I was at Four Seasons last Wednesday and stumbled across a newcomer posed in the cooler. The beer was rather new to my area and I had heard about it a number of months ago on one of the beer forums I frequent. It was a Belgian dubbel from Bell’s Brewing out of Kalamazoo, Michigan [...]
Entries Tagged as 'opinion'
Blue Collar Brew Review – Bell’s Hell Hath No Fury Ale
June 15th, 2013 · No Comments · beer, Brew Review, opinion
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June 8th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Frankly speaking, opinion
Man, oh man. The star ratings fiasco was just that, a fiasco. The Polldaddy guys were knowledgable about their stuff, but didn’t ask once to look at the code on the site and couldn’t steer me in any direction. Another problem with the whole situation was that their email replies were very early in the [...]
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Blue Collar Brew Review – Three Floyds Permanent Funeral Pale Ale
June 8th, 2013 · 1 Comment · beer, Brew Review, opinion
The moon was in the seventh house and Jupiter aligned with Mars and I fell into a very rare deal for a seemingly unobtainable beer. This tale started at Dark Lord Day back at the end of April. At the brewery and after I obtained my ration of Dark Lord, I gave one of my [...]
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June 2nd, 2013 · 2 Comments · Frankly speaking, opinion
No definitive word so far on the issue with the star ratings for the Weekly Babes. We may have to go another week with this shit. Man, I hate this minor glitch. It means a lot to me. Not only because it’s something that you guys expect, but also because it gives me valuable feedback [...]
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Blue Collar Brew Review – Ballast Point Victory at Sea Imperial Porter
June 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · beer, Brew Review, opinion
It was getting late on Saturday. Previous tasks had prevented me from scoring a beer for this weekend. I took about 15 minutes out of my schedule and popped in to the Four Seasons Beer Store to pick up a decent selection, perhaps at random. As I strode down the aisle to the cooler, there [...]
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Frankly speaking
May 26th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Frankly speaking, opinion
Allow me give you a few tips on how to make your visit a little more pleasurable when you visit the Slinks on Sunday. Many of the links to videos shown are from YouTube. Google makes its money from ads and they are rife in the videos on YT. I can’t do anything about that. [...]
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Blue Collar Brew Review – Goose Island 25th Anniversary Ale
May 26th, 2013 · No Comments · beer, Brew Review, opinion
I planned on brewing a Zombie Dust clone this weekend and I had all my grains, hops and yeast. The keezer/kegerator modified chest freezer was working perfectly. With a 5-gallon keg of barrel aged stout from a homebrew club project in my possession, it was time to put the keezer to its intended use. But [...]
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May 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Frankly speaking, opinion
Summer is just about here. What’s to complain about? I have a new garage door freshly installed and the automatic door opener is sitting on the floor waiting for mounting. The new door is quiet, insulated, easy to lift by hand and has a metal backing with the usual dense styrofoam product inside. Also sitting [...]
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Blue Collar Brew Review – Firestone Walker Parabola Imperial Stout
May 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment · beer, Brew Review, opinion
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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May 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Frankly speaking, opinion
Being a little overwhelmed by the previous brew review, I had thoughts of skipping the Frankly post this week in favor of calling it quits and heading to bed. But I have a few things that have popped into my head. I feel that the Pinup Babes of the week are getting a bum deal, [...]
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Blue Collar Brew Review – Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale
May 5th, 2013 · No Comments · beer, Brew Review, opinion
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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Dark Lord Day 2013
April 27th, 2013 · 2 Comments · amazing, beer, opinion
It was the best of times, it was the best of times. Our entourage has finally returned home safely, a little achy and still a bit groggy from Dark Lord Day down in Munster. The weather turned out to be absolutely gorgeous with sunny clear skies, a nice breeze and temps in the low 70s. [...]
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