Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
Blanca de Maguey is described as a “white ale brewed with agave, coriander seed, and orange peel”. It is brewed by Cerveceria Monstruo de Agua, in Mexico City, and clocks in at 7% abv. Those who read “agave” and immediately think of agave syrup or tequila, might be surprised to find those flavor notes absent…
In the middle of the southern portion of San Francisco Bay in California sits the ghost town of Drawbridge. Now quietly sinking into the mud of the bay’s tidal flats, Drawbridge was once a vibrant little community full of colorful characters. A collection of dwellings that grew up spontaneously around the South Pacific Coast Railway’s…
Today’s review is of Tres Diablos triple IPA by Danville Brewing Co. (Danville, California). Tres Diablos is a beer released every February, timed to coincide with Beer Week. Tres Diablos pours with a nice dense head, with multiply-sized bubbles, that takes a while to subside. It is a clear, translucent beer, and, from the can,…
In any other year this would be a time when we in the San Francisco Bay Area would be prepping for one of the World’s largest series of beer-themed events: San Francisco Beer Week. Normally, SF Beer Week involves, not just the huge Opening Gala, but hundreds of beer events in all nine counties surrounding…