The Brew Basement

Name: Pumking
Brewer: Southern Tier Brewing
Style: Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: September 25th. 2008
Original Tasting: October 1st, 2008
Hello everyone! Fall so far has been a busy time for me, but there’s no way I could let Halloween slip by without stashing another pumpkin brew down in the cellar. Last year it was Weyerbacher’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale [...]

Name: Burton Baton
Brewer: Dogfish Head
Style: Blend of a English Strong Ale and a Double IPA
Vintage: 2008

Cellared On: August 28th, 2008
Original Tasting: August 28th, 2008
Big surprise, Jason’s cellaring another Dogfish Head brew. As you can see from my cellaring/tasting dates, I waited about an hour or so after I bought this beer before I did [...]

Name: Rauchbier - Weizen (Wheat)
Brewer: Aecht Schlenkerla
Style: Rauchbier
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: March 21st, 2008
Original Tasting: April 12th, 2008
My second beer from Aecht Schlenkerla (their Weizen) started off a bit differently then the last. It was apparent that this brew was going to be a heck of a lot mellower then the Aecht Urbock. The flavor of [...]

Name: Rauchbier - Urbock
Brewer: Aecht Schlenkerla
Style: Rauchbier
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: March 21st, 2008
Original Tasting: April 12th, 2008
After popping the cap on this brew, there’s no doubt what you’re dealing with here. Smoke, and a whole hell of a lot of it. Powerfully smoky smells came off of this brew. I was reminded of a roaring campfire [...]

Looking for a good smoked brew? They’re a bit of an elusive breed, to be honest. In your typical US beverage store you’ll find stacks and stacks of lagers, row after row of pale ales, but not very many smoke flavored beers. It’s a simple fact that if you find yourself in the mood for [...]

Name: Smoked Porter
Brewer: Alaskan Brewing
Style: Rauchbier (Smoked Beer)
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: November 28th, 2007
Original Tasting: March 31st, 2008
Check out that picture - it’s not too bad of an award haul for a single beer, wouldn’t you say? Alaskan Brewing’s Smoked Porter picked up yet another medal at this year’s Great American Beer Festival - a bronze [...]

Name: Red and White
Brewer: Dogfish Head
Style: Beats the hell out of me
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: March 13th, 2008
Original Tasting: March 15th, 2008
One of my big regrets last summer is that I didn’t get a chance to cellar any of the original vintage of Dogfish Head’s Red and White. It sold out pretty fast here in Upstate [...]

Name: Fort
Brewer: Dogfish Head
Style: Fruit
Vintage: 2007
Bottled On: November 7th, 2007
Cellared On: February 22nd, 2008
Original Tasting: February 29th, 2008
Not seeing this beer in the store when it first came out last fall, I simply thought upstate NY had missed the boat on this brew. As you can imagine, I was surprised and overjoyed when I walked [...]

That sure didn’t take long.
It was just this fall that archaeologists told us about their discovery of an ancient alcoholic chocolate drink that was brewed thousands of years ago in Central America (Be sure to check out Zythophile’s take on the story). Wasting no time at all - they must have started planning as soon [...]

It’s the first Friday of the month! That means it’s time for The Session, when beer bloggers from across the web all saddle up to the bar and write about a common topic. This months Session is being hosted by Wilson over at Brewvana, and the topic is that strong German beer we all (or at [...]