[Sept. 20, 2016]–Oktoberfest 2016 officially began in Munich on Saturday, September 17. It always begins two weeks prior to its… Read more »
Beery Odes to Autumn
Posts Tagged: Sierra Nevada
The Session #106: Holiday Beers
[The Session is a monthly effort where beer writers around the interwebs respond to a topic question each first Friday…. Read more »
New Year, New Beers
[This piece originally appeared, in somewhat different form, in the April 8, 2015 edition of The Commons, a weekly newspaper… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 8: Deschutes Jubelale
Speaking of longevity and tradition in holiday and winter beers, add the Deschutes Brewery. True, Anchor Brewing established the template… Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 1: Anchor Our Special Ale 2014
Anchor Brewing of San Francisco introduced its annual Christmas Ale in 1975. This year’s iteration makes for forty years, forty… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Terra Incognita
Okay, Chico is about a three hour drive north of San Francisco, but it’ll do. Because if we’re talking about… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Sierra Nevada DevESTATEtion Black IPA
My succinct comment about DevESTATEtion Black IPA is that if you can find any, don’t stop at buying one bottle…. Read more »
12 Beers of Christmas 1: Anchor Our Special Ale 2013
Let’s do it again. Last year I started to pick a one-a-day holiday beer or winter warmer on December 20… Read more »
TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Ticket to Rye vs. Ruthless Rye
Gauging by notices elsewhere, Magic Hat was generous in sending out samples of three new beers included in its recent… Read more »
TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Mustang Brewing vs. COOP Ale Works
While normally reviewing books for “The Goods” page in Golf Oklahoma, I turned to my second favorite consumable for the… Read more »
