With St. Patrick’s Day soon approaching it’s time to perfect your beer pouring skills. Today’s Malt Monday post features a basic tutorial on How to Pour the Perfect Guinness Harp Black and Tan which is basically two beers (Guinness and Harp) layered on top of one another in the glass so your beer is Half…
Malt Monday Beer Review of the Week: Nut Roll Ale
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Nut Roll Ale Style: Brown Ale Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.5% Calories: unknown Price: $55/case Merry Christmas Eve! This week’s Giggles, Gobbles and Gulps’ Malt Monday beer review features another winter seasonal beer from Pennsylvania Brewing/Penn Brewery, their 2012 Nut Roll Ale. Penn’s new Nut Roll Ale was inspired by the popular eastern-European-style pastry made…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Tommyknocker Brewery and Pub’s Maple Nut Brown
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Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub’s Maple Nut Brown Style: Brown Ale Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.5% Calories: 150 Price: $1.89 So here we are, days before Thanksgiving and I am scrambling. I have a ton of real-life, grown-up work to do before Thanksgiving and it’s not fun. Currently, I have two baskets of laundry, folded,…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Blue Point Brewing Company Blueberry Ale
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Blue Point Brewing Company Blueberry Ale Style: Specialty beer, Fruit Alcohol by Volume (ABV):4.6% Calories: 138 Price: $1.89/bottle I had a chance to attend the Philadelphia PA Beer Fest this weekend and taste some amazing beers. I noticed a large presence of fruit-style beers which was slightly surprising for a Beer Fest. I always thought…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: River Horse Special Ale
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River Horse Special Ale Style: American Amber Ale Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.5% Calories:165 Price: $1.99/bottle After a bunch of Octoberfest and Pumpkin duds I was excited to start November with a fresh selection of beers. I decided to take a break from the seasonal beers and go back to a good old amber ale….
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Otter Creek Brewing Oktoberfest
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Otter Creek Brewing Oktoberfest Style: Amber Ale Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.5% Calories: unknown Price: $1.59/bottle “Once I thought I saw you in a crowded, hazy bar … You are like a Hurricane, there’s calm in your eye.” I’ve been singing Neil Young’s lyrics in my head all day. We are knee-deep in…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Jaw-Jacker Spiced Ale
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Jaw-Jacker Spiced Ale Style: Amber-Wheat Ale Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6% Calories: 180 Price: $1.89/bottle Arcadia Ale’s Jaw-Jacker Spiced Ale is the next beer in the Oktoberfest/Pumpkin Beer series of seasonal brews. Spice is the key word here. This beer has a ton of spice flavor including cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of cloves. While…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Schlafly Oktoberfest
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Schlafly Oktoberfest Style: Lager Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.5% Calories: 165 Price: $1.79/bottle This is my favorite time of the year when it comes to beers. I am such a fan of Pumpkin Ales and Oktoberfest brews. The competition is tough and it takes a lot to stand out in the seasonal beer aisle. I…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Fisherman’s Imperial Pumpkin Stout
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Fisherman’s Imperial Pumpkin Stout Style: Stout Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 7% Calories:210 Price: $1.79/bottle Awards: 2007 New England Microbrew Champ and Silver Medal winner at the 2007 Great International Beer Festival This week’s Malt Monday review is the first of my seasonal beer selections for Pumpkin Ales. I love Pumpkin beer so I was stoked…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Abita’s Purple Haze
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Purple Haze Style: Lager Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.2% Calories: 128 Price: $1.99/bottle Awards: “People’s Choice” bronze winner in the Specialty Beer category at the Atlantic City Beer Fest Brewed by Abita Brewing Company out of Louisiana, Purple Haze is a light, not heavy, beer with a low alcohol volume making it easily drinkable. I was drawn to this beer by…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Great Lakes Brewing Company’s Eliot Ness
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Eliot Ness Style: Vienna Lager Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6.2% Calories: 194 Price: $2.09/bottle Awards: Gold Medal (multiple years) World Beer Championships I stumbled across this week’s beer while creating my own six-pack at my favorite beer shop. I was drawn to the beer bottle’s label and it’s mysteriousness. Equally appealing was the beer’s name,…
Malt Monday’s Beer Review of the Week: Goose Island Nut Brown Ale
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One of the things you will learn about me by reading this blog is my absolute love of a good beer. My obsession with great tasting beer began in 1995 when I started bartending, while in college, at a sports bar with over 30 assorted beers on tap and nearly 100 micro-brews available by the…
