Lagunitas 12th of Never Ale

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA; Chicago, IL The 12th of Never Ale is everything we’ve learned about making hop forward beer expressed in a moderate voice.  Pale, cold, slightly alcoholic, and bitter.  It’s all we know.   5.5% ABV Clear gold in color with a piney and fruity nose like most Lagunitas beers that we…

Lagunitas Maximus IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA; Chicago, IL 8.2% ABV Clear amber in color with a slight citrus nose.  Very fruity like most Double IPAs.  And at 8.2%, we wonder why it is not labled as a Double or Imperial IPA.  On a positive note, it is the best Lagunitas beer we have tried. Would we…

Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA; Chicago, IL 7.5% ABV Hazy dark gold in color with a nose of citrus and pine.  This beer is fruity up front then the bitterness slams into your tongue and lingers.  Very disjointed as the bitterness overpowers the fruit. Would we have it again?  No

Lagunitas IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA; Chicago, IL Thanks for choosing to spend the next few minutes with this special homicidally hoppy ale.  Savor the moment as the raging hop character engages the imperial qualities of the malt foundation in mortal combat on the battlefield of your palate. 6.2% ABV Clear amber in color with a…

Lagunitas Day Time Ale

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA 4.7% ABV Clear gold color with a piney hoppy nose.  Piney bitterness up front which dies mid-palate.  Smooth and medium bodied: not a big beer, but not light by any means, either. Would we have it again?  No https://lagunitas.com/beers/daytime

Anchor Go West! IPA

Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco, CA The California Gold Rush compelled thousands to Go West! “to see the elephant,” a metaphor for the doggedly optimistic risk-taking  linked then and now with America’s intensified pursuit of happiness. As early as 1849, India Pale Ale—prepared by British brewers for export to India by adding dry hops to…

Harpoon IPA

Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA Floral and citrus notes combine with a unique malt profile to impart a clean, fresh finish.  Our IPA is a crisp, balanced interpretation of this classic style…best enjoyed with friends. 5.9% ABV Clear amber in color and with a light malty nose.  Harpoon IPA is bitter up front with a malty…

Ranking New Orleans Breweries

Large Marge ranked her breweries based on location/ease of access, taproom, brews, and the tour.  Here are her rankings: NOLA Brewery Second Line Wayward Owl 40 Arpent Urban South Courtyard Father Jack’s rankings: NOLA Wayward Owl Second Line 40 Arpent Courtyard Urban South

21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA

21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA is brewed with some serious west coast attitude. This aromatic golden IPA starts with three different hops to the nose, quickly balanced by a solid malt backbone supporting the firm bitterness. Our top selling beer at the pub, this IPA starts big and finishes…

Red Hare Gangway IPA

Red Hare Brewing Company, Marietta, GA Gangway IPA is crisp, unfiltered, and golden in color and slightly sweet; hopped with Willamette, Chinook, Cascade and dry hopped with Falconers Flight. 6.2% ABV Gangway is a hazy dark gold in color with very little smell.  There is a tad bit of fruit on the palate, ending with…

Best Beers of Each Style (2016-2017)

Pale Ale (LM) Southern Prohibition Devil’s Harvest Sierra Nevada Pale Ale SweetWater 420 Parish Envie NOLA Rebirth (FJ) Southern Prohibition Devil’s Harvest NOLA Rebirth Parish Envie Oskar Blues Dale’s SweetWater 420 IPA (LM) NOLA Hopitoulas Gnarly Barley Radical Rye IPA SweetWater IPA Lazy Magnolia Southern Hops’pitality Urban South Holy Roller & Wayward Owl Clean Slate…

Murphy’s Stout

Murphy’s Brewery, Cork, Ireland Since 1856, Murphy’s Stout has been brewed in Cork using our authentic recipe.  We pride ourselves in only using the finest natural ingredients of pure pale malt, chocolate malt, roasted barley and hops.  Murphy’s offers you that uniquely smooth, creamy and wonderfully palatable full bodied stout flavour with roasted chocolate and…