Archive for April, 2006

Stout Haiku

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

I recently found a pretty cool site named Beer Haiku Daily. The name pretty much tells you exactly what the site is. It's a collection of haikus, one per day, about beer. In honor of this site, I have crafted my own haiku about my favorite type of beer, the ...

Walnut Crest Merlot 2004

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

I spent a few nights last week drinking the 2004 vintage of the Walnut Crest Merlot over dinner. Walnut Crest is one of the wines offered in the 5 cent sale at BevMo. In case you don't have a BevMo near you or haven't heard of the 5 cent sale, ...

Red Hook - Copper Hook Spring Ale

Friday, April 14th, 2006

A couple weeks ago I was at Pavilions and decided to try something out of the ordinary (in other words, something other than Shiner). Normally I would have gone for Rogue Dead Guy, but they were out of that. I looked around and saw an interesting beer: Red ...

Hess Select Chardonnay 2004

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

A couple of months ago, Ariele and I found the 2004 vintage of the Hess Select Chardonnay at World Market for $7.99 per bottle. Ariele's parents are both fans of this particular Chardonnay, and under their instruction (and with their money), we bought a case for them. Ariele's dad came to ...

2000 Thummerer - Egri Bikavér

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

This is a Hungarian red wine that is, I believe, a blend of five different native red grapes. Egri refers to the region, meaning from Eger. Bikavér translates to bulls blood and it is aptly named. It is very strong with very complex flavors and in my opinion very good. ...

Tastings At The Microbrew Festival

Monday, April 10th, 2006

I wrote on my personal blog about my trip to the microbrew festival on Saturday afternoon. The short recap is that Paul, Roger, Adam, and I drove down to the KROQ microbrew festival at Santa Anita park on Saturday, and Mike met us down there an hour or so after ...