As a peace offering to the West Coast, The Stag Head has graciously hosted an Oregon Beers night here in NYC! At least one of us is SUPER excited for the possibilities, let’s see what we have in store from Rogue, Dick’s and Elysian Breweries:
Phil’s 1st – Elysian Men’s Room Red: a good staple kind of red ale. A little coppery on the aftertaste, but was an excellent way to start the evening, a good malty ending helps bring the flavor forward.
Brad’s 1st – Elysian Jasmine IPA: This was a bit of a surprise because I was expecting a more flowery hop because of the name (I’m a native male). This brew was good but could’ve been better… However I’ve had other Elysian stuff so I’m looking forward to more.
Phil’s 2nd – Dick’s Danger Ale: a good choice for the second round. A good showing from he malts involved, but I missed the hops that were supposed to round out the taste. The feel was a little on the thin side, but definitely worth a try.
Brad’s 2nd – Full Sail IPA: a decent IPA, although I enjoy a hoppier IPA. When your favorite IPA’s are Bengali Tiger and Pale Ale is Dale’s a lighter hopped IPA just doesn’t do it… The thrill is gone.
Phil’s 3rd – Full Sail LTD 05: I had high hopes for this one, and it came close to my hopes and dreams. A good middle range ale, gets a little bread-y I’d you let it get warm. Maybe good for a first round, but I think better could be found.
Brad’s 3rd – Elysian Immortal IPA: This is cheating but I’ve had this beer before and I really like it. It’s a hoppier IPA (see above) and that’s the way, ug huh ug huh I like it!
Hello Beer Friends Nation! We’ve had some crazy competition this year to get here, the Final Four beers that will battle it out! Our two matches are Founders Brewing VS Nebraska Brewing and Speakeasy VS Cape Cod! Just for you we have a video with the four of us summing up the last few rounds and making our predictions for the Championship! If you’re good, we’ll show you the new “Hash Tag” dance move brought to you by The Beer Friends. Take a look and don’t forget to vote!
What’s up everyone time to get the Western Bracket for the 2011 Beer Friends Final 4 up and running!
This year Phil’s bracket has contenders from Oregon(of course), California, Hawaii, and a surprise showing from Mexico! Make sure your vote counts, check back often and get your friends to support your favorite beers in all four brackets all the way to the Final Round!
The first match up is our 1 vs 16 with Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo going head to head with Kona Brewery’s Fire Rock Pale Ale. A good showing from both, but I’d have to side with the Torpedo, alot more flavor even with the Hops kick has enough in my opinion to unseat the standard flavored Fire Rock. But who am I to tell you that? Click on through to the rest of the article and get all 8 of your votes in!
Gizmodo.com has found it again! Apparently the stockholders for Heineken got this snazzy little bottle and case just for being who they are!
According to Gizmodo, who found this little gem through Iris and Freedom of Creation, the case has a UV light that triggers when you open it, giving it that futuristic glow.
I know it’s too bad that it’s Heineken, but hey I personally think it’s a few steps ahead of putting your beer inside a dead animal.
I’d buy it in a heartbeat, for the mantle, not to drink.
Our good friends over at Uncrate.com have found us another great piece of flair for your basement bar wall.
A tastefully designed sign from a craftsman over at Etsy.com, it lists the major types of beer so you can point to them with your lab coat on while you explain to your other friends what kind of beer they are consuming.
Whatever way you decide to show this piece off, it’s still better looking than the 6 pieces of printer paper and crayons you used to your last beer type sign.
Its a web-based recipe calculator that allows you to tweak all of your homebrew’s parameters all the while estimating the final color and taste! The best part is after tweaking everything on the fly to get that perfect virtual brew with all your hops and malts and what not, it helps calculate the boil times, fermentation period and bottle conditioning times.
A great help for anyone looking to streamline their process.
Valentines Day is a time to express your love for the most wonderful, important and meaningful thing in your life – craft beer! And instead of buying it chocolates or roses you can show your affection by heartily consuming it at the following craft beer events – enjoy!
Monday, February 14 – Magic Hat Beer Tasting @ Broadway Dive Bar, Manhattan:
What says Valentines Day most to you? A) Chocolates B) Overpriced Greeting Card Holiday C) Roses D) Magic Hat Beer. In the unlikely chance that you answered D, then you’ve made it to the right place. The Dive Bar on Broadway in Morningside Heights is having a Magic Hat beer tasting event Monday night for all you lovers…and haters…out there. Stop on by for some of the best brews that Magic Hat has to offer. Stick around for the good music and good atmosphere. And the love.
Broadway Dive is located at 2662 Broadway at 101st Street, Morningside Hieghts, Manhattan.
Have you ever wondered how the world looks through the bottom of a pint glass?
Take a look at the Infographic after the link at Dailyinfographic.com, it’ll show you the percentage of the world’s beer that each continent brews as well as the comparison of Beer Brewed to Beer Consumed for the top 36 countries.
We stand 13th with slightly more beer consumed than we produce.
Click here to see how the rest of the world compares.
Time and time again we have all found ourselves without a bottle opener in a time of need. What ever shall we do? Bottle Opener Belt Buckle you say? I don’t have any belt loops. Key chain? I left my keys at the beach house.
Bottoms Up is a bit more expensive, but lets you choose from a few colors of watch face and band and is a touch more modern style.
The Dark ‘N’ Stormy is my personal choice, a bit cheaper and the Retro styling looks better, but to each their own. Having an opener at hand at all times while looking this good is worth a look.
Click the link here to see both styles and pick one up for your next trip out.
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