March, 2009

Opa Opa IPA

07 Mar 2009
Posted by bhouse
Where is it Brewed?: 
Southampton, MA
Style: 
India Pale Ale

This IPA has a deep copper color, a little darker than a typical IPA, but very clear with no haze. It poured with almost no head - what little there was disappeared quickly. Checking other reviews - this is consistent across all of them. Someone should start tweaking their carbonation or bottle conditioning process because there's a problem when a beer pours without a head.

Your rating: None Average: 2.5 (2 votes)
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Anchor Liberty Ale

08 Mar 2009
Posted by bhouse
Where is it Brewed?: 
San Francisco, CA
Style: 
India Pale Ale

The release of Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Extra IPA has spurred me on a full-on IPA quest to taste the best of the bitter beers. Today its one of the first American IPAs, Anchor Liberty.

The folks at Anchor have been brewing great beers for a long time and Liberty Ale, first brewing in 1975 ranks up at the top of my hophead list. According to Anchor:

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Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
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Growlers

20 Mar 2009
Posted by jscott

I happen to live around the corner from an amazing beer store in Brooklyn called American Beer. There's a corner in the back where they sell growlers of whatever the guys at SixPoint have been cooking up lately. Show up at a party with 64 ounces of fresh Brownstone Ale and you'll have no problem making new friends. I'm not sure how long beer stores in NYC have been doing this but it is a great way to drink beer and I hope to see more of it.

Your rating: None Average: 4.3 (3 votes)
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Posted by bhouse

I'm flying home from San Francisco after attending the Open Source Business Conference this week and I've got to rave about flying Virgin America. They've got TVs, leather seats, power at every seat and, best of all, wifi on board!

I've spent many hours this month working on planes, but my two cross country flights between Boston & SF have been super productive because I've been online the whole time. What a concept - why has this taken so long?

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