Drinking It All: #4 Anchor Liberty Ale

December 11, 2009 by Ed · 2 Comments
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gettin patriotic

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. -- I got the grading finished yesterday. Hot damn. We're packing up and going to New Orleans for a few days this afternoon. Double hot damn. Since I'm relatively free of work, or at least work I get paid for, I figured it was time to start drinking for the website. So I went out last night with about 10 dollars to get some good beer to post about....

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Brewed Slowly Update: American IPA

November 3, 2009 by Ed · Leave a Comment
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big beers are better than regular beers

I know I've slacked a little on updating the progress of the first Brewed Slowly entry and how the beer has turned out.  I started trying them about a week and a half ago to see how far the carbonation was coming. I know you're dying to know. Well, now they're carbonated to my liking, a little softer than your Budweiser or High Life, but sharper than, say, a Guiness. I'll admit that I'm pretty pleased with the taste. This was the first beer I've dry-hopped, and the process really does make a difference. My wife says it reminds her of...

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