Beer Expeditions

I deiced to go with a lager from Kona, Hawaii. Kona Brewing Company’s Longboard Island Lager  It seemed like a beach kind of beer. One thing I like abut this beer is that under the cap it has a Hawaiian word then the english translation. It was a nice beer for a Sunday afternoon at the […]

This afternoon, Kate and I were out running errands. We got hungry so we stopped at a sandwich place we haven’t heard about, but looked good. it was called Urban Eats. I was happily surprised when I say their beer selection. They hadPabst Blue Ribbon on tap , thats the first time I’d seen that in a while. […]

This is the last of  my Stone Brewery trilogy. I decided to end it with my favorite. A legend of ails I’v talked about this beer to friends and its almost like they don’t believe it exist. Yes thats the name Arrogant Bastard Ale . This is absolutely one one of the finest ale’s I have ever had. Out […]

This is the 2nd of 3 Stone Brewery beers this week. This is a limited release for spring of 2007. A hardy 10.8.% Alc/Vol This is a vary heavy stout, a meal in itself. This is a special drink. I would recommend any Guinness drinker to try one. Not that it compares to Guinness they are both different in there own […]

The beers from Stone Brewery have become some of my favorites. I will be reviewing 3 of them, over the next few days. The firs will be Ruination IPA, 7.7 Alc, Vol. 100+ IBU’s. I do no always drink India Pale Ale’s, but I get an overwhelming craving for them, once in awhile. The craving normally comes after a […]

This weekend I went to The Strawberry Festive in Oxnard   CA. They had strawberry everything there. Strawberry pie, nachos, shortcake, pizza, margaritas, wine and you guest it Beer, I had to try it. This was not the first time I had strawberry beer. The first was at a brewery in Long-Beach CA Called Belmont Brewery the beer there […]

 What you will need 1. A good recipe. 2. ingredients  we go over that in part one. 3. cooking equipment, a spoon preferably metal or plastic not wood, a thermometer, a strainer or grain bag or cheese cloth,and a few pots the bigger the better.   4. sanitizer preferably something maid for brewing like something from Five Star ,in […]

Beer is made from 4 major ingredients. 1 Water 2 Malt 3 Hops 4 Yeast and 3 miner ingredients 1 Gypsum 2 Irish Moss 3 corn sugar lets go over them one at a time Ingredient 1 Water. Water is a very important part of the beer. The reason is, it is the main ingredient. […]