Hop Talk (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
©Hop Talk - Use on other websites prohibited without express permission Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Contrary to popular belief, our annual “Octoberfest” weekend is not just the four of us sequestering ourselves in a man-cave and geeking out for three or four days. We do actually get out and do things. This year, we hopped on Metro North [...]
jamie goode's wine blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A distinctive New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - not from Marlborough, the region normally associated with Kiwi Sauvignon, but from nearby Nelson. This shows perfectly the passion fruit character that is often part of the aroma of Sauvignon, which comes from a chemical that belongs to a group known as 'thiols'. Thiols are sulfur-containing compounds... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
robertfranciswine (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Errazuriz Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 A dark purple coloured wine with good colour concentration. Pretty inviting right of the bat. On the nose the wine is a little Captain Caveman [one dimensional and not terribly sophisticated] There are jammy super ripe black fruits which are soft and lush. There was a hint of over-extraction on nose with some [...]
Wort's Going On Here? (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
St. Arnolds Brewing Company and Fredericksburg Brewing Company won more medals at the Great American Beer Festival this afternoon. Here are all three Texas winners. Fredericksburg Brewing Co. Helles Keller TX Gold Kellerbier/Zwickelbier Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Saint Arnold Summer Pils TX Silver Munich-Style Helles Uncle Billy's Brew & Que Hell In Keller TX Silver Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
Beervana (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The GABF has announced the winners for 2008. Oregon's haul: Gold Deschutes, ESB - Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter Deschutes, The Dissident - American-Style or German-Style Sour Ale Full Sail, Pale Ale - Classic English-Style Pale Ale Full Sail, Session - International-Style Pilsener Laurelwood, Himmelbrau Helles - Munich-Style Helles Pelican, Surfer's Summer Ale- English-Style Summer Ale Rogue,...
Asheville Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
For 27 years, brewers and beer lovers have invaded Colorado to attend the Great American Beer Festival , which is part competition and part festival. This year, there was only one winner from North Carolina, and it just so happens to come from a brewery in Asheville. Highland brewing took the silver medal in the American Stout category, for their wonderful Black Mocha Stout. To my knowledge, this is...
Sour Grapes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Introduction to the Thomas Barton Réserve range , six wines from the legendary Irish winemaking dynasty.
Winorama (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
There’s a lot of gold medals on the bottle but I’m not quite convinced. For me it’s “hi ho Silver” rather than “Gold Jerry, Gold”. At least on this tasting, from this bottle. You need a subscription to The Wine Front to see this part of the post
Bartowel News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
It appears that the recent trip taken by import agents Roland + Russell to the Copenhagen Beer Festival was fruitful, as they've recently announced the addition of two Scandinavian breweries to their portfolio. Norway's Nøgne Ø and Nørrebro Bryghus from...
Bartowel News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Granite Brewery (245 Eglinton Ave. East) have added a new beer to their line-up of ales. Dubbed Hopping Mad, this strong pale ale checks it at 6% alcohol with a strong hop character, but also enough malt to keep...
Bartowel News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
On Saturday, October 17th, the Beer Lovers' Tour Co. will be hosting their first Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour. A country day-tour of discovery, the Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour explores the historic beer-brewing counties of Grey and Wellington. Starting...
jamie goode's wine blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Thursday Fiona took Rosie for her second and final session with Diglet. Apparently, it was successful, and the amorous couple 'locked', which is, I beleive, a technical term that describes what happens when two dogs want to make babies. Fiona took the photograph above after the event - Rosie is on the right. If nature works as it should, then... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | yesterday
As this posts, I'm accepting the trade and specialized beer and brewing media award of the Michael Jackson Beer Journalism Awards at the GABF; my piece in All About Beer on "The Real History of Craft Beer" won. My apologies to all the folks I told I was not going to be at GABF: the BA asked me not to tell anyone about winning the award, so I didn't. At all. And so this morning I left my hotel in San...
DETAILED TWANG (Free subscription) | yesterday
Somehow I forgot to actually post the tracks associated with the JOEY HEATHERTON/SHANGRI-LA'S post below; they're now up and ready for download.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
France We arrived in France to accomplish two specific things Matt had a fantasy of having baguette wine and cheese under the eifel tower and I really wanted to finally learn how to distinguish a 3 buck chcuk from a 65bottle 2006 merlot something something followed by some fancy french words. For this we stopped in Paris the romance capital of the world and Bordeaux the almost important
