Archive for the ‘ale’ Category

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 ...

Trader Joe’s Wittekerke

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

This is an "authentic Belgian wheat beer" that's priced like Sam Adams and in a PBR-esque can. The can is an oddball 11.2 oz (33 cl), slightly less volume than most beer. It's not unusual to get Belgians in smaller volumes since they typically have more alcohol, but this one ...

Lost Coast Downtown Brown Ale

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Ariele and I met Roger and some other folks at The Atheneum this evening for beers. There was a birthday party being held in the basement, so we took a couple of pitchers upstairs, sat on the patio, and shot the bull for a while. The beer we had was the ...

Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Also had last night at Lucky Baldwin's were 22oz bottles of Rogue Santa's Private Reserve, which is (as you might guess) Rogue's winter offering. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as much of an aficionado as Jeff, so my beer-describing vocabulary isn't what it should be. Greg, who also had ...