1099 Reviews
Me: Hey COMDB Translation Department, what does “sticke alt” mean in German? COMDB Translation Department: Can you keep a secret? Me: Yes. COMDB Translation Department: So can we (derisive laughter in the background). Left to my own devices, I checked the COM library...
This is our fermentation experimentation termination with the next and last Nickel Brook alphabetical ale, Mystery Beer D. Is it a Cole Porter alliterative and lyrical D for “delicious, delectable, delirious, deluxe and delightful”? Or an Arctic Monkeys “D is for...
With the plethora of fake news these days, Bridgewater has hit on a topical title for their no booze brew, Fake Brews. I recall Mark Twain’s famous quote “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on.” Then I find out that’s a lie, it wasn’t...
A COMDB site visit to Decew Falls (the brewery not the nature walk), and a sight for thirsty eyes it was. In addition to their standard fare, there was a Draft Pick Porter on tap, which turned out to be my first round draft pick. Some people think about what adult...
According to Trip Advisor, if you’re visiting Radeberg Germany, near the border to Poland and Czechia, the most popular thing to do there is eat and drink.* And the number one place to do that is Radeberger Brauerei Ausschank.** Sounds like JT’s recent trip to Hungary...
Cranberries and wild rose hips? From the friendly folks at Frontibus way out in the Far East, of Québec that is, the Gaspesié. Which just happens to be where the cranberry capital of Canada is located.* I love me some fresh cranberry sauce with a turkey dinner and...
My first thought was tortured tastebuds from sampling not just as sipper but a paint stripper, resulting in a broken down palate.* Or maybe a paint splattered in pieces palette on the floor of a frustrated artist’s studio? But finally, not without some hesitation and...
Hello darkness my old friend, I’m here for an elbow bend, Because this beer I'm slowly pouring, is the brew I’ll be scoring, A stout is the topic of this refrain, and what remains. Is a round of The Darkness.* What lies beyond the pale? ** If you guessed The Darkness...
In the forensic lab, breaking beakers, filling flasks and prepping the pipettes. Doing some cranky old calibrating and calculating of this cryptic craft quaff. Yes it’s another Nickel Brook Mystery Pack pint and after A and B it’s no mystery that this brew is Mystery...
An Irish ale with a Scottish name. Houndstooth? I see a pattern developing here. The Scots and Irish were not always the best of neighbours. * Even today a dispute is brewing, that being Brew Dog challenging Guiness to a stout froth off. ** Heady times. The Eastbound...