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Morimoto Imperial Pilsner by Rogue

Posted on10. Feb, 2010 by Ricky.

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Rogue has been providing us with some exceptional beers. The labels and bottle designs are all very interesting and usually prepare you very well for what you are about to drink. The Morimoto Imperial Pilsner was made/chosen by Mr. Morimoto who appeared on the Iron Chef. This is an Imperial Pilsner so the alcohol content [...]

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Stone Brewery’s Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale

Posted on09. Jan, 2010 by Ricky.

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Daniel and I took a trip to California to do a special focusing on Stone Brewing and a large selection of their beers. You can see the many photos from the trip on our flickr website. This was our 3rd beer of the night and we saved one of the bests for last.
Stones Sublimely Self-Righteous [...]

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Rogue’s Shakespeare Stout

Posted on05. Jan, 2010 by Ricky.

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We did several beers that night (this was the 5th). You can probably tell by the extra laughing and lower attention spans ;o)
Rogue makes some exceptional beers and we love our stouts. This one is 6% alcohol and is rated very high on most other sites.
The Shakespeare Stout pours a dark black with a rich [...]

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Port Brewing’s Old Viscosity

Posted on28. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Port Brewing’s Old Viscosity from California.
The beer poured a dark rich dry brown that was pitch black. There is about 2 fingers worth of head. The head was very dark brown and may be the darkest head I have seen. When they say Old Viscosity, I think they are referring to oil… That’s exactly what [...]

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Stone Brewery’s Vertical Epic 09.09.09

Posted on27. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Stone Brewing’s 09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale (part of the vertical epic series).
Each Vertical Epic beer is designed to drink sometime after 12.12.12 (end of the world?) for a “truly epic tasting”. If you had all 10 bottles, it would be an experience maybe 3 or 4 will get to try. They use very interesting ingredients [...]

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Theobroma by Dogfish Head

Posted on25. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Dogfish Head brought us something special with Theobroma (translates to food of the gods). This craft beer is part of Dogfish Head’s “Ancient Ales” series and is a beer made based on the ingredients found in pottery fragments from 1200 BC! This discovery pushes back the earliest know use of cocoa by humans for consumption [...]

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Coney Island’s Freaktoberfest

Posted on21. Dec, 2009 by Ricky.

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Coney Island’s Freaktoberfest
Coney Island’s brewery is out of New York (Shmaltz Brewing Company) and is one of the few east coast craft breweries that makes it all the way to Arizona. The bottle has excellent artwork and really stands out on the shelf when you walk by.
The Coney Island brewery donates a portion of their [...]