Posts Tagged ‘ Porter ’

Some holiday happenings from all around

Dec 11th, 2009 | By Kevin M. J. Smith | Category: Events

From the folks at New Albanian:
This Saturday, December 12th, from 2-4pm at Liquor Barn Springhurst, Roger Baylor, owner of the New Albanian Brewing Company, will be teaching a class on: “Porters: A History of the Style.” We will be sampling the New Albanian Old 15-B Porter as well as Solidarity, our seasonal Baltic Porter.
Solidarity is [...]



Brew recommendations, Part 1

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By Kevin M. J. Smith | Category: Beer Reviews

During this weekend’s football fest, I sampled four beers – some with distinctly different feels and flavors.
I am running on a ten point rating system, rating the beers on bouquet, flavor, color, and carbonation. Each aspect is rated from one to ten, ten being the best, one the worst (ie: 1 could be poor taste, [...]