125 Reviews
We learn from Disney’s The Lion King about the circle of life, the importance of family, personal responsibility and to never trust an uncle named Scar (that one seemed obvious to me). Of course, if real life was a Disney movie everything would turn out happy ever...
The dead of night* sounds like just about when Santa delivers my beer of the month club Christmas gift. Maybe that’s why Bud, the Elf on the beer shelf, recommended this brew for Christmas Eve. For a cranky old man there is nothing quite as Christmassy as watching the...
A beer of the night selection by Bud, the Elf on the beer fridge shelf, and no wonder, it’s triple chocolate. Not just triple chocolate, it’s 3 Triple Chocolate. Not sure if Farmer Steve is a chocolate lover but at 10% ABV it’s two beers in one, so he may appreciate...
Sampling a baseball inspired brew in December seems to be an idea right out of left field.* Left Field Brewery that is and their short and sweet* mocha marshmallow stout offering. I pulled out the old ball glove for this review’s “head” shot. Then I got thinking about...
I was trying to add some culture to my grandkids lives and started reading the Robert Louis Stevenson classic “Treasure Island” to them. Although there were pirates, fighting, gruesome deaths and treasure, unfortunately there were no minions or farting animals in the...
Fleetwood Mac ask us if we have any dreams we would like to sell, meanwhile Gary Wright is weaving a few of his own. Gordon Lightfoot’s broken dreams sometimes make him sad and mean, while Billy Joe Armstrong named a boulevard after his. COMDB broken dreams could well...
Editor’s Intro: Sometimes these reviews just write themselves, literally. Below is a text transcribed review by R.A. RA: I found it strong, a bitter beginning. A biting burnt espresso beginning. Milky and foamy mouthfeel. Wimpy finish. But still tasty. JT: Somebody...
Amber Amour yes, Hazel Amour™, we shall see. Whitewater have brewed this in collaboration with BeaverTails®, those being the pastry variety rather than the large rodent slapping the water to warn others of danger variety. If you aren’t familiar with the iconic...
Sidney Sheldon asks us if we are afraid of the dark? Robert Cray implores us not to be.* If you suffer from nyctophobia**, that would be fear of the dark, I can’t help you there. But if you are a nyctocervisiaphobia*** sufferer, that would be fear of dark beer, I have...
Mining week continues, note to self: don’t agree to do a luncheon keynote speech the day after hosting a beer tasting. I’m not Irish although my patron saint may well be St. Patrick. I am not as slim as I once was but I am slim as I will ever be, and through an...