Saturday, May 19, 2012
Beer Rankings
An article over at Slate about the democratic nature of beer, especially compared to that of wine. While not everyone can so easily obtain Pliny the Younger like the author kind of implies, I think this highlights one important part of why beer is so great.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Craft Beer Keeps Rising
For those of you who don't follow my Twitter account, Andrew Sullivan posted links to a couple craft beer related articles and how it is increasing its market share and output while macro-brewers are seeing declining numbers.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Yuengling now the Largest US-owned Brewery
Yuengling has started distributing in Ohio, and surpassed Boston Beer Company as the largest American brewery.
Now, just to get it a little fartheYur north in Michigan...
Now, just to get it a little fartheYur north in Michigan...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Lake Michigan Beer Tour Map
Just thought I would share this map I created in a cartography class. I tried to stay fairly close to the coast for the most part. I know there are a few I left out as well; those I either couldn't find any information on or they were chain breweries that I figured most people would not be interested in seeing if they wanted to do a geographically unique brewery tour. I wanted to include a wider geographic area, but there were already 55 on my list, so I left it at that. All of the data in the table I either took from personal experience or from what I could gather via their website and beeradvocate.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Port City Optimal Wit
Belgian style white ale.
BA Score: B+
Port City is a microbrew in Alexandria, VA, just 15 minutes from my apartment.
Brewers description: Optimal Wit is brewed in the Belgian Wit Bier tradition. It is brewed with raw wheat and oats and steeped with coriander, orange peel and grains of paradise. This ale is a pale golden color with a bit of cloudy haze from bottle conditioning. This unfiltered ale offers layers of complex nuanced flavors that evolve in the glass. It finishes crisp and refreshes the palate.
It pours with about 1 finger of head (my 6 pack ranged from almost none to about 1 inch) and has a definite cloudiness (at first I though I had poured the sediment in on accident). You can definitely smell the coriander, orange, banana, and a host of unnamed spices. The best and worse thing about the beer is how much it changes. As is often the case for unfiltered microbrews, each beer is slightly different, and each sip can accent different flavors. I had 1 bottle with almost no carbonation, and 1 with a lot (beer flavored Sprite anyone?). But the complex of spices and fruit make it exciting to drink and before you know it, it's gone. The BA score is fair because there are some glasses that are an A- and some that are a C -- especially if some of the sediment is mixed in since it's unfiltered. It's not unique enough to be anybody's favorite Belgian, but it's good. And props for being a small time local brew.
BA Score: B+
Port City is a microbrew in Alexandria, VA, just 15 minutes from my apartment.
Brewers description: Optimal Wit is brewed in the Belgian Wit Bier tradition. It is brewed with raw wheat and oats and steeped with coriander, orange peel and grains of paradise. This ale is a pale golden color with a bit of cloudy haze from bottle conditioning. This unfiltered ale offers layers of complex nuanced flavors that evolve in the glass. It finishes crisp and refreshes the palate.
It pours with about 1 finger of head (my 6 pack ranged from almost none to about 1 inch) and has a definite cloudiness (at first I though I had poured the sediment in on accident). You can definitely smell the coriander, orange, banana, and a host of unnamed spices. The best and worse thing about the beer is how much it changes. As is often the case for unfiltered microbrews, each beer is slightly different, and each sip can accent different flavors. I had 1 bottle with almost no carbonation, and 1 with a lot (beer flavored Sprite anyone?). But the complex of spices and fruit make it exciting to drink and before you know it, it's gone. The BA score is fair because there are some glasses that are an A- and some that are a C -- especially if some of the sediment is mixed in since it's unfiltered. It's not unique enough to be anybody's favorite Belgian, but it's good. And props for being a small time local brew.
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