In this beer blog, we are going to get into a second brew reviewed on this blog by Pipeworks Brewing. The brew I am talking about is their Chai Dog. If you read my earlier beer blog, you are up to speed on the history of this young and upcoming brewery. If you have not, please, read the blog post from yesterday to get up to speed. Let us get into the brewery.
It has a jet black color with a semi tan head on the beer. The smell is a heavy chai spices. The taste is extremely creamy with heavy chai spices. The aftertaste has a heavy chai spices that last for a long time. It is not drinkable unless you are a chai tea coffee drinker.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Chai Dog is our Eastern answer to the coffee-centric caffeine concoctions popular here in the West. This silky smooth milk stout is brewed with cacao nibs, green cardamom, vanilla bean, star anise, black peppercorn and cinnamon. This delicious blend of spices creates a balance and complexity will transport you from your local watering hole to an authentic, old tea house in the heart of Mumbai.
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This beer is Unfiltered. Sedimentation may occur. For best flavor, allow bottle to chill for two hours before serving allowing for the natural yeast to settle out. Pour slowly into your favorite glass, being careful to leave sediment behind.
In closing, I am not a fan of this brew and it was hard to put it down. I passed it to a friend because I could not finish it. I have said this several times on my blog posts just because I do not like it. It does not mean you will not like it. I write my thoughts on this blog with truth to me. I will have to say this about this brew. I believe you have to be a fan of Chai Tea. I can see some people who do not like Chai Tea liking this beer. Please, let me know what you think of this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into a brewery I have been wanting to try in a while. I am talking about Pipeworks Brewing and the beer is their Raspberry Truffle Abduction. Pipeworks Brewing was founded in 2012 in Chicago, IL by Beejay Oslon and Gerrit Lewis. The brewery is located around the Bucktown area of Chicago. They brew several different beers and bottle them in 22oz bottles to 750ML. There is not much history on this brewery because it is young and upcoming brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a jet black color with a constant tan head on the beer. The smell is heavy raspberry to it. The taste of this light to medium body beer is heavy dry chocolate cover raspberry. I can barely taste any of the stout. It is really drinkable.
Here is a desecration from the beer bottle:
It is a shame human, that we must wipe from your memory the rich chocolate delight that is Raspberry Truffle Adduction. Its soft raspberry flavor blossoming like frivolous human emotion, galactic absconce at the long-fingered hands of we cosmic plumbers.
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This beer is unfiltered. Sedimentation may occur. For best flavor, allow bottle to chill for two hours before serving allowing for the natural yeast to settle out. Pour slowly into your favorite glass, being careful to leave sediment behind.
In closing, I was pretty impressed with this beer. The only thing I would change, however, I do not think the brewery can cut down on how much raspberries they use in the beer. There is light taste to this stout but the raspberry over took the stout. The stout comes across as chocolate cover raspberry. Overall, this is a really good beer. Please, go try this beer and let me know what you think of it. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this Music Monday Blog, we are going to get a music from a young lady, who is Laura Wilde. This is her first record which is Sold My Soul. She finally made her first appearance in the United States. I had the honor of meeting her after a killer show outside of Detroit. There is not much history on this up and coming artist. She comes from the land down under which is Australia. She loves Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and many more. She will be heading back into the studio to work with legendary bass player and my hero Geezer Bulter from Black Sabbath. Being a Bass Player and lyric writer, Mr. Bulter is the best in the world. She will be in good hands. Let us get into the music.
Track List:
Intro
The first track is short and to the point. It is sounds of motorcycles.
All Alone
“All Alone” starts out with a nice solid drum beat with a nice great guitar riff. I really enjoyed the singing from Laura with some great lyrics. Her singing reminds me of Lita Ford, lead singers from Otep and Flyleaf. This is a pretty solid track for being the real opening track of the record.
Sold My Soul
“Sold My Soul” is one of the first singles off this record and one of two music videos recorded off “Sold My Soul.” I love the start from the guitar and the simple drum beat and bass line at the beginning and also throughout the song. This is a pretty solid song from start to finish. It has an awesome guitar and great drumming beat. I love the lyrics and some nice singing from Laura. This is a great driving song like the opening song. I love the pace of this song and the record so far.
Freeek!
I love the bass and drum action at the beginning of the song. She reminds me so much of Lita Ford from the singing and her song writing to this point of her record. There is some awesome music and well written lyrics. I love the guitar break towards the middle of the song. Laura Wilde is a great singer and I believe she does not need back up singers.
