Juniper Black Ale
Sierra Nevada has released a set of limited addition beers which we have found to be available at Rollin Oats in St. Pete. Among the list is the Juniper Black Ale, black as a stout with a nice chocolate flavor but as light and crisp as an ale. At 8.5...
River Horse Hop Hazzard
Kevin sent this one in via smart phone, his review…”Not bad.” If you have had this one what do you...
Friday Craft Keggers
There is a new place on Central and 2nd Street called Green. It’s ran by the fine people at Central Organics and boasts a nice collection of craft beers in bottles. But the exciting thing is on Friday’s at 8:30 Green hosts a single keg of craft beer for $10...
Southern Tier Oak Aged Un*Earthly Imperial IPA
As I’ve said before, I love oak aged beers. I also love the majority of beers I’ve had from Southern Tier, so I definitely wasn’t going to pass this one up, and it’s reasonably priced ($7 in stores). It pours orange-brown with minimal head. There’s a deep hop aroma, piney...
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
Rogue ales are, appropriately, unpredictable when it comes to my enjoyment of them. If there’s one thing they do right consistently, it’s stouts – their chocolate stout is one of the best in the world, and I had high expectations for the double chocolate stout as well. Fortunately, Rogue again...
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary – Black Barleywine
Part three of Sierra Nevada’s Anniversary Ales is a black barleywine, a new style in the world of craft beer. This year has revealed a share of black IPAs, for example Southern Tier’s Iniquity IPA, but this is the first black barleywine I’ve seen. I love a good barleywine, and...
Dogfish Head Sahtea
Dogfish Head is one of those craft breweries that consistently pushes the envelope when it comes to beer, and I’m always excited to see what they’ll come up with next. So I was not too happy when I saw that their newest adventure was to use tea in a beer!...
Southern Tier Farmer’s Tan Imperial Pale Lager
Being from Saint Louis and growing up smelling Anheuser Busch brewing beer it really reminds me of what I always imagined Bud would taste like in my...
New Belguim Series: #2 Fat Tire
When I think back on the first “good beer” or, craft brew as we know it, I ever had, I get great vivid flashbacks. I was at my sisters place in Boston, I was probably “21″ and it was a beer she had raved about. My sister lived in Boulder,...
New Belguim Series: #1 Ranger IPA
For those of us who live in Florida, and actually many other states, getting to taste beers from the delicious New Belgium brewery is nearly impossible. It’s sort of like seeing the Loch Ness Monster. Well FU Nessie, because I’m locked and loaded with beers from the Colorado brewery. On...
Hitachino Nest White Ale
Most everyone now a days has tried some type of White Ale or Belgian Wit. Thanks mainly go to our craft breweries hard work, InBev and MillerCoors has been forced to stray from their usual lager-ish beers to brew an example of their own, Blue Moon and Shocktop. Granted they...
Great Divide Double Wit
This beer was released right about the same time as the 16th Anniversary ale, and in similarly limited quantities. I took a chance on this, and wasn’t disappointed–in fact, I went back and bought three more! The double wit is 8.1% abv, but you won’t know it from the aroma...
Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager
If winter is six months away it's probably time to start thinking about that Winter Ale you wanted to brew. October bring the mass of Pumpkin Ales out into the market, and summer hails the refreshing summer lagers and wheat beers. But it just so happens that this time I...
Lola would love Samuel Smith Organic Cherry Ale
I have always been a fan of Samuel Smith products, one of the first is their Nut Brown Ale and have been hooked ever since. So when I see a couple new products from a brewery like Samuel Smith I get excited....
Happy Birthday Great Divide: 16th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA
We didn't wait long to buy this beer once it hit the shelves. Oh wait, actually we tracked it down like Locke from Lost and bought almost a case before it even made it to the shelves! Last year's 15th Anniversary Ale was easily one of the best...
Into the Dark: Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
picked this beer up with the idea it could be a great example of the new Cascadian Dark Ale, which is a Black Indian Pale Ale. Yeah, Pale and Black, well that's Americans for you...we can do anything we want, screw the...
Weyerbacher Hops Infusion
I grew up drinking nothing but Busch Light and Natural Light and until moving to Florida didn't realize how many different beers are actually out there and that flavor exist! Right now my kick is IPA's, I love them, but if you asked me to drink a IPA 3 months...
Brick House Tavern + Tap
About two months ago I was pulling out of Total Wine in Tampa with a two mix-six packs of delicious beer that I have or will review for this badass site you’re reading (thanks for reading, Mom!). As I pulled out I witnessed something attention grabbing… a sign that read...
Kona – Pipeline Porter
It is dark and rich in color much like black coffee with medium body. Right off the bat you are hit with notes and flavor of chocolate that lead you into a nice coffee finish. A little sweet, but has a nice bitter balance....
BrewDog Paradox Isle of Arran
Brew Dog has cultivated a reputation of unrelenting strong ales that push limits and style conventions–but, they do so with a high degree of skill and quality. The Paradox series of ales (possibly all stouts) are apparently all barrel/cask-aged, but I am way behind on trying them all. I grabbed...
Dragon Stout
I love stouts, and love searching for new ones. I read this was brewed and bottled by Red Stripe on the label, and frankly came in with somewhat low expectations. I was actually pleasantly surprised by this beer. It doesn’t have a very revealing aroma, at least not in the...
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series: Island Creek Oyster Stout
I’ll start off this review by making a few statements. 1) The very first brewery I ever visited was the Harpoon Brewery in Boston when visiting my sister, so it holds a special place in my heart. 2) I love to eat oysters. That being said, I never thought in...
Pike Tandem Double Ale
The Pike Brewery beers we’ve been trying lately have all gotten high marks. This one has an interesting profile: an American Strong Ale brewed with a Belgian yeast strain. The aroma has a slight touch of wheat and funk, and earthy, floral hops to spare. The taste is bright and...