Jon would like us to call it barleywine while some would call it barley wine. In any event, he’s announced that’s what we’ll be tasting for Session #12.
Is this the time to haul out the 1968 bottle of Thomas Hardy’s Ale? Probably not.
But perhaps a vertical of newer versions, or maybe six Sierra Nevada Bigfoots, […]

While some of you may have been sleeping in on January First we were venturing up and down the sand dunes nears Stovepipe Wells (Elevation 0) in Death Valley. If you click on the photo you’ll find it easier see one person (Daria) standing and another (Sierra, in pink) sitting.
What does this have to do […]

Pete Brown’s name is short. And plain.
There, I’ve written something about him that wasn’t complimentary. Now I can go back to praising his posts (wouldn’t want you to think I have a crush or anything).
I’d be typing this even had I not had a conversation just Friday about what a splendid beer White Shield remains. […]

Go away a few days and links worth pointing to and/or commenting on sure pile up. Some have sparked ideas for longer posts in the next few days. Even so the list got long too fast so I’ve tried to minimize my musing:
- As you’d expect, lots of recaps on 2007 and predictions for 2008, […]

Wilson has posted the roundup for The Session #11–Doppelbock, the Illuminator.
Now I’m wishing I grabbed that bottle of Indian Wells Lobotomy Bock that I saw in Panamint Springs, but too late.
I promise to stick to style or topic for the February Session Feb. 1 (just two days before the Super Bowl). Jon Abernathy at The […]

So the sign on the side of Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas read “Double Bock Beer is here.”
My first thought Wednesday was, “This looks like my beer for The Session.” No, it didn’t read “doppelbock” but Samuel Adams calls its excellent doppelbock-style beer Double Bock. So perhaps the Germans figured that was a term Americans would better […]