Beer Suggestions

Beer in 2008: A New Year’s Resolution, Part One

by Luke

5 beers I need to try in 2008: 1. St. Bernardus Abt 12 I know, it’s a damn shame I haven’t gotten around to trying this brew yet; but that’s why its on the list! This way 2008 won’t end without some progress made… According to the St. Bernardus website, Abt 12 is, the absolute [...]

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Berkshire Brewing’s Drayman’s Porter

by Luke

It’s yet another snowy evening in Maine (there are already waist-high plowbanks like the winters of my childhood; it’s going to be a helluva winter); the perfect setting for a bomber of Berkshire Brewing Co.’s Drayman’s Porter. The Berkshire Brewing website describes this porter, which weighs in at a manageable but respectful 6.2% ABV, as, A full [...]

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Beer Madness Head-to-Head Beer Tournament

by Luke

While aimlessly passing time at work today in an attempt to do no actual work to speak of, I stumbled upon (under my own power, without the aid of a search engine by the same name) an interactive beer thingy challange on the Washington Post‘s website, which appeared in a recent Sunday Source section of [...]

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Do Yourself a Favor, Have a Cadillac Mountain Stout

by Luke

This evening I was lucky enough to try my very first Cadillac Mountain Stout (I know, I know, I live in Maine and I’m just now getting around to it? Sorry…), the offering from the famed Bar Harbor Brewing Co. which has been consistently ranked as one of the top 50 beers in the U.S., is the top-rated American-style [...]

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Beers to Bring to the Table this Holiday Season

by Luke

I spent this Thanksgiving Eve Eve doing my own Beer & Holiday Food Pairing research, so I thought I’d do everyone else a favor and compile my findings in one place, so your search is more easily answered. I’ll start with an excerpt I found from Garrett Oliver’s–the Brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewing Co.–book, The Brewmaster’s [...]

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Try an Ommegang Ale

by Luke

Tonight I was lucky enough to have my first bottle of Ommegang Abby Ale (available, for you Portland locals at The Pepper Club for $9 for a 25oz bottle) and I can tell you, it certainly won’t be my last. The Ommegang Brewery‘s website describes the ale as, Ommegang, our first brew, was inspired by the centuries-old [...]

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