Today is the grand opening of the Liar’s Club in Alpine, CA The list of beers on tap is incredible! I can’t wait to go and try all of them! Well as many as I can that is. Liar’s Club, Alpine (Photo courtesy Pubcrawlin’) Here’s the Draft list for the Party: Alpine: Russian River: Ichabod […]
Southern Tier Brewery Co. Lakewood NY
Imperial Choklat Stout
Rising prices confirmed — Beer now $400 a bottle
Yikes — and I thought Tomme Arthur’s beers were expensive But Carlsberg at $400 a bottle takes the cake. » Link (Via Bloomberg)
I’m at Backstreet having a pint
Gonzo Imperial Porter
Lost Abbey Hosting Carnevale Masquerade
Lost Abbey / Port Brewing has just announced that they’ll be celebrating the release of their new Carnevale Ale with a Masquerade party in the true Venetian tradition. It just so happens that Carnevale di Venezia is held in the Piazza di San Marco, and coincidentally, Lost Abbey is located in San Marcos, which is […]
Carnegie Porter brewed since 1836 ~ Stark-Porter Argang 2006
Carsberg Sverige AB Sweden
This is what Jason is drinking for the game!
jolly pumpkin sour xmas ale… yummy
#How the Beer Hunter drinks with football#
How I started with the game!
New England ~ San Deigo Game
You go girlfriend!
Tomme would be proud!
Samuel Smith Winter Ale Welcome
I think this is the biggest line I have ever seen for a beer releace
Wow what a line
Red Poppy release: Look at the line!
Red Poppy Release It’s still a full hour before we open and the line wraps around half the parking lot!
Red Poppy welcome sign
This is the sign that greets folks as they enter the brewery.
Breakfast warmup before the Red Poppy release
Peter n Jaron @ Pizza PortHop Wallop n C
Peter n Jaron @ Pizza PortHop Wallop n Chronic
Matt enjoying a 2006 Old Guardian Bourbon Barrel-aged
We are having a beer in a new place ~ They have Black Butte Porter
Wingnuts
Matt’s @ Churchill’s enjoying Alpine O’B
The famed beer drinker and social gadfly Matt Dolman having an Obrien’s IPA at Churchill’s.
Larry is here to learn how to Brew Beer!
Keenen & Larry
A little Decadence on a Sunday afternoon
Decadence from AleSmith
Devotion @ Lost Abbey. Yeah baby!
Alien Nut Brown Ale @ Killer Pizza From
Blending tasting continues
Our seven judges have 18 barrels to taste. Then they have to blend and taste again. Wow. That’s a lot of sour beer to drink.
Andrew from Seattle at Lost Abbey
Andrew came all the way from Settle to try the beers. I think he likes them.
The tasting team
The sit down wit the team. From upper right — Tomme, Julian, Sage, Damien and Bo. Adam and Tim will join them shortly.
A lot of glasses for seven guys
The glasses they will be using — 18 for each of them
A few of the samples they’ll be tasting before blending
Blending Beer Day! Tomme and Bo tapped 18 of the (Isa)Belle Proximus barrels today for the tasting and blending. The beer is a sour beer made by Sam (Dogfish Head), Robb (Allagash), Adam (Avery), Vinnie (Russian River) and Tomme (Lost Abbey) and then aged for 14 months in barrels (and cultures) sent by each brewer.
Happy visitors to the brewery
It’s raining today, but not enough to stop this intrepid group from dropping by to warm there bones with a few good beers
isabellle tasting
Just about to get started with the tasting
Imperial Stout ~ Lives up to the hype! Thanks Tim!
The Portsmouth Brewery
1st time to Lost Abbey
Jenn & Leslie
They wanted to go on my blog! Santa Rules!
Allison & Paul
Scott Kerkmans’ CBO gig gets “Job of 2007” from NPR
National Public Radio announced this morning that the Four Points Hotel chain’s “Chief Beer Officer” position was their pick for the “Job of 2007”. (No kidding…) Draft Magazine founder, Scott Kerkmans, landed the position back in March of 2007 after more than 7,000 people applied. The part-time job involves visiting breweries, festivals and bars in […]
It’s not a Porter or Stout but it does go down smooth
Crossroads Cream Ale
Sage is having ER IPA and I am having A Gunness The beer choices here could be be
BackStreet Brewery
A good time was had by all
Fun night
Happy New Yeara1
GREAT BEER
Our drinking game
Apples to Apples
Adam will be playing football with this beer
Mendocino Winter Seasonal Imperial IPA
Draught Style Stout Pasteuized Beer
Alaskan Brewing Co ~ It’s so good
2007 Smoked Porter
What fun we are having
MJ having a drink
Nice new look for him
Beer Sage
This is what we have had to drink so far
This is one of the best beers ever I can’t wait to drink them!
I love this beer
Adam is having this one
Oerbier
Adam and I are going to play football for beer and Deschutes Black Butte Porter g
My every day beer
It’s a beer tasting party tonight!
New Year’s Eve
Flenish Ale Mixed Fermentation ‘ Sweet – Sour ‘
Zoetzuur
Beer Sage is drinking this right now
Racer 5 IPA
Flemish Sour Ale
Monk’s Cafe
Ale Aged In Oak Casks
Petrus Oud Bruin
2001 Oude Beersel GuezeMmmm…mmmm
2001 Oude Beersel GuezeMmmm…mmmm
We are at Churchills with MJ and Adam
Stone Smoked Porter with Chipote Peppers
The brewer from Gordon Biersch
Rich & Phoebe
number 2 brewer in America
A Mexica n Brewewry brewery
Cerveza
We are drinking at Churchills!
