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CincodeMayo

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo… Craft Beer Style

By on May 4, 2012 in Beer / Food Paring

Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner and according to SeriousEats.com the best tasting Mexican lagers are Bohemia Pilsner (a light lager) and Dos Equis Amber (a dark lager). Although I might agree with their selections… these beers are produced by large breweries in Mexico. They’re not craft beers, and doggone it, this is [...]

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Florida Beer during Tampa Bay Craft Beer Week!

By on March 9, 2012 in Beer Review, event, ®®®®

I’m putting the spotlight on Florida beers this week (finally, not for the wrong reasons)… right in the midst of Tampa Bay Beer Week! This week Tampa Bay and it’s surroundings are hosting Florida’s most anticipated Beer festival. This week has been full of events in different bars, restaurants and breweries. Since I don’t live in the [...]

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N’ICE ACHOUFFE

A Nice Strong Ale from Achouffe

By on January 24, 2012 in Beer Review

A couple of weeks ago it started feeling a little like winter here in Florida… sure it’s warmed up now that it’s closer to the end of January. But I’ve been patiently waiting to drink a bottle of N’ice Chouffe that I had been saving all winter because the weather has been unseasonably warm. I had been [...]

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Redlight Oktoberfest 2011

True Oktoberfest Beers at Redlight Redlight

By on November 1, 2011 in Beer Bar, Beer Review, event, Good Times

Last weekend I finally got to celebrate Oktoberfest… but it was definitely worth the wait! I went to an event at Redlight Redlight, one of my favorite beer bars in town. They were late to have an Oktoberfest celebration because they were waiting on some special beers that come in wooden barrels (think Donkey Kong). [...]

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Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary – Gran Cru or not?

By on September 13, 2011 in Beer Review

I am always excited whenever I’m about to drink anything with the words “Gran Cru”. Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary’s Gran Cru was no different. This beer pours a cloudy amber color with a light head with not much carbonation. It smells like salted caramel, sweet ripe fruit, oaky/woody aroma dominated by alcohol. this beer is no pushover. I [...]

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Pumpking

The Gift that Keeps Giving… Pumpkin

By on October 21, 2010 in Beer Review

Last weekend some friends came over to hang out, eat, and drink good beer. One of my  good friends brought with him a Southern Tier Imperial Pumking Ale for me to enjoy. Now, I’ve never been the biggest pumpkin beer fan, but I’ve definitely enjoyed a couple pumpkin flavored seasonals out there. I just can’t [...]

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