“Originally under the name ‘Especial Rivera,’ Estrella Galicia Especial came one year after the brewery’s rebranding … Fermenting the beer with their house yeast, Hijos de Rivera Estrella Galicia then lagers this brew for one month to deliver an uno-dos punch of flavor …”
Read More“The Green City is Other Half’s flagship IPA. Plenty of oats go into the malt bill to make it extra creamy. Brewer Richardson hops it with Citra, Centennial, and Simcoe hops and somehow manages to get the reverse of what you expect …”
Read More“Domaine de la Bergerie has been a family estate since 1964 when Marie-Scholastique Horeau first purchased it. A winemaker from a winemaking family, Horeau began a legacy that her great-granddaughters, Anne and Marie Guégniard, continue today …”
Read More"For this beer, Herndon’s Aslin Beer Company doubles down on the number '2.' First … and second of all, it’s a double dry-hopped, double IPA. On top of that ..."
Read More"Just in time for Halloween, the Vegia Rampana ('Old Witch') casts a welcome and strong spell with just a bit of a chill on it and just a bit of chill in the air. "
Read More"For this wine, take what you’re used to from New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs and set it aside ..."
Read More"Releasing this brew just at the beginning of this past summer, Richmond’s Väsen Brewing Company may have taken this beer’s name from the recently released young fantasy novel. However, there’s a Cloud Thief restaurant in Sydney, Australia, so it could be that — you never know. Whatever its eponym, the Cloud Thief is aptly titled as it’s a super hazy wheat IPA ..."
Read More"CARMIM is the Cooperativa Agrícola de Reguengos de Monsaraz. Created in 1971, they now have 800 members producing wine, brandy, and olive oil, making it Alentejo’s largest winery and one of the largest in the country ..."
Read More"The Content Modulator is a dark lager brewed with a loaded malt bill — Pilsner Malt, Munich Malt, Caramunich Malt, and Pale Chocolate Malt. If you think the resultant brew will be too rich, fear not ..."
Read More"In 2006, Vincente’s great-grandchildren, Juan Diez and Santiago Matallana Bulnes stepped forward to bring the family’s old dream alive. They hired a vineyard manager and winemaker who set them on the path to creating a low intervention winery ..."
Read More"Believe it or not, the Italian-Style Pilsner is a relatively new thing ... In 1996, founder Agostino Arioli set out to make a German style Pilsner. It didn’t come out the way he wanted, but he liked what he finally got ..."
Read More"Morellino is more commonly known as Sangiovese. However, the Morellino di Scansano differs from north Tuscan Sangiovese in that, here, in Maremma, the grape ripens more fully. A riper grape leads to rounder and more savory Sangiovese … which brings us to this week’s red Wine of the Week."
Read More"Oh, what the Citra hop hath wrought ... Thank you, Veil, for further justifying our love of the pineapple IPA."
Read More"Cantina del Morellino di Scansano is a collective of winemakers who banded together in 1972. After a decade of growth, they found themselves at a crossroads — focus on producing more wine (and grow bigger) or focus on increasing their wine’s quality ..."
Read More"The Pocahoptus is one of Center of the Universe’s first beers. An unfiltered West Coast Style IPA, it contains, according to them, 'four different hops from the Pacific Northwest combined with a base of imported English 2-row barley and Crystal malts.' ..."
Read More"Though the Grupo is still run by members of the Ucín family, the modern identity of Olarra was carved out by former winemaker Ezequiel García, who was the Olarra winemaker for 21 years, dying in 2017. García worked to produce fruit-driven, blended Riojas with fruit pulled from local growers ..."
Read More"Solace’s Super Dope is proof that you can’t judge an IPA by its hops. They fashion it out of Amarillo, Centennial, and Columbus hops, which sounds like a recipe for West Coast Style citrusy bitterness. Instead ..."
Read More"Though based in Alligny-Cosne, on the east side of the Loire, in Nièvre, between Orléans and Bourges to the west, Maison Foucher keeps 40 hectares of vineyards in Muscadet Sèvre et Maine. The Melon de Bourgogne for this Loire Valley white comes from there, from vines that are up to 35 years old ..."
Read More"Before co-founding Blue Mountain Brewery in 2007 ... Taylor Smack was ... in Chicago heading up the brewing for Goose Island Brewing Company's brewpubs ... Now, Goose Island is the maker of the legendary Bourbon County Stout — America’s first commercially offered bourbon barrel-aged stout — and Smack was working there about five years into that beer’s run. So, it's no wonder that four years after founding Blue Mountain, Taylor oversaw the building of the Blue Mountain Barrel House — a facility dedicated to barrel-aged beers. Sadly, that program has scaled down, but its first beer – the Dark Hollow – remains ..."
Read More"In the 1990s, Guibert Family patriarch Aimé Guibert discovered 'an exceptional amphitheatre' of vineyards in Villeveyrac, in the Hérault department. Said amphitheater is a ring of hills facing the port city of Sète and the Mediterranean Sea beyond it. At a time when people were pulling up vines, Aimé Guibert worked with local growers to save the area ... His Moulin de Gassac line of wines (first release, 1993) come from the grapes grown in Villeveyrac vineyards and played an important role in demonstrating the value of this area for wine production ..."
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