• Beer Advent Calendar – Day 31: Avec les Bons Voeux presented by Heather Vandenengel

    Updated: 2012-12-31 14:30:02
    @heathervandy @Honest_Pint Beer Advent Calendar – Day 31: Avec les Bons Voeux presented by Heather Vandenengel To celebrate the Holiday Season, 2Beerguys.com and Seacoastbeveragelab.com have teamed up with beer bloggers around the country to host the second annual beer bloggers advent calendar. This is the season of sharing and we intend to share our love [...]

  • Darwin Brewery Original Flag Porter

    Updated: 2012-12-31 13:36:39
    In 1825, a barge hauling “a consignment of bottled and cask Porter” went down in the rough seas of the English Channel. Over one hundred (and then some) years later, several of the wax-sealed bottles containing that porter were discovered and brought up from their chilly depths. The yeast in those bottles was found to [...]

  • 2013 BCS Bowl Chip & Beer Challenge: Orange Bowl

    Updated: 2012-12-28 17:20:06
    : ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench BEER FOOD 2013 BCS Bowl Chip Beer Challenge : Orange Bowl 2013 BCS Bowl Chip Beer Challenge : Orange Bowl Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in BEER FOOD EDUCATION LATEST Tagged : beer craft beer florida state kettle chips northern illinois orange bowl Published on December 28, 2012 with No Comments In my opinion , very few things in this world pair best with college football than craft beer and artisan potato . chips In honor of the

  • Narragansett Private Stock Imperial IPA

    Updated: 2012-12-28 15:06:31
    The Narragansett brand has been around for a few years — 122 to be exact. And in celebration this fact and their renewed popularity after its revival in 1995, the company has decided to craft an Imperial IPA that comes in at 122 IBU and 8.6% ABV. The beer is brewed by Rhode Island’s Trinity [...]

  • 2013 BCS Bowl Chip & Beer Pairing Challenge: Rose Bowl

    Updated: 2012-12-27 18:45:33
    : ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench BEER FOOD 2013 BCS Bowl Chip Beer Pairing Challenge : Rose Bowl 2013 BCS Bowl Chip Beer Pairing Challenge : Rose Bowl Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in BEER FOOD EDUCATION LATEST Tagged : BCS Bowl Game Series beer Beer Wench chips college football craft beer Kettle Brand Chips ohio state Pasadena Rose Bowl Stanford wench Wisconsin Published on December 27, 2012 with 1 Comment If you follow my musings even in the slightest , you

  • Flying Dog St. Eadman

    Updated: 2012-12-27 14:46:17
    I’ve had the opportunity to try many great beers from Maryland’s Flaying Dog Brewery, but this is the first time that I’ve had the chance to sample anything from their Brewhouse Rarities collection. Each release in this limited series of beers is the devious work of an individual brewer at the company and is best [...]

  • [Video] Paul Rudd & Conan Discuss Guinness Brewery Tour

    Updated: 2012-12-21 18:25:57
    ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench VIDEOS Video Paul Rudd Conan Discuss Guinness Brewery Tour Video Paul Rudd Conan Discuss Guinness Brewery Tour Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in VIDEOS Tagged : beer brewery tour Conan Conan O'Brien guinness Paul Rudd Published on December 21, 2012 with No Comments Not sure how I got on it in the first place , but it’s pretty damn cool to be on the Conan O’ Brian pr list at least when it comes to beer . stories As you may recall , a

  • Mash Temperature and Beer Body in All Grain Brewing

    Updated: 2012-12-21 01:26:50
    Great beer balances bitterness, color, flavor and body. As an all-grain brewer, you need understand how to control the body of your home brewed beer using mash temperature. By altering your mash schedule to match the style of beer you are brewing you can achieve precise control over the body of your beer...

  • Mission Brewery Dark Seas

    Updated: 2012-12-21 00:42:29
    I believe that this bottle of Dark Seas is my first from California’s Mission Brewery and what better way start a relationship with this company than with a tasty Russian Imperial Stout. This 9.8% ABV brew is right in-line with what I want in a beer of this style. It’s big, roasty and yet it [...]

  • Sweetwater Brewery Unleashes The Gimp and Delivers Happy Endings

    Updated: 2012-12-20 18:42:53
    Press Release SweetWater’s brewers are at it again, tapping into their dark side to cook up another one-hit wonder to unveil from the brewery’s infamous Dank Tank series. The team has had this freak show marinating for a while, and is finally ready to party. This Old Ale promises to tease the senses, giving off [...]

  • 2012 Million Dollar Desert Island Question

    Updated: 2012-12-20 15:55:20
    Back in December of 2006, on the same day that I officially launched this site six years ago, I published a post entitled “The Million Dollar Desert Island Question.” It essentially asked, if stranded on a near-deserted island, what three beers would you need to keep you happy until oblivion comes. I thought it would [...]

  • Kona Brewing Elderfire Golden Ale Cocktail

    Updated: 2012-12-20 00:04:22
    Last week, I received a promotional package — actually, one of the cooler promotional packages that has shown up at my doorstep — from Kona Brewing. The woven box was mysterious at first, but upon inspection it turned out to be the fixings for a beer cocktail the brewery calls Elderfire Golden Ale (including Bombay [...]

