Archive for November, 2009

The Quest for the Top in the ABV race

There has been a very pronounced trend lately to see beers advertised with higher and higher ABV claims. I distinctly recall seeking out Dogfish Head’s World Wide Stout in my early days of beer geekery and being blown away by just how different this beer was from anything else I had had up to [...]

An embarrassment of riches – Part 1

I can remember clearly my first visit to the city, when I interviewed for my current job. The night before the interview I spent several hours hanging out at the dingy, overstuffed Blind Tiger Alehouse over on Hudson St, just soaking up the atmosphere and chatting with a bunch of locals who weren’t necessarily beer geeks but did appreciate a drink of good craft beer.

When quality surprises

Beer geeks like us are usually highly attuned to the next big thing. We know who the highly hyped breweries are and we know about their products long before they even hit the shelf. Often these breweries live up to the hype, but often they don’t. So what do we make of [...]

New York City Blind Rating – Gueuze

Everybody on this website has a favourite beer… they are clearly listed on our profiles and all of us can remember the time and place where we had that perfect beer.  For me, I can distinctly recall the feeling of satisfaction of cracking a bottle of Westy 8 while looking over downtown Vancouver after receiving [...]