One of the best things about living in San Diego during college, was the amazing proliferation of cheap Mexican beer. You know the stuff … watery, tangy when it shouldn’t be, its only saving grace being the large quantity of lime slices around. I mean you could drink a dozen of those before you realized [...]

Somewhere along the way, the general brewery consensus decided to call this beer style “Cascadian Dark Ale”. But to be honest, I preferred the old title “Black IPA”, better for two reasons. One, it was a more accurate depiction of the style. It’s an IPA…only roastier. Second, I was much less tempted to spend $4 [...]

As the sun has decided to rejoin our fair state for the day, it is time once again for us to round up the bottles littering the counter and weigh in on what to drink, and what to sink. Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale (3/6) Poor Claymore. This isn’t a bad beer per se, its [...]

This year’s Holiday Ale Fest was special in many ways. Beer and friends all under one big tent. However, the most special thing of all the special things about this years Ale Fest was that I just happen to work 50 feet and 8 stories away from it. It was hard to say, “Eh, maybe [...]

This is a strange post for me. Normally, I sit here and comment how beer I don’t like is brewed of the devil, and only suitable for cleaning the sink. So here I sit today instead, having just had a beer that truthfully I didn’t like. And yet… I don’t have anything bad to say. [...]