Aug 31, 2017
It was July 20 and Southern Tier’s Pumpking, the brewery’s monster fall seasonal Imperial release, a beer of 8.6 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), rich, sweet flavors, and spicy, mouthfilling cold weather goodness, was already on shelves. Along with it, there sat...
Aug 16, 2017
As a college professor who doesn’t teach face-to-face courses over the summer, the August faculty meeting usually means the end of my break. Classes are soon to begin, syllabi are due, and it’s back to school. But that’s no reason to stop drinking in the summer; it...
Aug 8, 2017
For the majority of my time as a drinker of great American beer, when it came to IPA and Pale Ale, it was always West Coast style. Think of the piney, citrus hops grown locally on the west side of the land, and beginning with one of America’s first brew pubs, opened...
Aug 2, 2017
Wheat beers come in a variety of types, but the majority of original styles come from either Germany or Belgium. Regardless of country, the styles have in common the requirement that about 50 percent of the malt bill must be made up of wheat. The Germans boast several...
Jul 26, 2017
I know in recent weeks I have been trumpeting the horns of many big time beers. Double IPAs, Old Ales, a crazy curry Imperial Stout. There are some wild and wooly and strong beers on the shelves. But I want to again praise the continued trend of the craft beer that’s...
