The Brew Basement

Feel like getting your hands on some rare and vintage brews?
Feel like supporting a good cause?
Liquids Solutions (my favorite online beverage retailer) is giving you a chance to do both by hosting a vintage beer auction starting this Friday, May 9th and ending on Sunday the 11th. All proceeds will be going to a Parkinson’s […]

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 […]

If you’re not willing to pay $1005 for six beers, how about $127.50 (or more) for a single one?
Thats the current going price on an Ebay auction for a 2004 Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout by Three Floyds Brewery. It may go for a much higher price before it’s done. It’s a very rare and […]

Somebody would. And did.
On a recently concluded auction over at Ebay, some beer maniac with way too much disposable income paid $1005 for a lousy six bottles of beer. Six bottles! The winner couldn’t even actually wait for the auction to be over, and just used Ebay’s “buy it now option” to scoop the six-pack up.
Of course the […]

Since it seems like every other beer blog on the Internet has been talking about the recently held Great American Beer Festival (GABF), I guess I better get into the swing of things here. There is NO way I’m missing this show next year, I can guarantee you that.
I’d like to discuss a portion of the […]

 
It’s the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time for beer blogs across the web to pull up a stool together and write for The Session. The Session is a group writing event hosted by a different beer blog each month.  Each blog participating will write around a common topic. This months Session is […]

The makers of my favorite sushi bar beer, Sapporo Breweries, have recently made an announcement about a new strain of barley they have developed. This new barley is supposed to keep beer brewed with it fresher for longer periods of time. It’s able to do this because it has been genetically engineered to be missing the gene that […]

There was a great article featuring vintage beers that appeared on the NY Times website Tuesday. It talks about a meal the author had at the legendary Gramercy Tavern that was paired with a variety of aged brews. A great read!
NY Times - Beers worth waiting for

Looking for some interesting beer with a cool storyline for your cellar? Of course you are!
Everyone should be sure to check out Stone Breweries latest release in their Vertical Epic series, the 7/07/07. For those of you not familiar with the concept, the Vertical Epic is a series of cellarable beers, each designed to be […]