Jun 28, 2011

Rivertown Brewing Co night at The Lackman

This Thursday at The Lackman down in Over-the-Rhine, they will be hosting Rivertown Brewing Company night.  The event promises to be an awesome night with some really great beers and even one special never before released and never to be released again: A Belgian Triple White IPA! The event starts at 5 and goes til 10. The Lackman will have other beers from Rivertown as well such as the Dunkel, Roebling Porter, and Hop Baron, but the star of the show will be the Belgian and once it's gone, it's gone. So make sure not to miss this event!

From The Lackman's Facebook page:

Get ready for the next beer event at The Lackman...
Rivertown Brewing Co.!
Cincinnati Ohio's newest Craft Brewery. Rivertown specialize in brewing traditional Handcrafted Lagers and Ales, using only the finest and freshest ingredients available.

Come down to The Lackman on 6/30 at 6pm to have the opportunity to taste & order 4 Rivertown Beers on tap including a special one time release- Belgian Triple, White I.P.A. !! Mark your calendars dont miss this one, when its gone, its gone!

Brewmasters will be on hand to talk about all the beers

Beers that will be on tap for the event:
--> Dunkel: Our Dunkel is a Munich style dark lager. It has a surprisingly light body with mild roasted flavor and caramel undertones. Using the freshest imported and domestic barley, Noble hops and natural water. Available year round. IBU’s 22 5.8% ABV
--> Roebling Porter: This well rounded imperial robust style porter is brewed with imported organic sweet vanilla beans from Uganda and cold pressed with organic Peruvian espresso coffee and organic raw cane sugars. Like a big, chewy, vanilla coffee infused brownie Roebling Porter brings tons of chocolate, nougat and toasted almonds to your mouth. Enjoy! Available in draft only 7.8% ABV
--> Hop Baron: This double IPA has a striking copper color that is very inviting. With its lovely notes of citrus and floral hop aromas you will find that it is crisp and full bodied. Brewed with 2-Row Pale malts and Local hops you won’t be able to resist having another sip. Available year round. IBU’s 100+ 8.5% ABV
--> Belgian Tripel Wit Ipa: This specialty brew combines the
hop bitterness of an IPA with the fruity characteristics of a Belgian Wit. It’s grapefruit aroma comes through via the Citra hops and slight orange flavor reflects back to the wit. There is a sweetness to the beer but finishes dry like a Belgian Tripel should. Using German Pilsner, German Wheat, Abby malts and oats. Brewed for June 30th event at The Lackman IBU’s 60 7.5% ABV

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Jun 22, 2011

Now it's official? Yuenling in Ohio

In December I linked to a couple of articles indicating that it looked like Yuengling would be coming to Ohio, finally. Well, according to local newspapers, the wait is soon to be over. Resources are indicating that we may see Yuenlging as soon as October: http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2011/06/20/yuengling-coming-to-ohio-officially

I know this is awesome news, but I am still unsure. I have been hearing that Yuengling would be coming, not since December, but for years now. I hope this time it is true, but I suppose we will see in October. I do hope that shi is trye as it will only bring more people in to liking different beers besides the big 3, which is a huge plus already.

Jun 19, 2011

Beer Review - Lonerider Brewing Co Peacemaker

Today I am having the Lonerider Brewing Company Peacemaker Pale Ale.  This beer was sent to me from my brother out in North Carolina.

Beer pours a nice Copper color, with a small, off white head. Smell is a nice sweet amount of malts, mostly caramel. The smell was not very abundant on this one. The taste was a bit more flavorful, with a caramel malt sweetness. There is a bit of bitterness from the hops, but the malt definitely comes through more.

This was one was not quite what I was expecting, but nothing was bad about it. I enjoyed drinking this one, but I could not quite understand why it is considered a Pale Ale. Maybe I am missing something, but I think they fell a little bit short on that, but it is nice to drink regardless.

Jun 12, 2011

Me....in a few words.

I guess since this is essentially a beer blog I'll start out by explaining my views on beer and brewing. I'll start with beer. I've always been a bit of a beer snob as with most I got my start with "better" beer by trying Sam Adams I enjoyed the hoppyness and more complex taste than the swill from the macrobrews. That being said there are a few things that annoy me about craft brews. It seems to me in my very humble, uneducated opinion that craft beer is becoming like wine. A bit snooty, try-hard, know -it-all, beer should be unpretentious. Something you can sit around and drink while wrenching on a car in a dirty garage or on a deck on a nice summer day (which im enjoying a Sam Adams Rustic Saison with family as im writing this). You shouldnt feel the need to discuss its bouquet or its earthy undertones.
Now onto brewing. I got into brewing in a completely ass backwards way. Most start by homebrewing batches from a kit then go onto a whole grain brew and so on. I on the other hand started by jumping headfirst into the world of commercial brewing. I began volunteering at Rivertown Brewing and in all honesty they have been more than inviting, patient, and appreciative. Jason, Randy, Andrew, Andrew, and Blake are all trying their hardest and are quite frankly succeeding in the world of craft brewing. I've done things from labeling, packing, kegging, and cleaning( there is alot of cleaning) and enjoy it immensely. As far as home brewing Im signing off to bottle my first batch.

Cheers,
bustedknucklesbrew

Jun 5, 2011

Beer Review - Big Boss Brewing Angry Angel

Tonight's review is the Angry Angel Kölsch from Big Boss Brewing Co. out of Raleigh, North Carolina. This was another one of the beers I acquired from my brother for my birthday.

This beer pours golden in color with a decent sized white head. Aroma is a bit biscuity, maybe a hint of citrus and a touch of butter as well. As I take sips, I tend to taste a lot of the aroma as well, with more of a buttery and biscuit type quality. There is a bit of hop bitterness that come from the background of this one, that makes it a nice refreshing beer after a nice warm day. I also began to detect a touch of pepper as I continued drinking.

Overall, this beer was enjoyable. Nothing overly special about this one, just a nice refreshing beer on a hot summer day.

Jun 2, 2011

Raising the ABV limit in Ohio

In case you haven't seen the news, Ohio is considering legislation that will increase the allowed alcohol by volume from 12% to 18%. If you don't already know, surrounding states are already above this new proposed limit; Kentucky has no limit and Indiana is at 21%, so I am curious what others think of this new law.

As those opposed would have you believe, increasing the limit would lead to higher amounts of underage drinkers getting drunk quicker, or legal drinkers downing loads of high alcohol beer and getting more drunk. I am not sure that this is the case, as with higher ABV comes a higher price tag; as I am only a few years removed from college, I don't recall reaching for anything over about $12 for a case (24) beer, no where near the probably $20 price tag a sixer of high alcohol beer would bring.

If you haven't seen the story, here's a link to the report done by Local 12 news. http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Ohio-May-Raise-Limit-on-Alcohol-Content-For-Beer/YSVJEdbO9EuJkAsoN_fZbQ.cspx



So, what do you think?

Jun 1, 2011

Beer Review - Carolina Brewery Sky Blue

Time to review some beer. This time we will be reviewing Sky Blue by the Carolina Brewing Company. This bottle was also sent to me by my brother from North Carolina.

This beer pours golden in color with a thin white head. Beer doesn't have much in the way of smell, just a bit of a sweetness to it. The taste on this is much the same, somewhat sweet, with a malty mouthy feel. Taste is of pilsner malt.

There's not much going on here as far as taste, but it sure hit the spot after a day of 90+ degree weather outside.