Drinking It All: #29 Boulder Beer Co. Cold Hop
Drinking It All is a document of my attempt to try every beer in circulation. It’s a Herculean and tragic attempt at best. But it’s the means, not the end that counts here. – It's been about a week and a half since I last posted because I've been somewhat busy making the bread that my wife and I sell at our community market. But now I'm cracking into some beers I've been saving up. Today I've got a beer called Cold Hop made by Boulder Beer Company. This beer looks like a joke. If I'm to be honest. The label reminds me...
Drinking It All: #24 Tecate (Cinco de Mayo ed.)
Drinking It All is a document of my attempt to try every beer in circulation. It's a Herculean and tragic attempt at best. But it's the means, not the end that counts here. -- Since today is Cinco de Mayo and we just got back from the Mexican restaurant (where there were so many people out, you'd think they were giving away free money), I thought I'd post about my favorite Mexican beer: Tecate. If my site actually received regular comments, I'd fully expect to get all kinds of responses about how Tecate isn't as good as insert any other Mexican beer here....
On Stouts: Don’t Judge A Beer By Its Color
Today, the New York Times ran an article about Stouts (the beer) in which the author, Eric Asimov, and others tasted 19 different American stouts. Asimov (no relation to Isaac?) made a pretty good point, and one that is often overlooked or ignored, that stouts traditionally are low in alcohol, possibly even lower than the Buds, Coors, and Millers of the big breweries, and have a much more delicate flavor than the name implies and the color indicates. You can check out the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/dining/reviews/28wine.html?_r=1&8dpc This discussion of stouts makes me wonder, as I have before, why...
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