Finishing off Macro Beer Month on Brews and Books, Charlie and Ryan of the inimitable and awesome “Science … sort of” podcast have recorded a special edition of their show, comparing different versions of a couple macro brews.
Tags: Beer, guinness, macro, mbm, podcast, science sort of, stella artois
The second half of my look at the American Craft Beer Fest - my reactions to the beers I tried at the event - has gone up on RateBeer’s Hop Press. If you’d like to see what worked for me and what didn’t out of the dozens of brews I tried, get with the clicky-click.
By now, you’ve seen a couple of posts from Steve and I (two a piece, actually) about the American Craft Beer Fest in Boston. We’ve covered plenty about the setup of the event, the brewers on hand, and how we felt about how it ran. However, I’ve neglected to get too deep into what you all probably care about the most – the beer.
I’m not going to cover everything I tried at the fest – it was, ahem, a lot – but I’ll mention everything that I have something to say about. With a couple of one-off exceptions, everything should be linked to the RateBeer page for the beer, so you can see how much I match up with the geek zeitgeist. A loud, populated and fluorescent-lit venue isn’t the ideal environment for tasting beer, but I’ll get across what I can.
To read all my beer capsule reviews, click on over to the original post.
Tags: acbf, american craft beer fest, Beer, hop press, ratebeer, Reviews
Bud Light Golden Wheat. Or, as it’s known to some of my friends, “the beer Josh once compared to a fascist plot.”
If you’re not familiar with the beer, I’ll get the vitals out of the way. Bud Light Golden Wheat is, like American Ale or Shock Top, an attempt by Anheuser-Busch to weasel their way into break into the craft beer market. It’s not a surprising move, considering the only real growth in the beer world is in the world of craft brewers. As Michael Agnew wrote earlier this month, there’s no question that big brewers have the resources and ability to produce high quality beer. The question is whether they’ll commit to it full-bore or try to inject some “craft”-iness into macro lagers.
A-B describes the beer as a “Premium light, unfiltered wheat beer with citrus and a hint of coriander and the superior drinkability of Bud Light.” It clocks in at a slight 4.1% ABV, and 118 calories for those of you watching your figures. The Golden Wheat label boast that the beer is “brewed with wheat malt, coriander and citrus peels”, as well as the worrisome suggestion that the beer “tastes great ice cold.” It’s also worth noting that, in the store or at the bar, the Golden Wheat is only a touch more expensive than Bud Light, and way cheaper than Allagash, Sam Adams or even Coors’ Blue Moon.
An inexpensive wheat beer that tastes great almost frozen and has the drinkablity of Bud Light? Sign me up, right? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Beer, Beer Reviews, bud light golden wheat, budweiser, macro, mbm, Review
Looking back through the archives of Brews and Books, I noticed that it’s been far too long since I’ve put up a proper book review - especially one that wasn’t about a beer guide.
Well, I’m not going to break my streak now.
Don’t worry. I will have some full length (read: more that a couple paragraphs) reviews this summer. Today, though, I’m just going to fire off my thoughts on a few of my recent book conquests.
The Passage by Justin Cronin
“Before she became The Girl from Nowhere — the One Who Walked In, The First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years — she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy.”
How in the world have I not written about this book yet? To put it bluntly, The Passage is my favorite book of 2010, and one of the best books I’ve read in years. The story, which jumps between over a dozen characters and spans hundreds of years, concerns a viral outbreak that changes those infected into monsters that are drawn heavily from vampires. While Cronin wears his influences pretty plainly on his sleeve - Lonesome Dove, Lord of the Rings, The Stand, Dracula, and a hundred others - the book is never derivative. Seriously, if you like good writing go and buy this book, as the adventure is more than worth the cover price. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: blurbs, Books, Extra Lives, Horns, Mr Peanut, Packing for Mars, Taroko Gorge, The House of Tomorrow, the passage
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