Beer Review #68 — Anchorage Galaxy Batch No. 5

Let's do something a little different today and grab something a little vintage. It may be sacrilegious to willingly cellar and drink an IPA, but I assure you all that this beer is an IPA in very few ways. It is much more so a funky dry Brett beer, courtesy of the [...]

Beer Review #68 — Anchorage Galaxy Batch No. 52018-10-18T13:21:35-07:00

On the sour ale surge

I’ve been thinking a lot about sour ales lately. Not only because I love to drink them and I love to make them (I currently have 8 different batches of sour ale fermenting right now), but because they’re exploding in popularity. Every time I visit Elizabeth Station, I find at least [...]

On the sour ale surge2018-10-18T13:22:05-07:00

Taming wild terms: mixed-fermentation, 100% Brett, spontaneously fermented, Lambic, wild, sour, farmhouse

With the rise in popularity of mixed-fermentation beers, 100-percent Brett beers, spontaneously fermented beers and Lambics, wild ales, sour ales and farmhouse beers, the terms that define these beers get tossed around more and more. Some of these terms are used interchangeably, and some people interpret them differently, adding confusion. To [...]

Taming wild terms: mixed-fermentation, 100% Brett, spontaneously fermented, Lambic, wild, sour, farmhouse2018-10-18T13:22:27-07:00

Beer Review #1: Crooked Stave St. Bretta Winter

  First up is a new to me Crooked Stave offering – St. Bretta Winter. I've had a few others of theirs, but grabbed this one on a bit of a whim. Having just left Colorado and moved to Washington, Crooked Stave was a brewery that I did not expect to find here. [...]

Beer Review #1: Crooked Stave St. Bretta Winter2018-10-18T13:28:40-07:00
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