Baron Brewing – Rauchbier

One of the more unusual beers out there is Rauchbier. It is a German beer that is from the Bamberg German. What makes this beer unusual is that the malt is smoked over beechwood prior to being used to brewing. It adds a smoky flavor and deeper color to the beer. Most of theres beers [...]

Rogue Brewing – Double Dead Guy Ale

Rogue’s Double Dead Guy Ale is in the words of the brewery “An evolution of Dead Guy Ale.” I have no idea what that means. It does make for good marketing copy on the website. It leads me to my first question of the day. Is this an evolution of Dead Guy Ale, making it [...]

Ballard’s Brewing UK – Wassail Ale

This was a beer that was given to me at our house warming party. My friend Angus, who is English and not Scottish as would normally be implied by his name, gave a bottle of this as a housewarming gift. He stated it was the only bottle he knew of in the United States. I [...]

A Blast from the Past – The late Michael Jackson

I saw these two article on Michael Jackson’s website and I thought I would share it here. Having been familiar with Michael Jackson’s work though my favorite pub, the Unicorn, it was time to share two articles from his website on Beer. Article #1 is about the great diversity of beers in American and the [...]