The Session: What’s in My Glass

Oooo…Matt over at World of Brews threw down the gauntlet this month with a simple but loaded question:
What is your favourite beer?
Well, Matt, if you wants to ask the questions, you gots to be able to take the answers. I’ll borrow an Ed Hamilton (from the Ministry of Rum) classic retort:
Whatever happens to be in [...]

Right Place, Right Time

There are some beers which are tied to a very specific place. For me, this is one such beer. already reviewed another offering from this distinguished brewery, their Pemi Pale Ale. The Pemi is by far my favorite Woodstock offering, but there is a place in my heart that loves their darker ale. Whenever [...]

You Are Feeling Sleepy

If you aren’t, then the next review might make you. The most noticeable thing about the beer I am about to review is its spirally label. In fact, some of my friends called it “That spirally beer” for a long time, and some continue to do so. Regardless, the Magic Hat brewery produces a large [...]

True Hoppines?

So, I think I’m starting a short string, or at least two, posts inspired by that most divine of flowers, the flower that gives beer its wonderful flavour: Hops. Today, I review Wyerbacher’s Hops Infusion IPA. I acquired this bottle quite by accident, since I usually don’t enjoy ales that are too hoppy. Here are [...]

An Ode to an Earlier Season

I came across this seasonal offering about a month ago. Now I really like fall and winter beers. They are nice, and spicy and full of yummy deliciousness. Yet the spices we associate with the festive season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s (at least in America) are really spices that I associate with the islands: [...]

The End of London and the Grenadier

On returning from Dublin, we saw even more sights: The Victoria and Albert Museum, Harrods (where we had an amazing vodka and blood orange juice), the Changing of the Guard, the Cabinet War Rooms and the Winston Churchill Museum (which I really enjoyed), and we also saw Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre.
We also had the [...]

A Superb Beer

I spend a lot of time in Woodstock, New Hampshire. (For those who are interested, the music festival was outside of Woodstock, New York.) In addition to being a great gateway to the White Mountains, where I love to go backpacking, mountaineering, skiing, and touring, the town is also home to the Woodstock Inn. The [...]