Jubel 2010 Once a Decade Ale This waxed beauty from Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery has been sitting in my fridge since, well, 2010. It’s about a $13 bottle of beer so I suppose I kept putting it off for a special occasion. Tonight I felt like drinking it, and that was special occasion enough. The [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Aaron Morris
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I’ve been to the Los Angeles Beer Festival at Union Station for the past two years, and it has proven to be very inconsistent. Last year it was nearly perfect. The festival is held at Union Station in Los Angeles, and therefore takes driving out of the equation. Jump on a train to Los Angeles, take [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Zymurgy is purportedly the journal of the American Homebrewers Association (my subscription must have been lost in the mail). It has published a list (set forth below) of the 50 best beers in America, as ranked by its readers. The readers are asked to provide a list of their 20 favorite beers, and all beers must [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Those fine people at Cigars Directwere kind enough to send me a selection of cigars for tasting and review, so I selected a Casa Magna Colorado (Robusto), and paired it with a Voo Doo American Stout. The pairing was effortless, using the standard password 0000 (an obscure bluetooth reference that I found funny, but then [...]
Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Whoever wrote “it never rains in Southern California” hadn’t seen our weather of late. (Actually it was Albert Hammond, and he was being intentionally ironic.) But in any event, it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to head out to the Lido deck for a tasting. Tonight I finally got to try my own home [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Our roving Cigar Group met at TAPS Fish House and Brewery in Brea this week to take advantage of their cigar-friendly patio while watching the Lakers tank another game. (Note to TAPS: Put a second screen out on the patio.) I’ve been to TAPS on a couple of occasions, but had not yet sampled their [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Another great beer festival at Irvine Lake. The second annual (hopefully) Orange County Beer Festival was held on May 15 instead of August like the previous year, and that resulted in much cooler weather. I went with a friend and two designated drivers (always good to have a backup at an event like this in [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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The fine folks that brought us the Orange County Beer Festival last year were kind enough not to make us wait an entire year for a repeat. The event was both magnificent and munificent last year, and in my review I suggested that any self-respecting beer drinker west of the Mississippi should plan on attending [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of wheat. Wheat beers often also contain a significant proportion of malted barley. Wheat beers are usually top-fermented (in Germany they have to be by law). The flavor of wheat beers varies considerably, depending upon the specific style. “Hefe” is the German word [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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I may have well experienced the biggest tease of my adult life, and it was all self-imposed. Here is how it came about. Weeks ago I signed up to go to the OC Beer Fest at Irvine Lake, to be held on Sunday, August 30, 2009. I think it was a first time thing, because [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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