Last Friday two events came together very nicely. At work we decided to finally throw a BBQ. We all cooked a bunch of food and got two grills going. So with food all figured out and the weather cooperating, the big question was what are we going to drink. Enter in my coworker Peter. [...]

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So although I really like Smuttynose’s Big Brown Dog ale, it kind of kicks my ass every time I drink it. It is not a session beer, and certainly not a daytime drinking beer.
But today I bought a six-pack of Smuttynose’s Summer Weizen Ale, and it’s everything I wanted it to be–light and wheaty, crisp, [...]

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 Week two was both harder and easier–at least, I had fewer mental breakdowns. It seems that we have graduated from beer to hard liquor very quickly. This was only our second Friday all together, and you can see by the picture that stronger libations were needed. And no, the lone beer is not, in fact, [...]

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Lately I have been getting a little lost in my beer tasting. Lots of good brew, but things are getting a bit muddled. That is probably just my fault, too much of the same or maybe just a laziness when it comes to tasting. But there have been some surprises over the past few weeks. [...]

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This summer I’m away at a 6 week writing workshop (don’t worry, Joe has plenty of beer for company). Though I’m focused on writing and critiquing and such, I took a break last night to sample some of the local brew with the fun folks in my workshop. It’s been a while since I got to [...]

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