I enjoyed this Colorado beer with our Frito pie dinner. I do enjoy the IPAs with spicy food, though this chili wasn’t as spicy as it would be if we weren’t serving it to our four children!
Here are my tasting notes: Light, hazy, copper color with gentle carbonation. Thin head but consistent lacing well after […]
The Great Divide Brewing Company is one of Colorado’s many fine brewers. (I’ll review Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout soon, but let me just say that you should get it!) I’ve selected their Great Divide St. Bridget’s Porter as my first Beer of the Week (BOTW). This beer has been around for more than a […]
There is a feature in the New York Times today reviewing brown ales. The author, Eric Asimov, generally writes about wines.
The article contains a nice comparison of the British brown ale and the German altbier styles, as well as a description and ratings of the beers tasted.
I haven’t invested a lot of time in brown […]
I want to illustrate the rating system with a beer that surprised me. I took my wife to dinner at the French bistro Brasserie Ten Ten in Boulder for her birthday. (Or was it she who took me there for my birthday?) I generally drink beer, not wine or mixed drinks, even in a French […]
As I start this blog, I’ve decided to do a series on “value beers”. How do I define that? Well, I could define it like young Steve, a student at UNC, who defines value as the % of alcohol in the beer per price of a 12 oz serving. In other words, beer has value […]