Mike and Lara
Veritas 3
Get a good look folks; this is the secret blend for Lost Abbey’s Veritas 03. You won’t get to taste it until Autumn of next year, but you get to see it now.
2000 Double BastardMmmm….mmmm just good beer!
2000 Double BastardMmmm….mmmm
The 11th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival
It’s at Carlsbad’s Pizza Port today and tomorrow 4:00PM to 11:00PM
Strong Ale Festival in Carlsbad this weekend
This weekend in the 11th Annual Strong Ale Festival at Pizza Port, Carlsbad. It runs from 4pm to 11pm Friday (tonight), and from 11am to 11pm Saturday. There’s also a VIP session that runs from 1pm to 4pm today. Alas, it’s raining right now, so the VIP event may be a little soggy (word has […]
Nothing is better than Older Viscosity!
My favorite beer
The new beers are a big hit!
ID Check
Everybody gets their ID checked to prevent beer hoarding
Step up and tell us how much you want
The line for registering your beers. You say what you want, Tomme types it into the computer, and then you go off and have a pint or two. Your beer will be waiting for you on your way out.
This is the table for beer pick up!
Here we go!
She is in line for Amaing Grace Ale
Christina
Eveyone is line to buy beer!
The Release of Gift of the Magi
What’s Black Friday to you?
“Black Friday” is the Friday after Thanksgiving — supposedly the busiest shopping day of the holiday season. (Myth. The busiest day is always the last Sunday before Christmas.) Naturally, Beer Molly and my daughters headed out at 3:30am to help prop up the economy by spending every dime I’ve ever earned. This leaves me and […]
Lost Abbey Has Three New Reasons to Give Thanks This Weekend
Port Brewing / The Lost Abbey has three reasons you need to drop that leftover turkey leg and get on down to the brewery this weekend — Namely Older Viscosity, Amazing Grace and Gift of the Maji. These are three new releases available in limited quantities only at the brewery this Saturday the 24th. Older […]
Live blogging from Green Flash
That’s Colleen, Logan (from Three Sheets fame), Beer Molly and Mojo.
Live blogging from Green Flash anniversary
Having a brat with extra mustard and onion to wash down a Lightning Stout. Maybe someone will want to kiss me with this breath.
Mummm
Sage’s 1st beer
Looks like some good beers!
I can’t wait to get in and try some new beers!
In line to pick up our tickets
Green Flash’s 5 Anniversary Party!
Hello Everyone! Tomorrow is Green Flash’s 5th Anniversary Party. The gang and I will all be in attendance for this event. I will be blogging live tomorrow and letting you know about all the good beer we will be drinking. The tickets are $20 a person and you get 10 – 4oz tasters. I am […]
Santa Beer label rated NC-17?
Fans of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut will recall the movie’s climactic scene in which Tom Cruise sneaks into a mansion to discover a masked orgy (Warning: NSFW). Under contract with Warner Bros. to deliver an “R” rated movie in the U.S., Kubrick was forced was forced to alter the sex scene for American audiences […]
Dark Lord Vertical Tasting – 2005
2005 – best of the lot
Dark Lord Vertical Tasting – 2006
2006 – kind of fizzy. certainly not as good as the 2007
Dark Lord Vertical Tasting – 2007
2007 – Bottle conditioned. A lot like drinking concentrated smoky chocolate beer syrup. Delicious!
Made in Norway
Dark Lord Vertical Tasting Night
We’re at Churchill’s about to have a vertical tasting of Three Floyd’s Dark Lord.
The Angel’s Share: Gone in 7200 Seconds
65 cases, 140 people, Gone in 2 hours Yep, that’s all it took for last Saturday’s much-anticipated release of Angel’s Share to go from “available” to “sold out for 2007”. People started lining up at 8 am and by the 10 am opening the queue stretched across the parking lot. Fortunately, the details of the […]
John and Mark
Angel’s Share This Weekend!
Yeah, the cat’s a bit out of the bag (I’ve seen the news on the beer forums), but if you hadn’t heard, Lost Abbey’s The Angel’s Share is out this Saturday, November 10th! Brewery doors open at 10am and everyone is limited to 6 bottles (and they’re taking ID, so don’t bother to try and […]
Live blogging: At the Bardenay
Blogging from Table Rock
Business takes me to Boise Idaho today, but I’ve got a couple minutes so I’m at Table Rock Brewpub
Angel’s Share bottling!
Finally!
Session 9: Beer and Music (Or “The story of my life according to Barley”)
This month’s Session is beer and music and comes to us courtesy of Lost Abbey brewer, blogger and good friend Tomme Arthur. Other Session 9 posts can be found here. It’s funny how beer and music come together to mark significant milestones in a life. There’s a picture of my brother and I that hangs […]
Ahhhh A nice Hoptown IPA on nitro @ Churchill’s.
Boos and Brews Blogging: Brad and Cleopatra
That’s Brad Vint and his girlfriend Cleopatra. Brad actually isn’t wearing a costume.
Boos and Brews Blogging: Larry Craig
Sorta hard to tell from the photo, but Mike is dressed as a Senator in a bathroom stall. Don’t let him tap your feet.
Boos and Brews Blogging: Jack o’ Lanterns
Freshly carved Jack o’ Lanterns in the corner of the brewery.
Boos and Brews Blogging: Great job!
Jared
Boos and Brews Blogging: Looking down the bar
Have a drink and a pumpkin. It’ll be fun!
