I was very excited to try out Allagash’s FV 13. Knowing that FV 13 is Allagash’s first foray into foudre beers and I was pretty sure it was going to be a one off that I would never see again. According to the Allagash website FV 13 is a malt heavy base beer fermented with [...]
Review of the recipe from The Complete Joy of Homebrewing.
I’ve been meaning to try this beer for a long time but kept putting it off because I see it everywhere so I never picked it up. I heard a rumor, that I hope is just a rumor, that Southern Tier was fazing out it’s Imperial Series. With this news I went out an picked [...]
700 beers in the heart of Jacksonville’s beer district, Kickbacks is a must-visit.
Review of the Plymouth Ale one gallon homebrewing kit from Plimoth Plantation.
A herniated disk will definitely through your running training off course. Follow along with Raymond’s recovery.
Over the holidays I decided to try brewing up a festive type beer. I wanted something that I could share with friends and that my wife, who doesn’t like the dark heavy stouts I like in the winter, would enjoy as well. After the success of working from a recipe for my last brew I [...]
Wake-N-Bake is part of Terrapin’s Monster Beer Tour series of beers. Wake-N-Bake (as you might expect) is a coffee flavored beer. In this case, it is a big oatmeal imperial stout that clocks in at a decent 8.1% ABV. The coffee is very heavy in this iteration (2012). Even before tasting this beer you get [...]
Best places to get craft beer in Durham, North Carolina. Bars, restaurants, bottle shops and package stores.
It’s Gateway Beer Week here at BDR. All week each of us will reminisce about the beers that set us out on our personal craft beer journeys. I was excited when we decided to talk about our gateway to craft brew beers. This is one of those topics you can discuss over a few beers [...]
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