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Samuel Adams Imperial Series
Living large
What makes a beer "big"? Well, it depends what year you're drinking it.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| March 26, 2009
St-Ambroise ales
Gifts from above
As American beer drinkers enjoy these bounteous days, it's worth remembering that there are excellent breweries from Canada that, due to their small size and subsequent inability to fund more expansive distribution, are unable to sell their wares in the states.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| January 21, 2009
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout
Black gold
“Ten Fidy” is not the price per gallon, but simply the name of the latest, greatest beer from Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, Colorado.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| October 31, 2008
Schmaltz Coney Island Lagers
Freaking delicious
The latest offerings from New York’s Schmaltz Brewing Co. celebrate — as Elvis Costello once put it — the “other side of summer.”
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| August 13, 2008
Tommy's Naked Soda
Steer clear
Soda ratcheted up a level, while still paying homage to the tonic classics.
By:
PHIL AMARA
| June 04, 2008
St. Bernardus Abt 12 and Satan Red
The eternal struggle
In beer, as in life, there is good and there is evil.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| May 07, 2008
Samuel Adams American Homebrew Contest winners
Cheered beers
Ever since Jimmy Carter legalized homebrewing in 1978, Americans have been sterilizing bottles, boiling barley malt, and trying their hands at a galaxy of adventuresome beer styles.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| April 23, 2008
Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve
The gold standard
In 1973, the late, great Mets pitcher Tug McGraw was asked how he’d spend his postseason share.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| March 12, 2008
Carlsberg Jacobsen Dark Lager
A great Dane
“What is your affair in Elsinore?” Hamlet asks Horatio in Act 1, Scene 2. “We’ll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.”
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| January 02, 2008
Scaldis Noël
A worthy indulgence
It’s the time of year for indulging and imbibing.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| December 19, 2007
Razzy’s infused vodka
Defying expectations
To me, non-infused vodka reeks of hairspray, while infused vodka reeks of pretentious cocktails and strained conversation. But...
By:
RACHEL NOLAN
| October 17, 2007
Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.
Say what it wants in a big way
“The role of a comedian,” said the late Lenny Bruce, is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every 15 seconds.”
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| October 03, 2007
Lagunitas IPA Maximus
Feed your habit
Even as the son of a dental hygienist, that’s a risk I’m willing to take for IPA Maximus.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| August 22, 2007
Toscanini’s Vietnamese coffee
Who needs half-caff?
As construction workers dismantled the giant metal T that presided over Harvard Square until this past December, my friends and co-workers began to lose weight.
By:
RACHEL NOLAN
| August 08, 2007
Hitachino Nest Japanese ales
... (Delicious)
That’s just the kind of pitcher I want on my team.
By:
MIKE MILIARD
| June 27, 2007
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