“Yes, the Peanut Butter Porter is definitely a thing, and it’s time for Winchester Brew Works get their thing in action …”
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Medium bodied with ripe stone fruits and bright acidity, and is totally delicious.
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“The In the Hollar is a beer that really wants you to taste the grain, and taste it you shall …”
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“The Agree to Disagree is whiskey barrel-aged Barleywine. Made in the English style, the core barleywine enjoys moderate hopping so that (at least, we imagine so that) the resultant beer can be more about what the malts and whiskey notes can do for each other. If that was the intention, it was a good call …”
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The perfect thing for whatever hearty and richly flavored winter meals you have planned. Maybe your own Big Night moment with a carefully labored over Timballo/Timpano?
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“The Währing is named after the Vienna district in which co-owner John Branding lived as a kid. So that means we have a Vienna Lager brewed by someone who’s actually from (or at least has lived in) Vienna. Can you get cooler than that? Well, actually, they can …”
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“We love a good cider with ginger, and we really liked Winchester Ciderworks’ English Style, Off-Dry cider Malice. So, when we said, “What else does Winchester Ciderworks have?” and saw this gingeratious number, we had to try it …”
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A lovely, round Pinot gris with a tiny hint of spice.
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“We were ready to laugh this beer off as all marketing and no merit when O’Connor slapped us down with their phat brew game. For only the second time we’ve encountered a hazy IPA that successfully straddles the old and new hop profiles …”
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“We’re so used to Trappist beer being synonymous with “Belgian beer,” it’s refreshing to be reminded that that need not be so. Case in point, the English St. Bernardan monks make a very English ale. The Tynt Meadow is a strong dark ale (Well, strong for the English - 7.4%.) made from English hops, malt, and yeast, and it is a shocking surprise …”
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Here is a comforting, plump red wine to ease you out of the holiday rush and into the new year.
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This is a sparkler fit for end of the year celebrations! A shop favorite.
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A Duo of Very Different Hop-Forward Beers for the Holidays
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“The Orval Trappist Ale is unique among Trappist ales. Forget the world of Dubbels and Tripels and Quads. Orval makes just one strong golden ale that only tastes like itself …”
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Two wines we have loved drinking recently
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Approachable but not insubstantial and would make for a great house or party red and could also be set aside for a couple years of aging.
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“Three Notch’d Brewing Company’s Nephology Series — named after the scientific study of clouds — is Three Notch’d’s continued perambulation through the world of hazy IPAs. For this latest offering, they’ve decided to zero in on a single hop, New Zealand’s Rakau hop …”
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“Ballad Brewing Company from down in Danville serves up another offering in their Brewer’s Select Series, and, once again, it is surprisingly good …”
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Two new loves!
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This Chardonnay is the perfect cool weather choice for aperitif or vegetable/seafood food dishes.
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