Irate
I love the effect of the heavy overdrive on her guitar. I love the lyrics and she is singing pretty good on this song. The organ playing is a perfect fit on this song. She is the queen of driving songs. They have a nice flow and great pace. This is a song that will give me a few speed tickets. I love the ending of the song.
Back Seat
Here is a classic hard rock guitar riff at the beginning of the song. I love the drop off and the groove from the music while she is singing over the top of it. I am really not a fan of the lyrics and her singing but it works and fits for the song. I might not like it that does not mean it is bad. I might have to listen to this song a few more times for it to grow on me. It might not happen. It is a pretty solid ending to “Back Seat.”
For You
I love the music at the beginning of the song. There is some solid lyrics and her singing. There is some good music here and it is pretty solid. I know I say she does not need a singer but it fits on this song. She might be an above average singer but it is her doing the back up singing. I love the back up vocals. This is a great song. This should be the next single off this record. I love the guitar break towards the end of the song. I love the ending of the song.
Anything Goes
I love rhythm and the pace of the music. She is singing great and has some great lyrics on “Anything Goes.” I love the guitar break to the guitar solo at the middle of the song. The guitar solo is not forced like most guitar solos. I have noticed one thing throughout this record that the music she wrote some melody to blend nicely with it along with her voice. I love the ending of this song.
Classical Guitar Star
I love the guitar work and it should be with any song that has “Classic Guitar” or “Rock Star” in the title. I am really enjoying her singing and it is great. I believe this song is the best singing performance from Laura Wilde on this record. I will be honest. I am not a fan of the lyrics but she put some thought, feeling, and a theme behind them on “Classic Guitar Star.” I love the guitar solo towards the end of the song. There is some great effects on her guitar. This band has done a great job on the music on this song.
Nothing Back
I love the pick up of back half of the record and the pace on this song on “Nothing Back.” There is some nice guitar, drums, and bass work on this song. There is some awesome music. This song is in your face which is perfected. I am enjoying the singing and the lyric writing that she has put forth.
Love Buyer
There is a nice heavy guitar with a nice solo over the time at the beginning of the song. I love the singing and nice lyrics. She is singing really well on this song. There is a nice guitar break towards the middle of the song. The music is great and there is nice playing from the drummer and the bass player. There is a nice fade out ending to this song.
Angel
I love the bass line with some great singing at the beginning of the song. I love the lyrics and the singing from Laura. I like how she put some focus on the bassist and the drummer on this song. There is a nice guitar solo towards the end of the song. I love the fade out at the end of the song.
The end, this is some great music on her first record. Laura Wilde is an upcoming artist with a promising future in hard rock and metal world. She is a solid guitar player with a thought of where to take her music. She brings life back to girls rocking in the music scene. She is a lady you do not want to mess with but she is very sweet when she needs to be in her music. I had the honor to watch her play outside of Detroit. I have to say I was pretty impressive. She put on a hell of show. I have to say two things. I highly recommend you checking her out and move over Lita Ford. Laura Wilde is here to rock us just like Lita. It would be kind neat if Laura and Lita get together and write some music. I am looking forward to her new music in the next year. I want to say thank her for signing your record and take a photo with me. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into a beer that I found while out in San Francisco. The brewery is called Moonlight Brewery from Santa Rosa, California. The brewery was started by Brian Hunt in 1992. Death And Taxes is their flagship beer. They do not package any of their beer. They only sell their beers in kegs in the northern part of California. Let us get into the beer.
It has a black color with a semi tan head on the beer. The smell is roasted malts to coco notes. The taste is smoked with coffee to slight chocolate notes. The aftertaste is a dry crisp coco to it. It is a pretty drinkable beer.
In closing, I found this beer at a bar, which is Toronado Bar, that my work took us to for a few beers. I did not want anything heavy. I wanted something with flavor but yet a light in body. I will say this beer covered all those things that I was looking for in a beer. This has some nice notes but yet pretty drinkable. I recommend you trying this beer if you are around the northern part of California. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into another seasonal from Brooklyn and it is their Oktoberfest. if you read my earlier beer blog posts about this brewery, you know the history of this brewery. If you have not read those beer blog posts, please, read those beer blog posts about this brewery. Let us get into beer.
It has a clear dark copper to amber color with a white head on this fall lager. The smell is a slight malty to hints of caramel. The taste is a sweet heavy caramel notes with a dry caramel aftertaste. This beer style leans has a drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Please enjoy Brooklyn Oktoberfest, a rich, malty version of the lager brewed for the fall festival which originated in Germany with the betrothal of the Crown Prince of Bavaria in 1810. Brooklyn Oktoberfest is in the märzen style an amber lager brewed in March and stored cold through the summer for sale in autumn.
