Books, beer and barbarians

I've been writing about beer on one site or another for nearly 30 years (boy, does that make me feel old), and it's time to take a b...

Beer score: 7.8 Yet another week without trying a new beer, but as always, I have notes on some beers I tried years ago. This one is especia...

Beer score: 4.7 This one went through quite a few different breweries and more than one name change over the years, but the headline for thi...

Beer score: 3.8 Company: Miller ABV: 4.9 IBU: 7 Not a great beer, but a decent one for the end of a hard day's work. Better than many a...

Beer score: 3.8 This liquid refreshment was Anheuser-Busch's very late attempt to market a red beer in 2001 several years after the red-...

Beer score: 6.9 No new beers to try this week, but as always I have notes from beers I tasted years ago. This one hits especially hard becau...

Beer score: 2.1 Company: Pabst Brewing Company ABV: 4.6 IBU: 12 Yesterday was my birthday, and this is what I get. Before I even have a tas...

Beer score: 7.1 Company:  Flying Dog Brewery ABV:  5.5 IBU:  35 This pale ale pours a light copper color while giving off a rather large foa...

Beer score: 4.7 Company:  Shock Top Brewing Co. ABV:  5.2 IBU:  10 In my search for a good warm-weather beer, I thought about trying a Shock...

Beer score: 5.4 Man, I've had no luck of late when looking for some beers I hadn't tried in a while. This is another one no longer o...

Beer score: 5.4 Still searching for a lighter beer for warm weather, one I've not had before or at least not in a long time, so I though...

Beer score: 3.2 Warm weather is approaching and I thought I'd try a lighter beer I'd not had in a while. Thinking I'd go for som...

Beer score: 4.9 Company:  Lowenbrau ABV:  5.2 IBU:  18 Sometimes this beer is labeled as Lowenbrau Premium Dark, but it's the same beer....

Beer score: 2.9 Company:  Busch ABV:  4.1 IBU:  5 Been a long time since I had one of these, but thought I'd give it another try. so see...

Beer score: 7.0 Another brewery that went out of business, but that had some quality brews, and I have some of my notes from trying their be...

Beer score: 8.2 This was quite possibly my favorite of all the brews from the Sierra Nevada folks, so I was quite disappointed when I went l...

Beer score: 7.0 Company:  Ayinger ABV:  5.0 IBU:  21 This German brew pours a dark brown color but it's not opaque like the thickest of ...

Beer score: 3.3 I was too busy to try any new beers this week, but as is always the case, I had some notes about an older beer that's no...

Beer score: 4.6 Company:  Molson ABV:  5.0 IBU:  12 I've had better. I've had worse. Pours a pale golden color while providing a sku...

Beer score: 5.7 Company:  Damm ABV:  5.2 IBU:  25 The Young's brews in the UK have gone through various corporate hands over the years, ...