A dilemma was afoot. It all involved a limited release beer and a price. It was announced last month that Firestone Walker was to release their latest batch of Parabola at the end of the month. Last Wednesday, I visited Four Seasons and while paying for the selected sixpack, I spotted a case of Parabola [...]

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Friday evening, I dragged out of the bedroom the sixpack of beer that I had originally scheduled for last weekend’s review. It was Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale. Into the beer fridge it went for an overnight chill. Dark Lord Day 2013 was now an event of the past and there were more beers to [...]

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I had recently run across a new addition to the shelf at the local bottle shops and I had every intention of purchasing a sixer for tonight’s review. It was a beer that I had heard about a while back and it had a pretty interesting back story to it. The beer was Undercover Shutdown [...]

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While hunting for a Friday night brewski at the Four Seasons beer store, I stumbled upon a newcomer to this area. I had heard about it in the forums and whoop! There it is. The beer was Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Wild Ale. I picked a bomber of it off the shelf and checked the label. [...]

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Looking to get away from local selections of beer here in Morris, I decided once agin to pay a visit to Cardinal Liquors in Joliet. Their selection of craft beers were about 2 to 3 times better and the prices were almost compatible with what I’m used to seeing here in town. I had no [...]

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Each time I visited the Morris Beer Store or Four Seasons, I couldn’t help but notice the newcomers on the shelves. The beer was made by a Brewery I had heard of a lot on the beer forums and I never thought it’d be available here in corn and bean land. Deschutes Brewery out of [...]

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I had been bandying about a choice for Saturday’s review. Should I allow myself to fall into the IPA track again? Or do I dare to venture into tamer, more down to Earth beers like a pilsner or a brown ale? Less ABV or more? The more I thought of it the more I’m reading [...]

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Last Tuesday I wanted to get a special beer for my son for Wednesday night. That’s has become his one day away from his babe and spends the evening hours playing Call of Duty: Black OPs II on his PS3 online with friends or who knows who from around the world. I find it odd [...]

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It was about a week or so ago that I heard about a new beer that was soon to come to market. It was a recreation of one of the recipes of the very first craft beer in the US in 1976. The brewery was New Albion out of Sonoma, California. The owner of the [...]

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A small dilemma sometime last week had me wondering about my choice of beer for Saturday night. I had no interest in pursuing a selection ritual in front of the hundreds of beers on the many shelves at the beer stores in town. But there was a turn of events. One of my sons had [...]

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Tonight’s the night! I have made up my mind to finally crack open that brick of Westvletern XII and share my teaste experiences with you guys and gals. I thought about this for quite a long time… so much so that on my last trip to Binny’s, I picked up a 750 of St. Bernardus [...]

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