Closing, I will be the first to say that I am not a real big fan of this brewery. There is not too many brews that they make that I enjoy. This brew gives me hope from this brewery. I had it in the past and I thought it was average. I know this brewery does not really change their recipe each year. I do not know what it is but this year’s version is pretty good. There is a nice balance on this brew. It is not too overly malty like most Oktoberfest brews. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from Arbor Brewing Company. The beer is one of their seasonals and it is called Mackinac Island Fudge Stout. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on this brewery, you know the history of it. If you have not, please, read those posts to get to know this brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a jet black color with a tan head that is strong when pouring but disappears after a while. The smell is a rich coco to the stout. The taste is burn but smooth to creamy chocolate. The aftertaste is a dry coco to it. To me, it is drinkable but to the general beer drinker, it is not drinkable.
Closing, this stout was really good and it is up on my top five list. I was pretty stun on how good it is in the bottle. I love how they used Fudge from Mackinac Island. I love the packaging and the name. They kept this a Michigan proud in the name and the type of packaging. I highly recommend you trying this beer. I did not see it on their website so I am not sure if they still making this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this 400th blog post, we are going to get into new fall seasonal from Goose Island. It is the return of their Oktoberfest after six years absence. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Chicago craft brewery. If you have not, please, read those beer blogs to get to know this brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a clear amber copper color without a head on the beer. The smell is caramel. The taste is a heavy sweet creamy caramel without an aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.
Brewed in the traditional Märzen style our Oktoberfest pours a brilliant copper over rose color with a bone white head. Notes of toffee and burnt sugar in the aroma and flavors of sweet dried apricots are delivered in a dry malty body with the mild earthy bitterness that is the hallmark of Hallertau hops.
In closing, over the years, I have grown to start to dislike fall beers. It just seems like they disappointment me every year to year. I was happy to hear that Goose Island brought back their Oktoberfest in package. This beer does not have that Goose Island taste like the rest of their beers. This beer is a little different. It is little bit more hoppier than the normal Oktoberfest. This beer is not my favorite but it is really good brew. It also gives me hope for all the fall seasonals again. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into a special limited release and special beer to me. It is from Stone Brewery and the beer is their Wootstout. This brew was team brewing process from Drew Curtis, Greg Koch, and Wil Wheaton. If you read my early beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this brewery. If you have not read those posts, please, read those beer blog posts to get to know this brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a jet black color with a constant tan to light brown head on the beer. The smell is chocolate cover pecans. The taste of this light to medium body beer is chocolate cover pecans notes. There is some vanilla notes that blends nicely with the pecans. The aftertaste is a dry coffee to toffee pecan aftertaste. For being a stout, this is scary and extremely drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
“Wil Wheaton first called us in 2004 to ask if it’d be OK for him to put the Arrogant Bastard logo on this blog’s website (back when people still asked permission to do such things), and I just so happened to answer the phone (back when I still answered the main line sometimes). Since he was so damn enthusiastic about our beers, I said ‘Sure, no problem.’ all the while thinking ‘ Hmmm… this guy’s name sounds familiar.’
Months later, in a serendipitous turn of fate, I reached out to our 10,000th email newsletter subscriber … drumroll … Wil Wheaton. Since his gigs in the iconic Stand By Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wil has become quite the renaissance man, adding author, w00tstock innovator, and homebrewer to his resume. His enthusiasm for the fermentable arts and our beer was such that after many occasions of sharing grog over the years, we decided it was time to brew in collaboration.
It was no-brainer for us to choose Drew Curtis – who many know as the twisted mind behind Fark.com – as our third cohort. Drew was an old friend of Wil’s that I had serendipitously met (when he saw me and told me, ‘Dude, I love your beer!’) and enjoyed many beers with at the famous TED confenece three years in a row. The beer you told before you is an Imperial stout made with wheat (Wil pretty much insisted), and we also paid tribute to Drew’s Kentucky roots by adding rye and pecans to the mix and partially aging the beer in bourbon barrels. The result? Nothing short of serendipitous.”
Greg Koch @stonegreg CEO and Co-founder, Stone Brewing
“Being a geek isn’t about what you love: it’s about how you love it. I’m a sci-fi geek, a disruptive technology geek, and a tabletop game geek. I’ve been lucky to do lots of work in those fields, but this is the first time I got to be a professional beer geek, and it was awesome.”
Wil Wheaton @wilw Actor, Homebrewer and Professional Geek
“Beer tastes like my website … all over the map, but I’ve never met a beer I didn’t like.”
