Archive for 'Beers'

Nov200915

Steve Koenemann

3

Higher ABV Beers… a problem?

I have run across several articles in the last couple of weeks, in USA Today and on-line, that talk (quite disparagingly) about the ongoing trend for States to pass new laws allowing beer to be sold higher amounts of alcohol in it. While I would definitely view these new laws as a victory for the craft brewers in this state and for those of us that enjoy styles of beer that tend have a higher ABV, there are some that would see this as a way to “promote” alcoholism. Let’s have a look…

Nov200906

Steve Koenemann

3

Requiem for Pennichuck Brewing Company?

It is not uncommon for me to search the Web for artifacts concerning the particular beer I am drinking at the time. I am sitting here drinking a Pennichuck Brewing “The Big O” Oktoberfest Lager and have just run across some very sad references to the Pennichuck Brewing Company. Apparently it has escaped my attention, until now, that Pennichuck has been on the brink of closure for the last month or so; a fact that now seems virtually inevitable.

Oct200925

Steve Koenemann

4

Pumpkin Ales – A Sign of the Season

I have been drinking a few pumpkin ales lately… ’tis the season for harvest-type ales, of course. Below is a run down of three of my most recent samplings…

Oct200925

Steve Koenemann

2

Weyerbacher Fourteen… an interesting wheat wine

Weyerbacher has produced this interesting wheat wine, a variation of the more traditional barley wine, as a celebration of their 14th year of making craft beer. The wheat adds some interesting characteristics and a new dimension as compared to its more common “barley” cousin… spicy, sweet… really good!

Oct200910

Steve Koenemann

0

“Massive”… it’s the only way to describe it…

I just finished a bottle of Weyerbacher Thirteen… their 13th anniversary Imperial Stout. At 13.6% ABV… it’ll *rock* you!! Picked this up at Downeast Beverage during a brief foray to Portland, Maine last week.