Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Session #39: Collaborations

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

The Session #39 is being hosted by Mario Rubio at The Hop Press and the topic is Collaborations. The instructions for this Session were as follows:

Drink a collaborative beer. Who’s brewed some of your favorite collaborations? Who have been some of your favorite collaborators? Who would you like to see in a future collaboration? As the topic is collaborations, working with each other is encouraged.

Although I haven’t participated in the Session for a few months now, I couldn’t miss participating in this topic. Continue reading →

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Deschutes Hop Henge Experimental IPA Review

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

Deschutes Brewery is the number 6 craft brewery, by sales volume, in America (as of 20008 and 2009) and they continue to produce excellent products such as Hop Henge Experimental IPA. Hop Henge is part of Deschutes Bond Street Series, which features hop-forward beer that are inspired by the original Deschutes Brewery & Public House on Bond Street in downtown Bend, OR. Continue reading →

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Rubicon IPA Review

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

Rubicon Brewing Company is a small brewery in midtown Sacramento, CA. It seems that the only beer that the distribute in bottles in their Rubicon IPA and a good choice at that. This IPA was a Gold Medal Winner in 1989 and 1990 at the Great American Beer Festival. Continue reading →

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Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat Beer Review

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

Lost Coast Brewery, out of Eureka, California, is the maker of several great beers such as Downtown Brown, Great White Beer, and Alley Cat Amber. Tangerine Wheat is one of their two fruit beer offerings, the other being Raspberry Brown. Tangerine Wheat is a refereshing beer that is great for warm summer weather, BBQs, and easy drinking. Continue reading →

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Keg Cap Tap Product Review

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

I recently came across an ingenious idea for product called the Keg Cap Tap. The idea is quite simple, it is a tap handle that allows you to affix a cap from the keg. At first, I thought this would only be a good idea for folks who buy commercial kegs and not for homebrewers. When I emailed with Matt at Keg Cap Tap (@KegCapTap), he assured me that this was also an ideal solution for home brewers and had some add-ons specifically for home brewers. He sent me a some sample of his product and he was right. It is great for both home brewers, see photos below, and also for your commercially purchased kegs. Continue reading →

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Coedo Ruri Review

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

I was shopping in on of the Japanese supermarket in San Mateo and spotted a brand I had never seen before, Coedo. Though a little pricey, I picked a few bottles of this brew which had a special label on it claiming to have won many awards. Coedo is a small brewery in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan and produces mostly lager style beer but does have one wheat beer style. Continue reading →

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Deschutes Red Chair NWPA Review

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Oregon has a solid line of year round beers and many times an even better line-up of seasonal ans special release beer. The spring seasonal beer from Deschutes in 2010 is the Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale). I thought it would be heard to beat Cinder Cone Red from 2009 but they did it. Continue reading →

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