It’s Monday, so a few links. Big picture and 2011 recap stuff. Some are lists.
* The boom continues. In Chicago, in New York, and in Longmont, Colo. Maybe this is why I spotted a beer delivery truck advertising Dale’s Pale Ale in Manhattan.
* Big Eddy. Don Russell makes Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout Joe Sixpack’s Beer of the Year. He writes, “Some readers will cringe at my selection, partly because Leinenkugel is technically part of the Big Beer Axis of Evil. Indeed, MillerCoors’ new Tenth and Blake specialty division has raised fears of a price-cutting incursion on the little guys’ vulnerable wholesale flank. I’ll leave that worry for another day. For now, I’m calling Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout my Beer of the Year, and I’m counting 2011 as the year Miller finally saw the light.” Interesting thoughts.
* ‘No list is every 100% correct or wrong.’ In fact, I’ve seen some that are all wrong. But Bryan Koselar (that’s his quote at the front) gets more than a few right. Including Buzz Breweries, Craft beer themes, and a Top Ten list (ouch; just bit my tongue).
* But Stephen Beaumont goes 0 for 6. I might be kidding (my sense of humor is an acquired taste). You’ll find the necessary links in the last, where he puts the European crown on Brouwerij de Molen.
Okay, okay! I guess I really ought to try the Big Eddy. It’s just that the Butt Head Doppelbock has left such a bad taste in my mouth.
Monk’s Stout from Brasserie Dupont—Best Stout I’ve had in a looooong time.