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I can only express puzzlement that borders on alarm

Kristoffer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:50:15 +0000

I suppose it was just a matter of time. I mean, Twinkies are good, deep fried Twinkies are great. Oreos are good, deep fried Oreos are perhaps the best thing that has ever happened in the history of solid food. Pickles, mushrooms, cheese, cheesecakes, all delicious foods that can be made better by deep frying them. Then they started doing weird stuff, butter, and Coke. I should have known this was coming, especially after the coke. Sigh, you’ve guessed it by now, but deep fried beer has arrived. From the sounds of it, the concoction is a ravioli shaped pocket of dough that it filled with Guinness (why?), and dropped in the fryer. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love fried food, and you know I love beer, but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this one. Maybe if they actually put a good beer in it…. nope, still wouldn’t sound appetizing. Given the opportunity, if this showed up in front of me, I would try it. And hopefully I would be pleasantly surprised. But until then, I am filing this under “two great tastes that do not taste great together.”

File under: “Why didn’t I think of that?”

Kristoffer — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:31:33 +0000

Now, I don’t often find myself putting away an open bottle of beer, but I am still surprised that I have never seen a product like this before. Beersavers are bottlecap-shaped silicone covers for your beet bottles. They are discribed as a way to keep your beer “fresh and safe,” not sure what they mean by safe, I suppose from falling beer-seeking debris or something. I guess i could see myself using these when I am serving from a bomber or wine bottle, though. There are a number of other tips on the website, but I am not so sure i would ever use these to “help keep your beer safely identified when in clubs, bars and restaurants.”

This means war?

Kristoffer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:54:41 +0000

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. I swear that just last week we learned about BrewDog’s magical concoction The End of History, and that at 55% alcohol it had claimed the title of the worlds most alcoholic beer. and now I am stunned to see that is already old news. Koelschip is the name of the brewery, “Start the Future” is the name of the beer. The beer that is 60% alcohol. It is now technically the strongest beer in the world, but I feel like we are not going to have to wait long to see a new king be crowned. It truly makes my head spin.

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Brew Dog has done it again

Kristoffer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:02:43 +0000

The End of History from BrewDog on Vimeo.

Those crazy Scottish bastards have done it again. The fine folks at Brew Dog have gone and Brewed the strongest beer in the world, again. You may remember Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32%), and Sink the Bismark (41%). Well those are sissy beers now. The mad scientists have outdone themselves with The End of History, a fine blond Belgian ale tipping the scales at 55%. Unfortunately, this bone-shaking beer was an extremely limited batch of only 12 bottles, each of which is stuffed into a fine work taxidermy, either a Stoat or a Grey squirrel. Seriously, it has to be seen to believed.

More bad news friends, it looks like they have already sold out of this mind bender.

We all make mistakes sometimes

Paul — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:39:03 +0000

Correction to the article “Home (State) Brew” that was in Michigan Beverage Journal July 2010 issue.

In the article there was a misstatement and another brewery in Michigan was said to have won the “Small Brewer of the Year” award at the Great American Beer Festival. It was in fact Redwood Lodge Flint, MI. Redwood Brewing is the most decorated brewery in the state of Michigan. With over 30 metals from 4 different competitions and 7 of those going to their Cream Stout this brewery is a treasure to Michigan’s beer culture. And we hope that Bill Wamby (Small Brewer of the Year 2008) and the brewery team will accept our apologies. Check out all of Redwood Lodge’s awards here: http://www.theredwoodlodge.com/rwawards.htm