In New Hampshire, this past weekend was filled with lots of wintry weather. It started with a snowstorm that ran from mid-afternoon Friday to early Saturday morning. As we were digging out from that storm, there was a warning of another, bigger snowstorm all day Sunday. Pleasantly trapped at home on Friday night (and preparing for the same on Sunday) with each other's company, tasty snacking food, and holiday movies, my husband and I were ready.
However, when the opportunity was presented to leave our domicile on Saturday, we were ready to go! As we were shopping for a few last... Archive for December, 2008
Too Busy for Football-tini
by Michele on December 24th, 2008In New Hampshire, this past weekend was filled with lots of wintry weather. It started with a snowstorm that ran from mid-afternoon Friday to early Saturday morning. As we were digging out from that storm, there was a warning of another, bigger snowstorm all day Sunday. Pleasantly trapped at home on Friday night (and preparing for the same on Sunday) with each other's company, tasty snacking food, and holiday movies, my husband and I were ready.
However, when the opportunity was presented to leave our domicile on Saturday, we were ready to go! As we were shopping for a few last... Porters and Stouts: What’s It All About?
by J Frazzetta on December 23rd, 2008
Winter is here, and as I’ve said before, dark beers are back in fashion. There are many dark beers to choose from, however, porters and stouts are usually the most common styles. So, what’s the difference?
Glad you asked. Way, way back in the day, in England, brewers made dark beer and called it porter. Brewed for colder weather, porters are dark and smoky. Sometimes a brewer would make different types of porter at different strengths.
Want to Win $25?
by Michele on December 19th, 2008
In the spirit of the holiday season, Wasabi Media Group is launching the Doubly Good December Contest. This contest will reward one reader and one writer with a cash prize of 25 dollars each.
In order to qualify for the reader's prize, all you need to do is have a comment published* for any article posted during the month of December. Comments will be accepted for this contest through January 7th. One comment will be chosen randomly, and the author of that comment will receive $25!
So, start reading, and submitting comments. The more comments you submit,...
Beer Review: Samuel Adams, Chocolate Bock
by J Frazzetta on December 17th, 2008
Bottle/Tap: Tap, this time.
Every once in a while I enter Strangebrew, and I’m greeted by an old friend. This particular time it happened to be Sam Adams’ Chocolate Bock. Come on, did you think I had real friends? Don’t answer that.
This was a reunion of sorts for Chocolate Bock and me. You see, the last, and first, time we met was the winter of 2004. In fact, the occasion was so momentous my buddy...
Dropping Anchor at Shipyard
by J Frazzetta on December 9th, 2008When Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “The Day Is Done”, it is too bad he didn’t include a line about having a beer and enjoying old poetry, considering the Shipyard Brewery is built on the location where his house used to stand. Arriving in Portland last Friday, and staying for a long weekend, we decided to check out Shipyard first and foremost.
After a brief video tour of the brewery and its history we got to the business of sampling:
