Well that was one crazy week last week, wasn't it? I don't know about you, but The Beer Guy is still recovering from the weeklong celebration that was "TWAACBW" (or "The Week After American Craft Beer Week," for long). I think every week-long celebration deserves a "Week After..." extravaganza, don't [...]
Welcome to part 4 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. On Tuesday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. On Wednesday, we met Chris Tourre and the good folks [...]
Welcome to part 3 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. On Tuesday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Yesterday, we met Chris Tourre and the good folks [...]
Welcome to part 2 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. Yesterday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Today, I introduce you to Chicago’s Arcade Brewery. Arcade [...]
Welcome to part 1 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. For every Jim Koch (co-founder and chairman of Boston Beer Company - the producers of Samuel Adams and largest craft [...]
Well, another successful celebration of American Craft Beer Week has come and gone. That doesn’t mean we have to stop honoring and enjoying craft beer, though. In the short 2-month tenure I’ve had here at Life of Dad, it has come to my attention that Dads certainly enjoy their beer. [...]
Name of beer: Koko Brown Brewing Company: Kona Brewing Company Brewing Location: Kona, HI Type of Beer: American Brown Ale – ABV: 5.5% - IBU: 28 Beer Description: From website: "A Nut Brown Worth Cracking" - Is there anything more iconic of the lush tropics than the coconut? The delicious [...]
Name of beer: 2011 Smoked Porter Brewing Company: Alaskan Brewing Company Brewing Location: Juneau, AK Type of Beer: American Porter or "Smoke Beer" – ABV: 6.5% - IBU: 45 Beer Description (From website): Style: Smoked Beer. Known as "rauchbier" in Germany, smoke-flavored beers were virtually unknown in the U.S. until [...]
Name of beer: Raspberry Brown Brewing Company: Lost Coast Breweries Brewing Location: Eureka, CA Type of Beer: American Brown Ale – ABV: 5.0% - IBU: 22 Beer Description: From bottle: A chocolate Brown Ale with the essence of ripe red raspberries, made with malted barley, chocolate and caramel malts, hops [...]
Greetings Life of Dad Community! Welcome to The Beer Guy's 4th week of writing beer reviews and responding to reader mail. Top 5 Craft Brewing Companies (based on 2011 beer sales volume) By now, most of you have realized that the beers being reviewed are not your [...]