Wednesday, April 23, 2008

No stopping internet Globalization

The conclusion is that there is no way to avoid plugging in to the new online world order, as long as a business (or individual) wants to be successful and grow. And there is no sense in resisting tendencies this massive. Recently there was more fighting against globalization in the streets (in Prague, this time). There's no sense in fighting against either globalization or the Internet. They're coming, whether you want it or not. To be against either is like being "against the sunrise" you know the sun will be coming every day, there's not much you can do about it, and you learn to live with it.
http://www.glreach.com/eng/ed/art/rep-eur22.php3

Monday, April 14, 2008

$10 for 1 bottle, better be the holy grail


Want a description of Dog Fish Head? Its underneath.


This beer is continually hopped over a 120 minute boil and then dry hopped every day for a month. Says that the beer ages well, enjoy now or age for a decade.


Color - Dark amber, whitish head, poor retention... color may be off because the clear glasses are dirty and we havent done the wash.


Smell - very earthy, hops smell great


Taste - Be prepared because its strong, its also very sweet, caramel cuts through first along with hops. It almost tastes like barelywine.


Drinkability - Although being very potent, its still smooth as eggs.


Abv - 21%


Sunday, April 13, 2008

Leffe Belgian Blonde




Leffe is a company that brews a type of beer called Abbey. Belgian Pales consume the Belgian brewing scene, and were initially brewed to compete with Pilseners during the WWII time frame. They differ from other regional Pale Ale varieties, by traditionally being less bitter, using aged hops for a delicate hop finish, and boasting sweetish to toasty malt overtones. They should be decanted properly, leaving the yeast in the bottle. This will showcase their brilliant color range from pale straw yellow to amber hues. Most will be crowned with thick, clinging, rocky white heads. Flavors and aromas will vary. Some have natural spice characters from yeast and hops, while others are spiced.


The beer has amber/orangish color with a thick white head, although it had poor retention. It smells very sweet with yeast coming through more than anything. The taste matches the smell, sweet with some flavors of fruit. It's very crisp and light, not thick or chewy at all. I have been drinking this beer for years now, but I just found out the history of this beer which has been very intruiging. For more info check here.. http://www.leffe.com/index.html?PHPSESSID=05682a10b672e376808cb625c39c865c


Abv - 6.6

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Dogfish Head shelter pale ale


Off-centered ales, for off-centered people... that's what we do here at Dogfish Head! Whether its weird ingredients, super-strong extreme beers, or crazy, made-up styles, you can be sure that a beer from Dogfish will challenge your perceptions of what beer is supposed to be!

We make, bottle and keg most of our beer in our Milton, Delaware brewery. We also have a small brewery inside our Rehoboth Beach, Delaware brewpub. That's where we do our experimental batches - the funkiest of the funky! Our beers are distributed across the United States.

This shelter pale ale is brewed in little batches using Delaware grown barley, whole leaf Willamette and Columbus hops for ballast. Beer pours out to a amber/orange color with a small head. Smells sweet with slight hops and malt. The taste of hops comes out the most and is crisp but also bitter. The mouthfeel is pretty thick but nothing ovewhelming, very vquzeshuf. This has been a new beer for me, unless you are looking for hoppy beer and don't mind the bitterness then go for this one. Not really my thing.




Abv - 5%

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The better winter ale


Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1987 by former Associated Press correspondent Steve Hindy and former Chemical Bank lending officer Tom Potter. Hindy learned to brew beer during a six year stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and Syria, where possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages were forbidden. Upon his return to his home to Brooklyn in 1984, he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor, quit their jobs and founded the brewery.


Brooklyn completely changed the recipe in 2006. It’s now a Scottish-style ale. Brewmaster Garrett Oliver explained to us that: “There are no spices at all. Good British floor malts and hops along with our yeast strain account for all the flavors. It has a Scottish-style cooler fermentation, which pushes malt to the forefront rather than fruitiness.” It was brewed with Scottish Floor-malted Maris Otter, English crystal malts, Belgian Aromatic malt, American roasted malts, American oats and hopped with Willamette.


The beer has a reddish amber color with an off-white head, overall a darker color. Theres a strong scent of butterscotch and cinnamon, along with other spices. Fairly thick and chewy texture with a bittersweet after taste.


abv - 6%

scottish ale