Author Archive: SmallTimeDrinker

#5 of 1001 Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer

#5 of 1001 Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer

Another in the series based on 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die (1001 (Universe)) Hell or High Watermelon by 21st Amendment was once a summer seasonal, and is now brewed year round.  Originally made with fresh watermelon the brewers... read more »

 

Stone did a good thing.

Stone did a good thing.

This Morning Beer Bitch gave me a pair of Arrogant Bastard Ale Glasses from Stone.  After I got done laughing at the in your face attitude of the glass I saw at the bottom “Don’t be an Idiot.  Have a designated driver, or don’t... read more »

 

Why People Drink Craft Beer Part 1: Taste

Why People Drink Craft Beer Part 1: Taste

This is the first of Tough Topic Mondays.  Come back each Monday for a deeper conversation on beer. At the end of last week I wrote on why MillerCoors may be making craft beer.  MASGLBC wrote in that he (or she) drinks for the taste of... read more »

 

Why Craft Beer Is Bad In August

Why Craft Beer Is Bad In August

I follow Twitter feeds from several of the main players in the industry, and for the last week I kept shaking my head.  Over and over I read that a Oktoberfest or pumpkin beer or some such fall goodness was released. On Friday I went to my... read more »

 

MillerCoors May Be A Craft Brewer Depending on You

MillerCoors May Be A Craft Brewer Depending on You

So this week MillerCoors announced the name and plans of a new business unit “Tenth and Blake Beer Company.”  The goal of this new unit is to make craft brews and import similar quality beers from around the world.  Some blogs... read more »

 

#4 of 1001 Coopers Sparkling Ale

#4 of 1001 Coopers Sparkling Ale

Another in the series based on the book 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die (1001 (Universe)). Coopers Sparling Ale: I came across Coopers in an Outback Steakhouse in the Ohio burbs of all places.  I guess the Outback part fits, the... read more »

 

Saying Goodbye To An Old Friend

Saying Goodbye To An Old Friend

It was a slightly cooler summer evening so I decided to drink the last of my Goose Island Oatmeal Stout.  Goose retired this beer early this year.  What a shame.  The stout was the only year round locally produced stout in Chicago.  Sure... read more »

 

Goose’s QC appears lacking.

Goose’s QC appears lacking.

Goose Island markets repeatedly their Matilda beer as brewed for food.  Well some recent batches have been anything but brewed for food.  In a very sterile manner Gregory Hall issued this statement.  In the statement he admits Goose had... read more »

 

Why have a beer tasting?

Why have a beer tasting?

So Bro just left from another of out beer tastings.  We did seven beers tonight.  Which means we split seven.  Overall, I am a happy with the outcome.   Why do a tasting? It’s cheap.  Simply put Bro and I contribute a few beers... read more »

 

Redefining Rare Beer

Redefining Rare Beer

When you get deep into circles of beer aficionados they want to talk about “Rare Beer” and where they got it.  First thing that comes to mind is the Dark Lord sitting in my beer cabinet or gobbling up the last of the Drie Fonteinen... read more »