Archive for February, 2011
Barleywine Style Showcase Reminder
Howdy, Chris here.
Quick blog to remind everyone that Nakameguro Taproom’s For Love of Barley: Barley Wine Style Showcase is happening this weekend. The beer lineup has been finalized:
Baird Ganko Oyaji Barleywine (three years) — edit, see comment below for some exciting news!
Green Flash Barleywine (from San Diego)
Stone Old Guardian Barleywine 2009 (from San Diego)
Swan Lake [...]
Posted: February 22, 2011 under Blog, Events.
Comments: 1
“Gay Beer”
Howdy, Chris here.
This week’s beer news brought word of Minerva Brewery in Mexico coming out with a new beer targeted at the homosexual community. It’s claimed to be the first beer brewed specifically for the gay market. My reaction? Yawn.
The first question I had when I read this news was, “What exactly makes a beer [...]
Posted: February 19, 2011 under Blog, What’s New, Beer?.
Comments: 2
Winter Events/Barleywine Beer School
Howdy, Chris here.
Winter is traditionally a time when people turn away from beer toward more warming drinks, like shochu, hot sake or rum. But that only holds true for largely tasteless industrial beers, which lack in the warming “umpf” that many people are looking for during the cold months. That’s one reason why special events [...]
Posted: February 14, 2011 under Blog, Events.
Comments: 4