Type: Wine – Gewürztraminer Name: Chateau St. Jean – 2008 Gewürztraminer Price: $15.00 Made: Kenwood, CA Alc/Vol: 13.2% “This elegant wine is composed of Gewürztraminer grapes from Sonoma country’s acclaimed vineyards. It expresses fragrant varietal aromas of honey suckle, rose petals and spice, with flavors of lychee fruit.” This wine was marked down before Thanksgiving [...] [...more]
Type: Beer – American Amber Ale / Red Ale Name: North Coast Brewing Co. – Red Seal Ale Price: $1.79 Made: Mendocino County, California Alc/Vol: 5.5% I was delightfully excited to try this beer, as I am a fan of red ales. It boasted “generally hopped for a long spicy denouement” and “water, malted barley, [...] [...more]
Type: Beer – Fruit Beer Name: 21st Amendment Brewery – Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer Price: Free (gift) Made: San Francisco, CA Alc/Vol: 4.9% Now, before I really go into how I felt about this beer I already had a slight pretense against it. A friend of mine, Greg, is a bit [...] [...more]
Type: Beer – Czech Pilsner Name: Lagunitas Pils – Czech Style Pilsner Price: $1.99 Made: Petaluma, CA Alc/Vol: 6.2% As I poured myself a glass I noticed a little trail of words that followed the label, and to my pleasant surprise this is what I read. “Like Adam and Eve, Isaac and Ishmael, Mao and [...] [...more]
Type: Beer Name: Anchor Brewing’s Steam Beer Price: $1.89 Made: San Francisco, California Alc/Vol: 4.9% This beer was forgettable, I kind of wish I wrote down all the fine points as I was drinking it but truth be told even with my notes there wasn’t much there. I didn’t think that this was nesecarily a [...] [...more]