Posts Tagged ‘Beer’

New Belgium Springboard Ale

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

New Belgium’s Web site has some babble about this beer springing forth from dreams about acupuncturists and barrels, or some such nonsense. What a shame that is, as this is a exceptionally tasty hot weather beer, and that is a really stupid way to describe it unless their target is new age acupuncturist beer snobs.
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Sierra Nevada Summer Pilsner

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

For the record I do not care for pilsners. They remind me of the crap I used to steal from my dad’s refrigerator. They tend to be blank on the nose, weak at the front and have a nasty finish. Add in their low alcohol content which provides little to no mouthfeel and I don’t [...]

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No green beer!

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Show a little common sense, will you? Coloring bad beer green doesn’t make it any better and coloring good beer is just criminal. Don’t drink this stuff.
If you want to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day by drinking some beer why not drink some authentic Irish beer instead of American mass-produced swill with food coloring in it? [...]

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Corned Beef and Cabbage Wines

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I am not a big fan of the traditional Saint Patrick’s day meal of corned beef and cabbage. Boiling is not my idea of how to treat meat, I don’t care for the spice combination typically used for corned beef, and boiled cabbage is not high on my list of vegetable dishes. Other than a [...]

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