Monthly Archives: February 2008

Berliner Style Weisse

For my second beer of the night, I had the Berliner Style Weisse from Bayerischer Bahnhof. This was one of the newest beers at Nikki’s. The beer pours a pale cloudy yellow with almost no head. Lots of carbonation quickly … Continue reading

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Style Bending

Tonight’s beer is Allagash Black.  The label calls it a “Belgian Style Stout”.  I assume they used Belgian yeast in the brewing of this beer, but here’s my little review. It pours a black/brown color with a nice 1-2 finger … Continue reading

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Only in CA… a big case of “HUH?”

As I was doing my regular reading through CNN.com, I found a strange article that caught my attention.  The link on the front page said “Man wins right to sun: judge orders trees cut“.  I assumed it would be an … Continue reading

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Proposition 3-17

Guinness is apparently trying to get the United States to make March 17 a holiday.  If you don’t know already, that’s the feast day of St. Patrick.  The day bears nothing special to most Americans.  It’s not even a Catholic … Continue reading

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Beer for a wedding

As the wedding planning draws to an end (the wedding is in June), we are left with the details to deal with.  This post is for anyone who knows something about beer I guess.  The reception location offers the following … Continue reading

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Stone XI – 11th Anniversary Ale

As I mentioned previously, I found that Yankee Spirits in Attleboro still had some Stone 11th Anniversary Ale left.  Susan and I split (sort of) the bottle tonight.  Here are my thoughts. Stone calls it a “dark IPA”.  Well, it’s … Continue reading

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A Day at Ragged Mountain

I spent today in New Hampshire at Ragged Mountain.  We drove up in the crazy snow storm last night (took us 5 hours to get from Providence to Concord) and got up early today to hit the slopes.  Ragged is … Continue reading

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Beers from across the pond

Last night’s tasting at Nikki’s was English beers. There was a nice selection of a few porters, a strong ale, an IPA, and 3 barleywines. They started me off with Burton Bridge’s IPA. This was a nice smooth easy drinking … Continue reading

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$10.50… I mean Ten Fidy

I finally tried my can (yes, a can of craft beer) of Oskar Blues’ Ten Fidy Imperial Stout (yes, an Imperial Stout in a can).  I have to say that this is one of the best Imperial Stouts I’ve had.  … Continue reading

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Tuckerman’s 6288 Stout

As I posted yesterday, I finally got my hands on Tuckerman’s third beer, the 6288 Stout.  As with their other beers, I was thoroughly impressed.  This is, by far, their best beer.  The stout pours a dark black with a … Continue reading

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