The new Sierra Nevada cosmic ipa label is almost an exact match to a label from sea quake brewery in Crescent City. They are so exact that it seems like the same artist ..read more

https://sandiegobeer.news/ballast-point-shutting-down-miramar-facility/ Earlier in the article he refers to Miramar as a million barrel brewhouse. Is that an exaggeration or actual capacity? If so they are downsizing by a few orders of magnatude. “We’ve signed a contract with another company that will take over the Miramar brewery. In the short-term, we will be working with them on a contract basis to fulfill our taprooms and distribution while we try to acquire or build another... Ballast Point divesting Miramar production facility ..read more

An interesting article from the BBC this morning: From Ancient Egypt to Roman Britain, brewers are reviving beers from the past ..read more

Greetings all, happy Friday! Drinking what is probably the best beer off this haul I ordered earlier this week. Prairie Double Vanilla Noire, in a 12oz bottle hitting 13,4% ABV. Truly outstanding, very dark looking, thick bodied, incredibly tasty on Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla hence it’s a bit steep. Totally worth your pennies. Cheers! A simple sketch from yesterday…... What beer are you drinking now? #4206 ..read more

Besides Voodoo, where else should I be going ..read more

There are two active threads going on now concerning beer completions: Do you care about beer awards? World Beer Cup 2024 Winners Announced For the case of the World Beer Cup competition, they use the Brewers Association beer style guidelines and for 2024 there was 110 beer style categories. In the recent issue of BYO magazine Ashton Lewis discussed being a judge in the recent Japan Brewers Cup competition and in contrast medals were awarded in only six categories: · Wheat Beer... Beer Competitions – How many categories should there be ..read more

https://www.worldbeercup.org/winners/current-winners/ 8 WA breweries took medals, several I hadn't heard of. I didn't count OR, but they did well ..read more

In the recent Bitburger thread, there was lots of discussion about value, and which brewery was better than another regarding lagers. This got me thinking, we do have ratings here on Beer Advocate, and while imperfect, they are more objective than people posting their opinions on a thread. What did I do? I looked at various lager styles on Beer Advocate (I included Kolsch and Altbier), and looked at which breweries were in the top ten for each style. I then allocated points by giving 10... Who's the best lager brewery in the US? A "statistical analysis ..read more

About time to start a new thread, and kicking it off with one of my Bière de Garde of choice. La Goudale right before lunch: Cheers! VOLA, a Danish metal band in my ear in the meantime ..read more

This was spotted by a customer at an H-E-B store. I believe H-E-B stores are only located in Texas so someone else will have to add this beer and provide a review. That's a dilly of a task ..read more