By Mark on March 10, 2010
After seeing it in the store for several months I finally bought Two Hearted Ale, which is brewed by Bells Brewery in Michigan. It has received praise all over the place so I figured I better see what the fuss was all about:
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA, Beer, Styles | Tagged Bell's Brewery, India Pale Ale, Two Hearted Ale
By Mark on February 19, 2010
Big Green Egg Time
Ok, it’s been a while since I did a beer and food pairing using the Big Green Egg. I haven’t used the ‘egg in a couple of weeks and I was itching to fire it up. So, I picked up a London Broil at the store and decided to pair it up [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA, Beer, Beer and Food Pairings | Tagged big green egg, london broil, New Belgium Brewing, Ranger IPA
By Mark on December 16, 2009
A Killer New Beer
Terrapin Beer Company, in Athens Georgia, has released their 1st year round IPA, Hopsecutioner. The beer has a great name and an even better label which brings the “killer mutant ninja turtles” theme to the world of craft beer. I love IPA’s and have been a fan of pretty much all things [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA, Beer, Styles | Tagged Hopsecutioner, Terrapin Beer Company
By Mark on December 8, 2009
Harvest Time
I love hops and there’s nothing like FRESH hops to satisfy my craving. Fall is the time of year when hops are harvested and Sierra Nevada takes advantage of this by brewing a wet hop ale that uses super-fresh hops:
Harvest Ale is a very good beer. I really liked it. There was a ton [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA | Tagged Harvest Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing
By Mark on November 27, 2009
Does This Qualify As A Seasonal Beer
Here is a review of a beer that I guess could qualify as a Winter seasonal beer, Rogue Yellow Snow IPA. I decided to try this beer with some English Stilton cheese at the suggestion of a fellow YouTube beer reviewer, BitterPoetMadman:
Here is the score:
Appearance- 7 points (out of [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA, Beer, Styles | Tagged Rogue Brewing, Yellow Snow
By Mark on September 20, 2009
Smuttynose Brewing Company is located in Portsmouth, NH. They seem to have garnered a positive reputation among other beer reviewers and they recently became available here in Georgia. One of my fellow YouTube beer reviewers, xpoweruser, better known as Jeremy of the Lehigh Valley Beer Review, knew that I liked hoppy IPA’s. He suggested I [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA | Tagged IPA, Smuttynose Brewing
By Mark on September 4, 2009
Bear Republic Take Two
When we were in Asheville I picked up a couple of beere from Bear Republic Brewing, their Racer 5 IPA and their Hop Rod Rye. I reviewed the Racer 5 a week or two ago and was very happy with it. So, when it came time to review the Hop Rod Rye [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American IPA | Tagged Bear Republic Brewing, Hop Rod Rye, IPA
By Mark on June 1, 2009
A Much Wanted Beer
Russian River Brewing Company does not distribute it’s beers in Georgia. That’s been frustrating because I have wanted to try their beers, especially the Blind Pig IPA, Pliny The Elder IPA, and Pliny The Younger IPA. I had resigned myself to the idea that I would just have to wait until I [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American Double/Imperial IPA, American IPA | Tagged Blind Pig, IPA, Pliny The Elder, Russian River Brewing Company
By Mark on April 16, 2009
This is the final review in the 2009 version of the IPA a Day series, #13. For the big finish I review two very popular IPA’s from Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, their 60 minute and 90 minute IPA’s. I’ve had both of these before but not in a while so this was a nice [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American Double/Imperial IPA, American IPA | Tagged 60 Minute IPA, 90 Minute IPA, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, IPA
By Mark on April 15, 2009
Here we are on review #12 in the IPA series. This review is another “head to head” review between two beers from Stone Brewing Company, The Stone IPA and the Stone Ruination. Stone is known for making quality beers that have a lot of hops in them. Here is the review:
Stone IPA- 6.9% ABV, 77 [...]
Posted in 4 Mugs, American Double/Imperial IPA, American IPA, Belgian IPA | Tagged IPA, Stone Brewing Company, Stone IPA, Stone Ruination
