785. Sierra Nevada – Blindfold Black IPA
Oct24

785. Sierra Nevada – Blindfold Black IPA

We are having a Halloween party tomorrow night, and so I was in our basement getting my homebrew ready. You can see the taps in the background of this picture. While I was working on it, I decided to grab a beer out of the beer fridge in the basement. I still have a few of these left over from the 4-way IPA case I picked up a little while ago. The bottle says, “Blindfold Black IPA features a blend of hop varieties whose bright,...

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524. New Belgium Brewing – Snow Day Winter Ale
Jan19

524. New Belgium Brewing – Snow Day Winter Ale

My wife was out shopping, and came home with a six pack of this. I haven’t had it yet, so I thought I’d give it a try. The bottle says, “With 3 feet of powder closing the roads, a brewery is not a bad place to get snowed in. Given the unanticipated hall pass of a snow day, our brewers decided to experiment. Hmm… what about this dark caramel roasted midnight wheat braced with a serious load of Styrian Goldings,...

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469. Two Beers Brewing – Backcountry CBA Cascadian Brown Ale
Oct02

469. Two Beers Brewing – Backcountry CBA Cascadian Brown Ale

I’m in Seattle, Washington for work this week and arrived in town today.  After getting in, I hit Elysian and enjoyed a couple of their seasonal pumpkin beers (Blight Pumpkin Ale and Dark O’ the Moon) with lunch, and then stopped at Pyramid Brewery Seattle Alehouse and had their Hop Tep II.  After checking into my hotel and going up in the Space Needle, my cousin called and told me to meet him at Two Beers Brewing when he...

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