Archive for the ‘English Barleywine’ Category

Another day down. Today was a pretty busy day at work, so the day went quickly. Now, I’m home, watching a documentary on the Crusades. I have a couple of random beers to get through before I get to the California brews and the St. Patrick’s themed brews. Onto the barleywine… ABV: 10.3% Style: English [...]

Happy President’s Day! I was stuck at work all day, unfortunately, whereas most people I know were off. Work was actually pretty busy today and I ended up staying later than I thought. Tomorrow, I’m actually working out of a different office tomorrow, which means that I’m getting up at 0500 tomorrow. Well, this brew [...]

Another day over with. Today was a pretty good day at work, nothing really to complain about. Tomorrow is my Friday, which is nice. I took Friday off because I’m taking Katie out for a belated Valentine’s Day dinner tomorrow since I had Fire Academy yesterday. So, tonight’s selection is from a brewery that usually [...]

What a day. I spent the entire weekend decorating the house for Christmas with my sister. Today, we did about 10 hours straight. I’m definitely going to be sore tomorrow. But, the house looks festive and I got filet mignon out of the deal. The funny thing about decorating in my house is that my [...]

Why do the Phillies have to do this to me? Especially against a team like the Mets? I think I made it to the fourth inning and then gave up and changed the channel. That’s probably why I chose this beer tonight, because they’re seriously making me crazy. Come on Hamels, you’re a World Series [...]

I’ve only had a few Brooklyn beers before, and for me, they’re pretty much hit or miss. Although, I do have the Black Ops in the queue, which I have heard is amazing. I had read a few things about this brew and I’m trying to get into barleywines, so I grabbed this one during [...]

I hate the snow. There is not one thing I like about snow. I love the cold, but the snow…not so much. New Jersey is now having its sixth storm of the season. Seriously? This is completely and totally unnecessary. I shoveled the entire driveway when I got home and I just went out and [...]