Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Malheur 10 from Brewery de Landsteer, East Flanders, Belgium turned out to be an interesting beer.
The initial smells seemed to indicate that it was a going to be a sour Flanders style ale, but upon tasting, it was not dry in style at all. I guess more of a Belgian Strong Blonde Ale, according [...]
Another of of Dogfish Head’s beers which is now available in the Bay Area is their 90 Minute Imperial IPA.
Amazingly drinkable and balanced for its strength and hoppiness, it is among my favorites of the so-called “Extreme Beers” and possibly my favorite of the Dogfish Head offerings I have tried so far.
It’s even good with [...]
So, as I was cranking the rocking new HDU CD, Metamathics, in a feeble attempt to drown out the incredibly loud Kenny Chesney concert at ATT Park, I started thinking of taking pictures of the jambalaya I was making. But then I realized that I had already documented jambalaya bachelor dinners thoroughly: [...]
As you may know, Dogfish Head’s interesting beers are (finally!) beginning to show up this summer in bottles and on tap at various California venues.
One of the first beers they are bringing in is their Palo Santo Marron.
This is a new beer they are making using wood from a South American tree called Palo Santo. [...]
The remodeling of the Magnolia Pub & Brewery into the Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery has not been without controversy.
Some feel the new look of the brew pub disconnects it from the funky Upper Haight neighborhood it is located in. They are disappointed that the murals featuring psychedelic landscapes and Jerry Garcia are gone.
To check [...]
When I was thinking about this, I realized that Anchor Steam is just about the only beer I’ve drunk this week. At home, at Cantina, at Weird Fish. Even when we were at Orson for the Bourbon and Bacon Dinner, when they included a beer with one of the courses it was Anchor [...]
To be honest, I was kind of a long time coming around to Anchor Brewing’s beers.
I’d drunk Anchor Steam on and off over the years, of course. However, it always seemed a bit expensive for being what amounts to a perfectly fine beer.
I’d always skip over it for beers with stronger character.
Ales and IPAs. [...]
The Nøgne Ø Pale Ale is another beer club beer.
The nice thing about the beer club we belong to is that they include a little sheet with information about the beer and tasting notes.
As a Norwegian, I found the story of this beer really interesting.
The founder of the brewery, Kjetil Jikiun was a long haul [...]
New Drys on the move again?
Higher state tax on beer?, By Mike Zapler, Mercury News Sacramento Bureau, 04/11/2008 01:34:17 AM PDT
SACRAMENTO - Joe Six-pack will have to pay a lot more to get his buzz on if Assemblyman Jim Beall has his way.
The San Jose Democrat on Thursday proposed raising the beer tax by $1.80 [...]
What can I say, sometimes on a hot day it’s nice to sit on the back porch and have a good, relatively simple beer. Especially, if you’re maybe a bit hung over from the night before.
Mirror Pond is fairly generously hopped for a Pale Ale, with lots of malty goodness. I suppose perhaps [...]
