Showing posts with label microbrewery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microbrewery. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

For blueberry beer, the good, the not so bad, and the UGLY....

So... fruit in beer. Seriously what is up with that? I never even knew that beer could contain something such as fruit, until I started looking at great Belgian beer and discovering Kreiks, Lambics, and the sorts.

It turned out many of them I didn't care for, but it got me thinking that beer wasn't just a malty-hoppy one trick pony. With care fruit could be added and you could come up with something good. However, it is usually not the first thing I think of.

I soon discovered that with fresh fruit in season I could get blueberries in my area. I absolutely adored them. They were just perfect sweet snack food, not even too sweet sometimes. My wife who is originally from Maine even introduced me to one of the States best exports that being Maine wild blueberries. From there heaven could be found in blue fruit. Why not make thine marriage of suds and such things?

For this tasting I decided to have a little fun and compare 3 beers and their Blueberry-"ness". This was to just have a little fun and take a break from some serious Bourbon tastings, and good quality craft microbrew. I always wanted to do this, and I came home from work on a hotter than normal day.. dog thirsty and ready.

See the video below as I review 3 beers, or as I nicknamed them... "THE GOOD (Seadog Blueberry Wheat Beer), THE NOT SO BAD (Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale), AND THE UGLY (Wild Blue Blueberry Beer).

BLUEBERRY VIDEO QUICK THREE SIPS REVIEW

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The bitch is back - Dogfish head brewery back for the win!

Beer, oh how I love thee. Dogfish Head brewery which is located in Milton Delaware, makes some of the best beer to date I have ever had in my life. I discovered them in places of beer appreciation, and then found out that on my trips to the beach in DE that they were located not far from where all that sun and goodness lands.

Cracking open their brews is always a highly anticipated moment, mostly because what they make is so fascinating, with very little faults or failures. They are without question a large go to beer for myself, and I enjoy them immensely.

On a recent beach stop up in DE, I discovered and heard they had a recent new release. The beer was called Bitches Brew, named after a Miles Davis album of the same name. Contents inside hinted of honey and a gesho root, what that is... I am not even sure if I would know one or taste one if it came across me from the street.

That being said, contents were devoured and reviewed in the video below. Check out the latest in the Imbibe hour joy. It has been awhile since I have posted or done an imbibe video, but I have been busy. Another note... the Imbibe hour will actually be going on the road! To some really neat places so stay tuned!