Posted in Beer on Jun 27th, 2009
The homebrewers have spoken. And when these maniacal brew geeks speak, you best listen. For the 7th year in a row, members of the American Homebrewer’s Association cast their votes for their favorite beers. For the judging, the only rule was that the beer has to be commercially available somewhere in the US. The votes […]
Posted in Spirits on Jun 23rd, 2009
I can think of no better way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon than around the poker table. Okay, scratch that, how about an afternoon around the poker table with good friends and cocktails? Now you’re talking… And so it was, that we descended upon a friend’s apartment this weekend, our barbeque plans dashed by […]
Posted in Beer on Jun 20th, 2009
“Add the bittering hops now!” “Yes, Chef!” “Stir, man, stir!” “Yes, Chef!” “Don’t let that malt extract boil over now; you’ll never get the bloody stuff off the stove!”
Providencia (100% Monastrell), Bellum, Yecla, Spain, 2005
Pink Panty Dropper. Irish Steamroller. Porch Crawler. Hmm…A list of my nicknames from high school? Well, no, (despite the sometimes aptness of the names); these are just a few of the many beer cocktails out there. And with each passing day at the hands of clever mixologists, they’re getting more complex and taking their rightful […]
Riesling Auslese, Erdener Treppchen, C.H. Berres, 1996, Mosel, Germany (8.0% alc) You want complexity? You want range of flavor? You want your tongue slapped around like a rag doll and taken on a journey? Then you want some Riesling. The noblest of the nobles that many still haven’t discovered, Rieslings can range from bone dry […]
