I just caught this teaser post on mnbeer.com about Fitger’s Autumn Brew Review. For the record, I think Fitger’s brews the best beer in the state and does an amazing number of styles WELL. This teaser might just have convinced me to buy tickets.
Archive for August, 2007
Autumn Brew Review - Now I’m thinking about it…
August 28, 2007Bam Biere hits with bitterness
August 23, 2007Last week, I was able to write about Jolly Pumpkin’s Calabaza Blanca. I continue to be intrigued by the Jolly Pumpkin beers, so when a reader e-mailed to remind me that Bam Biere would be on cask at the Happy Gnome this week, I couldn’t resist (nor could I get there on Thursday).
When work finally [...]
By Golly, a big Jolly Cask
August 16, 2007On the same night I tried Flat Earth’s Angry Earth, I also had the opportunity to try Jolly Pumpkin’s Calabaza Blanca on cask at the Happy Gnome. I was curious to get a third taste of Jolly Pumpkin.
The first bottle, I had over a year ago when Jolly Pumpkin first was distributed in MN, was [...]
Flat Earth’s Organic?!
August 13, 2007Last week, I jumped a technological hurdle on got “What Ale’s Thee” onto my iPod. This allowed me to use my commute to think about beer. In the latest edition, Phil and Alvey talk with the owners of Flat Earth Brewing. So, by the time I got to work, I was all excited to go [...]
The Session #6: Chilling Experience with Miller
August 3, 2007If you read the style guidelines for an “Lite American Lager” (an example of which would be say, Miller Lite), you’d find things like the following:
“Hop Aroma: low to none”
“Malt Aroma: low to none”
“Hop Flavor: low to none”
“Malt Flavor: low to none”
If you were to read further in the guidelines for fruit beers, you’d find [...]
