Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Barleywine (2017)
What can I even say, you’ve probably never heard of this super under the radar, micro brewery and their ultra exclusive line of barrel-aged beers, but I’ll let ...
Barleywine
To Øl Mine Is Bigger Than Yours
Tobias Emil Jensen and Tore Gynther started the To Øl (translated as “Two Beers”) Brewery in the same fashion as another Danish gypsy brewer named Mikkeller and...
Uinta Anniversary Barleywine
In the enigma that is Salt Lake City sits Uinta Brewing Co. which has been loosening Utahan’s inhibitions since the winter of 1993. Today they have grown to bec...
Clown Shoes Flight of the Angry Beast
Clown Shoes Beer is a client brewer that has operated since 2009 via Mercury Brewing Company in Ipswitch, Mass. With 48 different beers on the books, Clown Shoe...
Anchorage A Deal with the Devil
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July.Everyone has their favorite time of the year and mine happens to be "white whale" week here at Tenemu. That magical ...
Save the World Sanguis
In the craft beer world stories of people abandoning their chosen careers midlife to brew beer have become almost commonplace. In the case of Dave and Quynh Rathkamp, there leap of faith to start Save the World Brewing Co. trumps them all.
No-Li Big Bang Barleywine
No-Li Brewhouse was started in 1993 by Mark Irvin under the name Northern Lights Brewing Co.Evidently, someone else had staked a claim to the use of the name Northern Lights forcing Mark to change the name to the shortened No-Li. Which I assume is supposed to be pronounced as “no-lie."
Clown Shoes Pierre Ferrand Billionaire
Coming up on its sixth year in the brewing business, Clown Shoes Beer has carved a seat firmly in the craft beer market producing some great bold, high ABV beers at price points lower than most of their competitors. The beers are contract brewed by Mercury Brewing Co. in Ipswich, Mass.
Epic Barley Wine Ale
Barleywine.The word alone will make a beer nerd salivate and a macro beer drinker cringe. These big aggressive beers have a long history and a have become one of the more sought after styles of American craft beer. The term barleywine dates back as far as the 18th century when it was used by European brewers to attract wine drinkers to their brews.
Lagunitas Olde GnarlyWine
Looking back over many of my past reviews, I realized that I often gush over the various reasons I love craft beer and the craft beer culture. The reasons have been well documented, but today it is time for me to vent on one of the things that truly bothers me about the always changing craft beer community. The never ending hunt for the newest, rarest and hardest to obtain beers often leads us away from what we truly love about craft beer in the first place. Delicious beer.
