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Holiday Spirits

Holiday Spirits

Prepared beers, essentially cocktails using craft beers as mixers are making their way around the country. Here are two simple ones to make at home to lighten up your holidays. Prepared beers, essentially cocktails using craft beers as mixers are making... 

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Aperol Pompelmo

Aperol Pompelmo

The weather is warming up, perfect for a refreshing apéritif, my Aperol Pompelmo ! The pairing of Aperol and grapefruit ( pompelmo in Italian) is hardly novel, but I could not find any definitive recipes, let alone a name. But Aperol and grapefruit... 

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Black Velvet

Black Velvet

A Black Velvet is made using a stout beer more often than not Guinness and a sparkling white wine, often champagne. The orig… A Black Velvet is made using a stout beer more often than not Guinness and a sparkling white wine, often champagne. The... 

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Where the Bar Meets Wall Street

Where the Bar Meets Wall Street

Not content with the prices on the drinks menu? Not content with the prices on the drinks menu? New York’s Exchange turns drink prices into a trader’s delight. After a brief conversational detour to boast about the size of his manhood, Sean... 

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Dundee Brewing Co. Beers

Dundee Brewing Co. Beers

Had the pleasure of attending a “virtual tasting” of Dundee Brewing Company’s beer lineup today: The drinking was real but the walkthrough was online, with a group of beer and spirits writers being introduced to these beers via webcam... 

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Spiegelau Classics Tall Pilsner Glass

Spiegelau Classics Tall Pilsner Glass

Spiegelau enhances is line of beer glassware with a fourth progeny: A tall pilsner intended for, you guessed it, light pilsner beers. This 12-ounce container is surprisingly thin — almost champagne-flute-like in design, with an indentation near... 

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Gubna Imperial IPA

Gubna Imperial IPA

This seasonal IPA from Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery comes only in cans, the product of three malts and one type of hops. The boldly golden beer is full of citrus aroma and bitter hops are instantly hefty on the tongue. This seasonal IPA from... 

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The Original Honey Brown Lager

The Original Honey Brown Lager

Credited as one of the first beers to use honey in its recipe, The Original Honey Brown launched in 1994 by Dundee Brewing Co. but, after the novelty faded, abruptly vanished from the market (the brewer blames an overly high price and packaging changes) Credited... 

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Deschutes Brewery Jubel 2010

Deschutes Brewery Jubel 2010

I love a beer with a story behind it. Jubel 2010 — as explained to me personally by Deschutes brewmaster Larry Sidor — has a doozy I love a beer with a story behind it. Jubel 2010 — as explained to me personally by Deschutes brewmaster... 

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Deschutes Brewery Hop Henge Experimental IPA

Deschutes Brewery Hop Henge Experimental IPA

Part of Deschutes’ Bond Street series, Hop Henge IPA is in limited release through April, a strong beer (8.75 percent alcohol) with even stronger hop content. “Several pounds” of hops go into each barrel of this beer, with crystal,... 

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