After you’ve enjoyed the sublimely warm days, cuddle up with these comfort brews to get you through the cool nights. Starr Hill – Red Roostarr – Coffee Cream Stout Where: Charlottesville, Va. Abv: 5.8% Price: $2.50/12 oz. Hello breakfast! Semi-sweet chocolate and Kona coffee with a little smoked bacon …
Spring transforming into summer can tease you with a bit of bipolar weather – sweltering temps one moment, then chilly ‘where’s my sweatshirt?’ weather the next. As a beer drinker, you need to be armed with a mix of different styles to cope with this. Here’s an in-between seasons …
Beer is one of life’s rewarding treats for when you’ve had a hard day and just want to reward yourself, it’s also perfect for every other situation you can think of. Bath? Beer. BBQ? Beer. Reading? Beer. You get the picture, and you also know that here at Drink Me, …
Saison D’Erpe-Mere, Saison. Brouwerij de Glazen Toren, Belgium 6.9% This Saison is a nod to tradition while stepping up quality. The original 1890’s brewers would be both proud and humbled. A conundrum of lemon, butterscotch, dandelion & MOST important, fun! Try with smoked fish or your favorite blue cheese 95 …
Chicago has long been known for producing some outstanding beers, with its solid reputation for breweries and brew masters alike. With that said– we travelled over to Chicago’s Goose Island, to see what all the fuss was about and do a little review of the brews on the scene that …
With the much anticipated HBO series returning to our screens in just mere weeks, the world is once again getting excited to dragons, death, sex scenes and the occasional, what are we kidding, highly frequent, nudity. Ommegang did what any kind-hearted brewery would do and decided to come up with …
Oxbow Brewing Co. Farmhouse Pale Ale Newcastle, Maine 6% 92 points. A perfect beer after a round of golf or frisbee. Oxbow’s spin on this style is easy drinking and flavorful. Bright hoppiness, slight clove, some banana, and cotton candy combine to attract both beer geek and neophyte.
Brouwerij De Ranke XX Bitter IPA. Belgian 6.0% 93 points. Sun in a glass, smile on your face. Bitter lemon meets spicy butterscotch. An IPA drinker’s Belgian ale with enough complexity to satisfy the “Belgianista.”
Stillwater Ales Sensory Series V.2 Black Saison Ale Baltimore, Maryland. 5% 90 points. A sheep in wolf’s clothing, the opaque hue surprises the taste buds with delicate chocolate and rye bread. Has the lightness of a much paler ale with a tongue-drying finish. An easy drinking dark session brew.
Stillwater Ales Debauched Farmhouse Ale. Baltimore, Maryland 6.7% 93 points. Debauched: Indulging in or characterized by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful. Who would have thought this could be applied to beer? Decadent in complexity, with lemon, candy sweetness, smoke, and some funk.
Brooklyn Brewery Wild Streak Ale. Brooklyn, NY 10% 91 points. A breath of springtime makes you want to get outside and a little crazy. This Belgian-inspired ale taps into its wild streak with all kinds of ingredients and techniques providing the drinker with everything from oatmeal to orange, cardamom to caramel.
Fuller, Smith, and Turner ESB Extra Special Bitter. London England 5.5% 90 Points. One of my favorite Throwback Thursday quaffs. Someone must have used a scale to measure the perfect mix of bitterness and nutty malt. This seems to be an ancestor to American craft brew.