  • Karl Strauss Mouette a Trois Fruitcake Ale

    Updated: 2012-12-19 00:06:13
    It all started with a Parrot in a Palm Tree, an intriguing baltic porter aged in port barrels. Then came the wonderfully tasty Two Tortugas, a GABF bronze medal winner in 2011. And now we have the latest addition in Karl Strauss’ annual 12 Days of Christmas holiday release, Mouette à Trois (French for “Three [...]

  • Barley Blog 2012 Year in Review

    Updated: 2012-12-18 13:57:00
    It’s that time of year again when I indulge my own narcissistic interests and review the past 12 months of site activity at The Barley Blog. So without further nonsense, let’s get into it. At the time of this post, there were 298 total articles publish this year with an average of just over 24 [...]

  • Favorite Beers of 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-18 13:56:13
    Along with the freshly posted Year In Review, it’s also time to note those brews which stood out over the past twelve months. In no particular order (chronological in terms of post date perhaps) here are a few of my favorite beers. Please note that some of them were sent to me by breweries or [...]

  • Craft vs. Crafty: The Beer Consumer’s Right to Know

    Updated: 2012-12-14 23:21:20
    . : ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench EDUCATION Craft vs . Crafty : The Beer Consumer’s Right to Know Craft vs . Crafty : The Beer Consumer’s Right to Know Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in EDUCATION LATEST Tagged : beer Brewers Association craft beer JFK John F . Kennedy politics of beer Right to Know Published on December 14, 2012 with 14 Comments Before I start this post , it is important to disclose that I work as a freelance writer with the Brewer’s Association

  • [Podcast] Nanobrewing: Craft beer’s hot start-up trend

    Updated: 2012-12-14 19:14:27
    : ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench LATEST Podcast Nanobrewing : Craft beer’s hot start-up trend Podcast Nanobrewing : Craft beer’s hot start-up trend Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in LATEST NEWS Tagged : beer Brewers Association craft beer Maretplace Nanobrewery Nanobrewing Published on December 14, 2012 with No Comments Earlier this week , Mark Garrison for Marketplace American Public Media released an audio report about Nanobrewing the smallest niche of the

  • Are YOU the next Beer Drinker of the Year? The 2013 Search is Underway!

    Updated: 2012-12-14 18:47:17
    ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench EVENTS Are YOU the next Beer Drinker of the Year The 2013 Search is Underway Are YOU the next Beer Drinker of the Year The 2013 Search is Underway Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in EVENTS LATEST Tagged : beer beer drinker of the year Beer Wench craft beer wynkoop Published on December 14, 2012 with 1 Comment Does your favorite local craft beer bar have a seat with your name on it Do you sneak your recycling bin out at night for fear

  • Whole Foods Market and the Beer Wench present Holiday Beer Chat on Twitter

    Updated: 2012-12-13 22:07:14
    ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench EVENTS Whole Foods Market and the Beer Wench present Holiday Beer Chat on Twitter Whole Foods Market and the Beer Wench present Holiday Beer Chat on Twitter Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in EVENTS LATEST Tagged : 21stAmendment bisonbrew DeschutesBrewery newbelgium beer Beer Wench craft beer Fireside Chat gingerbread ale holiday beer Jubelale Snow Day the beer wench Twitter Beer Tasting Whole Foods Market Published on December 13,

  • Craft vs. Crafty: A Statement from the Brewers Association

    Updated: 2012-12-13 18:28:08
    . : ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench LATEST Craft vs . Crafty : A Statement from the Brewers Association Craft vs . Crafty : A Statement from the Brewers Association Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in LATEST NEWS Tagged : beer Brewers Association corporate beer craft beer crafty beer Published on December 13, 2012 with 5 Comments The Brewers Association , the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers , issued the

  • Single Malt and Single Hop (SMASH) with Drew Beechum – BeerSmith Podcast #51

    Updated: 2012-12-12 21:59:01
    This week Drew Beechum joins me to discuss SMASH brewing (Single Malt and Single Hops).  SMASH brewing is a great way to not only get familiar with brewing ingredient, but also a way to simplify your brewing to create great beer with fewer ingredients. Download the MP3 File – Right Click and “Save As” to [...]

  • Support the Sandy Relief Beer Project: Drink Surge Protector IPA

    Updated: 2012-12-11 18:32:57
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  • [Beer News] Got Chocolate Milk Stout? Odell does.

    Updated: 2012-12-07 18:15:36
    . ABOUT THE WENCH ADVERTISE WITH THE WENCH CONTACT THE WENCH Facebook Twitter Subscribe to our Feed BEER FOOD Cooking With Beer Featured Beer Pairings BEER MIXOLOGY EDUCATION EVENTS IPADay INTERVIEWS Behind the Twitter Avatar Blogger Interviews Industry Interviews LATEST NEWS VIDEOS BEER VIDEOS WENCH UNCENSORED FTW for the win The Soapbox Drink With The Wench LATEST Beer News Got Chocolate Milk Stout Odell . does Beer News Got Chocolate Milk Stout Odell . does Written by The Beer Wench . Posted in LATEST NEWS Tagged : OdellBrewing Colorado craft brewery Milk Chocolate Stout Milk Stout odell odell brewing Published on December 07, 2012 with No Comments There are several reasons I wish I lived in Colorado and , having access to Odell’s liquid of the gods definitely tops the list . Cool ,

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