body and healthy lifestyle. The all-American beauty and world-renowned entertainer [...]

3 Oregon Beers From: Ninkasi, Roots, and Siletz

Ninkasi (Eugene, Oregon)- Believer Double Red Ale Coming into this beer I was not sure if I would dig it because I thought the Tricerahops Double IPA was a bit over the top and not well balanced. This one was a better beer in my opinion but still seemed to be lacking something. What I [...]

A geek tasting Dundee Original Honey Brown Lager

J.W.Dundee is a different kind of beer, it’s a Lager Flavored with Honey. It’s not the only Honey Lager in existence but it’s rare, for me, and it’s different from the normal beers out there. It’s made by Dundee Brewing Company, formally known as J.W. Dundee, of Highfalls Brewing Company in Rochester New York. Smell [...]

Study: Beer goggles really make you more attractive

A study has proven that so-called “beer-goggles,” getting tipsy in other words, really do make other people appear more attractive. This isn’t really news to anyone who has gone out to a bar and had a few, but it scientifically validates what we already know. A team from the University of Bristol in England conducted [...]

Out on the town with Beer Utopia! Ep#016

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Beer 101: What is IPA?

Skunk Beer. If you’ve never been unfortunate enough to have had skunk beer, count yourself lucky. If you have, then you know what the British were dealing with in the early 1700′s trying to get beer south around the west of Africa, across the equator, around the Cape of Good Hope, and then back north [...]