Archive for the ‘ale’ Category

San Diego Real Ale Festival Summary

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Better late than never, right? On June 9, Greg and I drove down to Carlsbad, California, to attend the 9th Annual San Diego Real Ale Festival which was held at the Pizza Port brewery. The festival was actually held on the concrete patio behind the brewery. A large tent was ...

Pyramid Hefeweizen

Monday, May 29th, 2006

For the most recent issue of the Carnival of Drinking I decided to write about the Pyramid Hefeweizen. The theme for this issue is "drinks that you like to serve at the barbecues, grill outs, picnics or what not that you'll be attending this Memorial Day weekend, or in the ...

Barleywine and Imperial Stout Festival (Part 2)

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

I recently wrote about Roger, Greg, and I making our first trip to Lucky Baldwins' 8th annual Barleywine High Alcohol Beers & Imperial Stouts Festival this past Sunday night. Adam joined the three of us for round two on Tuesday night. This time, we sampled a total of fifteen beers ...

Barleywine and Imperial Stout Festival

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Greg and I met Roger at Lucky Baldwins last night to partake in their 8th annual Barleywine High Alcohol Beers & Imperial Stouts Festival. The festival started on Saturday night, so Luckys had not yet run out of the beers we wanted to try. Well, they had run out of ...

Craftsman Aurora Borealis and Stone Smoked Porter

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Greg and I went to Lucky Baldwins late last night for a couple of beers, and I must say it was my favorite single Luckys experience yet. I always enjoy going to Luckys. They have quite a few beers on tap, and they often host various "festivals" to highlight a particular ...

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 ...