Written by By Todd Haefer for The (Appleton, Wis.) Post-Crescent Magic Hat’s latest entry in its limited-edition Humdinger series lives up to that name. Many times, breweries simply double the amount of hops in a beer and slap the “Imperial” designation on the label. That is lazy brewing. Sometimes, though, you get a beer like [...]
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Beer Man: This Magic Hat Imperial Pilsner is Truly Regal
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Here at Professor Goodales we treasure the work our columnists do, so we are starting a new feature. Once in a while, we will walk through the vast digital warehouse, not unlike where they stored the Ark in Indiana Jones, and republish an occasional archived article. This is our second archived edition… Without intent, I [...]
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Sierra Nevada Founder Talks Craft Beer: Past, Present, Future
Posted by Professor Good Ales Published in Front PageWritten by Tom Rotunno for cnbc.com In 1980, Ken Grossman founded the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and over the years turned it into one of the first and most successful craft breweries ever built. This week at the Brewers Association’s “Craft Brewers Conference” in San Diego, we caught up with this brewing pioneer to talk about Sierra [...]
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Reviewed by Tom Becham for Professorgoodales.net If you believe that Nicolae Ceaucescu and Dracula are the only great evils to emerge from Romania, you’ve obviously never tried Super Brew 15. Is it really that bad, or am I exaggerating? Well, that’s the thing. It’s tough to separate the reality from hyperbole with this beer. First, [...]
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Profiled by Ken Carman for professorgoodales.net Tons of off white pillow-y foam. It was hard to fill a glass. There’s little doubt there’s brettanomyces. Despite all the dark malt that is dominant. Obsidian black and head goes on forever. Nose is a little malt sweet and not much else. How can you have all they [...]
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Written by Jim Galligan for bites.today.msnbc.msn.com There’s something personal about a home-brewed beer. In the flavor you’ll find a brewer’s likes and dislikes, their attention to detail, their best effort at making something special with their own hands and know-how. And just like a Pixies song or a Nirvana rip, there’s usually a rough edge [...]
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