What's on the sill now?
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Have you heard about Shirts on Tap? They work with local breweries—currently in Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Portland, Seattle
Check out the latest shirt I got, this badass t-shirt from @flyinglionbrewing
Head on over to @shirtsontap for more info, and to sign
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Use the promo code WINDOWSILLS at checkout, and you get your first month for only $5!
Have you heard about Shirts on Tap? They work with local breweries—currently in Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Portland, Seattle and Chicago—to design custom kickass t-shirts. Every month, they ship you one, for only $18 a month. You can either choose to always receive shirts form the same city, or a rotating program. Cancel any time!
My first shirt is from San Diego’s Second Chance Beer Company:
Head on over to Shirts on Tap for more info, and to sign up, today! Tell ‘em Beers on Windowsills sent ya!
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If you go look in your fridge right now, what are you going to find? If you’re a craft beer lover like me, you’re going to see lots of cans of beer. These days, it seems that almost every craft brewery is distributing in beautifully designed cans, and we have two companies to thank for that. No, Oskar Blues, who many credit as the first craft beer ever sold to the masses in cans, is not one of them. I’m talking about the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company and the American Can Company, who came together on this day, January 24, in 1935 to sell the world’s first canned beers. Continue reading “Thank Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company for Your Delicious Canned Beers”
Brewery: Revival Brewing Co.
Beer: Fanny Session IPA
ABV: 4.7%
IBU: 55
Hop Varieties: Simcoe, El Dorado, Mosaic, Equinox, Centennial, Kohatu and Rakau
When it comes to craft beer, sometimes the name on the label has as diverse a background as the ingredients in the can. Let’s get the story behind Revival Brewing’s Fanny Session IPA. Continue reading “The Interesting Story Behind Revival Brewing’s Fanny Session IPA”
When my journey into the world of craft beers began, I didn’t really know too much about the intricacies of the beer industry. Yes, I knew I liked beer, and that I preferred “good” beer, as opposed to the swill my dad’s generation somehow pushes down its gullet (and I pushed down my gullet in college), but I didn’t really know how to differentiate between beers.
As I expanded my palate, and learned about new styles of brew, I came to find a real appreciation for one kind of beer in particular: the India Pale Ale, or IPA.
So what’s an IPA, and how is it made? Continue reading “The Hoppy History of the India Pale Ale”
Even though this beer is a little out of left field for me, it’s still cool enough to sit on my sill.
Did I ever tell you that I hate the Red Sox?
I’ve hated the Red Sox since I first learned about baseball after moving to the United States in 1987, and I will hate the Red Sox until the day I die (there will still be beers on my window sill, don’t you worry). That being said, I kinda like Fenway Park.
Sure, it’s got a bit of an awkward layout, is a dreadful pea green color and has seats that are not comfortable if you’re any larger than your average-sized seven-year old boy or girl, but it has personality. It has character. It has a certain…je ne sais quoi that almost makes it tolerable for a Yankees fan like me that the place is always full of obnoxious Red Sox fans.
Continue reading “The History Behind Wachusett Brewing Company’s Green Monsta IPA”
A beer, by any other name, still sits nicely on a window sill.
As William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name?” While Juliet wasn’t referring to hops and barley when she posed this famous question, Name This Beer! IPA–a hazy, citrusy American IPA flavored with tangerine–really puts it to the test. In November of 2016, the Bronx Brewery, Whole Foods Market, Inc. and The Infatuation partnered up to boldly release this delicious brew without a name at all.
Why no name? You’ll notice that under the bottle there are two blank lines. That’s because they literally want their customers to name their beer. In case you aren’t keen to believe them, they say right underneath that, “For real… We want you to name this beer!”
Being a glass-half-full kind of person, I don’t see this as a nameless beer at all. To me, this beer has infinite names. Anybody can name it anything they want. Have too many clever fantasy football team names in your reserves? Name your beer Wolf Cola, and make all of your buddies laugh. Did you get overruled when the time came to name the last family pet? Why not name your beer Dolph Lundgren instead? If you’re afraid you’ll get outvoted, just buy your naming rivals their own bottle. Everybody wins.
Continue reading “I Named My ‘Name This Beer!’ Kato the Fat Cat. What Will You Name Yours?”