Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I’m reviewing Saint Arnold’s re-release of Divine Reserve #9 (and setting my ringtone to Grim Grinning Ghosts, of course). I last drank this Imperial Pumpkin Stout about 5 months ago; the original bottle of Divine Reserve #9 had been aged 19 months. Now it’s been about two years since this one hit the shelves for a very brief time, and Saint Arnold has blessed us with a single batch of Pumpkinator for Halloween and the holidays. Since I  [ Read More ]

After a fun filled trip during opening weekend of the Food & Wine Festival, as well as both successfully completing the Wine & Dine Half Marathon, Patrick and I decided to thoroughly reward ourselves with a complete beer tasting at both the Brewer’s Collection Booth and the Craft Beers Booth. With the Brewer’s Booth complete (minus the allusive Kolsch), we set our sights on the final booth of the adventure.  Obviously we’re posting reviews in reverse order…the Brewer’s Booth post  [ Read More ]

Hello there pumpkins.  As much as you would have thought that I had totally disappeared from this blog, I haven’t.  I just suck at blogging.  But last night at around 3am when I couldn’t sleep I was chatting with Siri on my new iPhone 4S and I told her to “remind me to write a beers and ears article tomorrow at 8am.”  Word, she did. So this morning in an attempt to backlog all the ones I wanted to review  [ Read More ]

Bell’s brewery has a stable full of all-star quality beers such as Two-hearted, Oberon and for you Hop-heads Hop Slam! This Brown ale may not be one of the first beers that you think of when you are considering beers from Bell’s but this beer has the right to stand on its own and be a viable beer in any beer fridge line up. The Appearance of this beer is a medium brown with a slight hint of amber. This  [ Read More ]

Plain and simple this is a great drinking Golden ale. This is not however a simple beer. Made with 4 malts on top of the base malt and 5 hops this complex flavored beer is well balanced and very refreshing. This seasonal beer is available every year from August to October. If you are able to pick one up I would highly recommend it. Made with Pale 2-Row base malt, Crystal 80 malt, Rye, Oats and Wheat. With the complexity  [ Read More ]

Great news beer lovers! Bob Basl has reported to us that three Unibroue beers are now available outside of Le Cellier at the Canada Beer Cart. The three beers available are Éphémère, Trois Pistoles, and Blanche de Chambly. As with all the Unibroue beers, each one has a story. Traditionally, white ales are supposed be named for the city they are brewed in. Blanche de Chambly is also Unibroue’s original brew; it was created in honor of the militiamen who defended  [ Read More ]