Corned beef and cabbage, it’s the standard American fare on this day to celebrate your Irish heritage. ( If you’re not Irish, feel free to pretend for the day. ) What many may not know is that they don’t eat corned beef in Ireland. A more Irish meal may be dense bread, some cheese and a salad. If you’re drinking beer (green or not) a plate of cheese sure isn’t a bad thing. Continue reading Happy St Patrick’s Day: Have Some Cheese
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For those unfamiliar with Northern California, the Skunk Train is an historic train that travels between Willits and Fort Bragg. Once a year, Lagunitas rents out the train for one of the coolest beer festivals I have ever been on. There’s the option of camping at the KOA in Willits over the weekend or catching the train in Willits at the depot Saturday morning. Being our first year, the wife and I thought the overnight party might be a bit much, so we headed out of Santa Rosa early in the morning and set off for Willits. Continue reading Lagunitas Skunk Train Preparing for my Civil Engineering exam, it was suggested that I take the days leading up to it to relax. While some people were able to take the preceding week off, I had just one day to unwind. So it was in the early afternoon of Thursday that I headed out on my journey. The plan, slowly head south to South San Francisco, stopping at breweries and beer spots on my way. Continue reading On The Road  Leave a comment  Brewery/Pub, Personal, Tastings  21st Amendment Brewery, Anchorage Vacation, Chocolate Air Porter, Dempsey's Brewery, Hefe Dunkel Weisse, Hop 15, Marin Brewing Co., Midnight Sun Brewing Company, Moylan's Brewery, Port Brewing, Raspberry Chocolate Espresso Imperial Stout, Sommer Kolschbier, Wet Hopsickle, Witty Monk Cask Night at the Toad in the Hole officially started this month, but we’ve been waiting for St. Patricks Day to really kick it off. So what’s going on now that we really decided to get it started? Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Cask Night It’s the morning after the Super Bowl. Regardless of the beer and food consumed the day before, we’re all expected to be back at work this morning. The game was exciting and I ate too much greasy food, so I would have to call it a success. While stuffing my face and ultimately having my heart broken, I did manage to try a couple beers worth sharing with you. Continue reading The Super Bowl Recap The North Bay is home to some intense IPA. It’s pretty obvious that we like our hops here. In fact, there’s even a town that goes by the name of Hopland. But within this sea of hoppy brews is also a big malty brew that has become a bit of a local tradition. Moylan’s in Novato brews their Kilt Lifter in the Scotch Ale style and reminds us hopheads that there’s more to beer than just the hops. Continue reading Are You Peeking At My Caber? I had picked this brew up at Raley’s the same day I grabbed the IPA. It only made sense to drink the IPA, and follow it with the Double the next day. So while you had the single (one) for Monday, you now get the double (two) for Tuesday. Continue reading Two for Tuesday: Moylan’s Brewery North of the Golden Gate bridge you’ll find Marin and Sonoma counties. Within these counties you can find some of the best examples of West Coast India Pale Ales around (no disrespect to THE West Coast IPA from Green Flash). Racer 5 and Lagunitas IPA stock the shelves of many stores around the country while locally we are blessed to have access to Russian River’s selection of IPA as well as Moonlight’s Bombay By Boat. While these breweries all lie within Sonoma County, Marin County is home to Moylan’s Brewery, yet another source for strong, hoppy, malty pale ales. Continue reading One For Monday: Moylan’s Brewery One of my favorite past times is watching sports. One great way to enhance the activity (or lack thereof) of watching sports is to drink beer. Yet another way would be to make claims about the results of those athletic contests and wager an amount of beer that you’re going to be correct. Well, I was wrong. Continue reading This is Why Gambling Stinks: Part 1 I’ve stayed away from the Imperial Stouts in my fridge for a little while. I had been drinking a lot of them and felt I need a break. Recent budget concerns made me start working through the beers I already purchased. What a smart decision that was. Continue reading Ryan O’Sullivans Imperial Stout |
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