From the most unlikely yet intensely imaginative trio that is actor and uber-geek champion Wil Wheaton, alternative news website Fark.com creator Drew Curtis and Stone CEO/Co-founder Greg Koch, comes an imperial stout unlike any ever made. Brewed with rye, wheat malt and pecans and partially aged in Bourbon whiskey barrels, this viscous yet silken brew erupts with an oaky, nutty bouquet and rich flavors of vanilla, toast and bitter chocolate. Enjoy now or cellar this celebration of nth degree passion and geekery applied most gracefully to the craft of brewing and collaboration-Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout!
Twitter: @stonegreg @wilw @drewcurtis and @stonebrewingco
Closing out, many of these beers hit the shelf and go pretty quickly. In most cases, these beers let many of the beer drinkers down with the liquid. This brew is totally different. These three guys put a ton of thought behind it and put their stamp on it, which you can see the details above in description from the beer bottle selection. This is a great brew. I love the stout and the wheat malt makes this stout light in body. I love the chocolate and the pecans gives this brew another element. It blends nicely with the beer and then age the beer in barrels that gives some nice vanilla notes. If you can find this beer, I highly recommend this brew. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Fuller’s London Porter is the next brew that will be featured on this beer blog. If you read my beer blog post on their ESB, you know the history of this brewery. If you have not read that beer blog post, please, that beer blog post to get to know this brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a jet black color without a head on the beer. The smell is rich chocolate black coffee. The taste of this light to medium body beer is dark chocolate and coffee with a dry dark chocolate aftertaste. It is not drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Fuller’s London Porter is an award-winning example of this historic English style; smooth and creamy with delicious chocolate and coffee flavors derived from the roasted malts.
The Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, London, has been brewing fine ales since 1654.
The Fuller, Smith & Turner partnership, dating back to 1845, brews an excellent range of award-winning ales, many of which are available in the USA, including London Pride pale ale and the world’s original ESB. I hope you will enjoy trying all our fine ales.
Fuller’s London Porter, is widely regarded as the World’s Finest Porter: having won awards all over the world, London Porter is regularly voted the number one Porter on beer websites such as http://www.ratebeer.com, a tremendous accolade to our brewing team. The origins of Porter date back to London in the early eighteenth century, and the beer has seen fame around the world, from Ireland to the USA and Australia. It was the dominant beer style in London for quite some time, and takes its name from the street and river porters of the city who carried goods around the streets.
Tasting notes
Fuller’s London Porter captures the flavours of those original brews perfectly, although you won’t find a cloudy pint these days! Rich, dark and complex, at 5.4% ABV the beer has an outstanding depth of flavour.
It is brewed from a blend of Brown, Crystal and Chocolate malts for a creamy delivery balanced by traditional Fuggles hops. The range of flavours works well with a wide variety of foods, ranging from rich meat dishes, to oysters, and even chocolate puddings.
In the end, this is a great classic porter from Fuller’s. This beer is rich and smooth with a ton of chocolate and coffee notes. There is a lot going in this brew. I can see many American Craft Breweries trying to make their own version of this great beer. If you love porters, this is one porter you have to try before you make any judgement on other porters in the world. This porter is in my top five porters of all time. I recommend you trying this brew. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
In this beer blog, we are going to get into the flagship from Fuller’s Brewery and the beer is London Pride Pale Ale. If you read my beer blog post on their ESB, you know the history of this brewery. If you have not read that beer blog post, please, read that post to get to know this brewery. Let us get into beer.
It has a clear copper color with a constant white head. There is no smell to this beer. The taste is a malty caramel with a light carbonation with a tropical fruit aftertaste. It is drinkable and refreshing beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Fuller’s London Pride is an award-winning English classic premium beer, rich and smooth, with a good malty base and well-developed hop notes in the finish.
The Griffin Brewery in Chiswichk, London, has been brewing fine beers since 1654.
The Fuller, Smith & Turner partnership, dating back to 1845, brews an excellent range of award-winning beers, many of which are available in the USA, including London Pride premium beer and the world’s original ESB. I hope you will enjoy trying all our fine beers.
Ending, this is a great beer but I am not a huge fan of the malty base pale ales. This is how all English Pale Ales. There is nothing wrong that brewing styles. Europe set the standard for the classic beer styles. I love the hops that they use in this brew but I just feel this beer would be better if it did not have a huge malty backbone. This is what the brewery and the brewmaster at the time was going for in the recipe. So for what it is, it is well made beer. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
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