There certainly are a number of things to consider when tasting a new beer - color, clarity, head, taste and finish all come to mind, but it seems a novice beer collector like me needs to be aware of another, sometimes more important aspect of the tasting process as well. I call it Setting and Circumstance. I expounded on the topic (perhaps to excess) at Beer Rant but feel it's important and (hopefully) thought-provoking enough to raise here at Aleuminati as well. The environment in whic… Continue

I was looking at my phone today and I thought: "Is it vain to have a picture of yourself as your wallpaper on your phone?"

Over at the VBG-log did a little write up of the Brew Dog Paradox 009, and some other beers from last night.

It's good to be back at the Aleuminati site. Please forgive our recent absence, we've been trying tirelessly to get our show picked up or sponsored in order to make it possible to bring you a show that is equal in quality and taste to the phenomenal beer we all enjoy. Step 1 in this journey is going to be our documentary of the Brewer's Association event: SAVOR. For those of you that don't know what this is, here's a link http://beertown.org/events/SAVOR/ Please take a look at the list of spe… Continue

Thanks to the encouragement of many of you here on Aleuminati, I've been trying many IPAs over the last month or so and I can now say with confidence that I LOVE IPAs! I had my first Dogfish Head 90-minute Imperial IPA tonight and I just loved it! I wrote up a raving review of it tonight on my main blog. Looking forward to tasting more like this in the future.

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