Thanks to my wife and kids, I’ve come away this Christmas with five exciting beers from under the tree: Mike Hess Brewing’s My Other Vice Berliner Weisse (San Diego, CA); New Braunfels Brewing Company’s Bauernhaus Über Weizenbock (New Braunfels, TX); Wicked Weed Brewing’s Silencio bourbon barrel-aged black sour ale, and Genesis blonde sour ale fermented…
Review: Drake’s 2016 Jolly Rodger “Translatlantic Winter Warmer”
In mid November, Drake’s Brewing Co., in San Leandro (CA), released its 2016 edition of their Jolly Rodger Ale, and I was lucky enough to be sent a sample bottle. For over two decades, Drake’s has held to their tradition of brewing a totally new beer every year for Jolly Rodger. This year’s version…
Beer delivered to your door?
Lunch growler delivery (1909) Absolutely! In early summer the restaurant take-out delivery service DoorDash experimented in southern California with adding alcohol to the list of items it would deliver. It seems the results were, by all accounts, encouraging. In fact, I know someone who tried it in San Diego –a land with many worthwhile breweries–…
A new piece of beer memorabilia
I just got this piece in the mail today. It is an advert for Peru’s Cerveza Cristal. It will serve as an addition and a counterpoint to the one for Cerveza Pilsen Callao that I have affixed to the side of the house. Cristal and Pilsen were for many years Peru’s two main rival brands….