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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Sweet Smoke, Just a Poke (Wintercoat Vildmoseøl)

I have an Icelandic friend that, given a few pints of Thule, will gladly launch into a tirade against the “sneaky Danes” whose colonial shadow only recently receded from the nation’s coastline. I’d always chalked the outbursts up to good ole’ Viking Pride before putting my lips on this weasel of a brew.
This beer’s a [...]

Belgian Wordplay, Fairies, and Christmas Beer in April? (Alvinne Balthazar Strong Ale)

The internet can teach you a lot these days. Like the fact that Picobrouwerij Alvinne, which roughly translates to “micro micro micro” brewery Alvinne, actually has a website (I think, at least, there’s a lot of information here – alvinne.be/ – if you can read Flemish), and that Wikipedia Entry (Picobrouwerij Alvinne) on said [...]

Kick off this blog like a kick in the face…(Green Flash Imperial IPA)

…from the insane amount of Hops out of the bottle offered up by Green Flash’s Imperial IPA. I drink the “West Coast IPA” on a regular basis, and the Imperial gives you what you’re looking for — a total stinking, spicy kick in the face. It has the sweetness that the Malt [...]