Hotter Than New Love

Earlier this month, my father brought 12 Wisconsin craft brews down from God’s Country (that’s Wisconsin for all you non-Midwesterners) for my birthday.  I sampled several over the last week and thought I’d share my thoughts on 3 of them.    Sand Creek’s Woody’s Wheat is a virtual clone of Unibroque’s “La Fin Du Monde”, although [...]

I had the distinct pleasure this evening of enjoying a very pleasant ale brewed by the Cathedral Square Brewery.  Cathedral Square is a relatively new brewery and to my knowledge has only four varieties of beer thus far.  But, I suspect they noticed the lack of quality beer coming out of one of America’s beer [...]

This Lent, I have given up alcohol (among other things).  This particular Lenten sacrifice has proven quite the task as sampling micro and home brews has become a consistent past time for me.  The dearer the earthly thing is to our heart, the greater the sacrifice and the greater the spiritual rewards.  So, in homage [...]

Located about 30 miles north of New Orleans, the Abita Brewing Company has been pouring choice ales since 1986.   As there is 18 inches of snow on the ground in our sleepy Midwestern town, I had to reach for something dark and powerful to get through this frigid night.  Abita’s Turbodog, a 5.6% ABV [...]

On the coast of the granite state, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire lies the Smuttynose Brewing Company. Smuttynose gets its name from Smuttynose Island, one of the nine Isles of Shoals.  Distributed as far West as Illinois and Wisconsin, Smuttynose provides some quality brew from the Eastern shores of our fair land. Their Winter Ale, a [...]

By: Kevin Fay Many beer enthusiasts, at one point or another, wonder whether or not they should try their hand at the art of brewing.  Incentives generally range from developing an appreciation for the beer-making process and the chemistry involved to having a fun activity to do with friends.  These are all good reasons!  While [...]