Didn't get enough of Benny Brewing yet? This past week, Ben stopped by WILK's Friday Beer Buzz.
With all this free publicity we're giving them, I may have to check these guys out for my own review soon.
Chip The Beer Guy - Benny Brewing
This week, Rock 107's Chip the Beer Guy stops by to chat with the local brewer behind Benny Brewing in Sheatown, PA.
Happy Valentine's Day
Forget flowers, candy, cards, and jewelry. Surprise your special someone for Valentine's Day with a six pack of a delicious brew to share.
Beers I Tried This Weekend...
Picked up a six pack of Leinenkugel's Fireside Nut Brown on Friday night. I love brown ales and this was good...but there's something about Leines that after like 2 or 3, I lose all taste for them.
Then on Sunday I tried a few new ones in a Wegman's variety pack:
Not sure what's on tap (no pun intended) for Thanksgiving. I'll keep everyone posted!
Then on Sunday I tried a few new ones in a Wegman's variety pack:
- Harpoon Winter Warmer (Good)
- Blue Point Toasted Lager (Better)
- Michelob Ultra Amber (Don't know what I was thinking)
- Scrimshaw Pilsner (Decent)
Not sure what's on tap (no pun intended) for Thanksgiving. I'll keep everyone posted!
NT3's Favorite Fall Beers
Smell that? No, not that! (Though I did eat chili for lunch...) It's the smell of fall in the air. Leaves changing color, a cool breeze blowing, football on television, and of course FALL BEERS. This is my favorite time of year for beer with some of the best specialty beers popping up all over. It seems like every brewery has an Oktoberfest variety or a pumpkin variety these days and some even have both! Thankfully I've tried quite a few and I'm here to tell you the essentials.
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
The quintessential "Oktoberfest" beer by America's leading microbrewers. Dark, full, rich, and delicious - this is a must have from September through November for me. Plus you can get it almost anywhere these days, which means there's always a delicious fall beer close at hand.
Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale
By far the best offering in Michelob's seasonal collection, Jack's is the perfect autumn session beer. Drinkable for everyone, it's a great introduction to pumpkin beers without having that "pumpkin pie in a bottle" flavor that can often times be too overpowering. So perfect for fall football Sundays.
Dogfishhead Punkin Ale
For the more experienced drinker is this premium fall beer. Smoky, spicy, and full of great autumn flavor, this beer isn't for everyone but if you love pumpkin beer you'll love this.
Breaker Potbelly Pumpkin Ale
Awesome awesome fall beer from the small Breaker Brewery. This is a little darker and heavier than the others and is a great late fall choice. It's only available on tap which is kind of tragic, actually, because this is the perfect accompaniment to Thanksgiving dinner.
Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale
From California, this is one of the nation's original pumpkin beers (or so they claim!) It's sort of similar to the Sea Dog Apricot in that it tastes a lot like pumpkin but isn't overpoweringly fruity. It's sort of a "refreshing" fall beer, if that makes any sense. Different and definitely worth a try. Just note that I've had a heck of a hard time finding it this season.
So there you have it. What are you waiting for? Head on out to the distributor, grocery store, or neighborhood tavern and give these puppies a shot! Fall won't last forever, you know!
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
The quintessential "Oktoberfest" beer by America's leading microbrewers. Dark, full, rich, and delicious - this is a must have from September through November for me. Plus you can get it almost anywhere these days, which means there's always a delicious fall beer close at hand.
Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale
By far the best offering in Michelob's seasonal collection, Jack's is the perfect autumn session beer. Drinkable for everyone, it's a great introduction to pumpkin beers without having that "pumpkin pie in a bottle" flavor that can often times be too overpowering. So perfect for fall football Sundays.
Dogfishhead Punkin Ale
For the more experienced drinker is this premium fall beer. Smoky, spicy, and full of great autumn flavor, this beer isn't for everyone but if you love pumpkin beer you'll love this.
Breaker Potbelly Pumpkin Ale
Awesome awesome fall beer from the small Breaker Brewery. This is a little darker and heavier than the others and is a great late fall choice. It's only available on tap which is kind of tragic, actually, because this is the perfect accompaniment to Thanksgiving dinner.
Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale
From California, this is one of the nation's original pumpkin beers (or so they claim!) It's sort of similar to the Sea Dog Apricot in that it tastes a lot like pumpkin but isn't overpoweringly fruity. It's sort of a "refreshing" fall beer, if that makes any sense. Different and definitely worth a try. Just note that I've had a heck of a hard time finding it this season.
So there you have it. What are you waiting for? Head on out to the distributor, grocery store, or neighborhood tavern and give these puppies a shot! Fall won't last forever, you know!
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Click on the link above and VOTE for us! No one likes beer as much as us, so make us the Philly Region representative for the Budweiser National Contest.
Drink up and vote now!
Click on the link above and VOTE for us! No one likes beer as much as us, so make us the Philly Region representative for the Budweiser National Contest.
Drink up and vote now!
Beer Distributor Shooting
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/03/eight-dead-in-shooting-at-beer-distributor-in-connecticut/
Not that we would ever try to make light of such a tragic situation...but I have to admit that I've been faced with an urge to shoot up a beer distributor a few times when I went in and saw someone buying Miller Lite.
Not that we would ever try to make light of such a tragic situation...but I have to admit that I've been faced with an urge to shoot up a beer distributor a few times when I went in and saw someone buying Miller Lite.
Happy Birthday America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P85BXvLMOk
Happy Birthday America....hiyooo.
Many of you may already know, but July 4th was almost an afterthought, we could have been celebrating July 2nd as Independence Day. Why? Because on July 2, 1776, Congress approved the Declaration, but it wasn't until July 4th in which the Declaration was revised to what the world what come to know as the Declaration of Independence. Don't believe me? Well, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, 234 years ago that:
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."
John Adams was right about the celebration that would undoubtedly take place each following Independence Day. It is truly one of the great worldwide holidays in which we get to show our pride in our country, our brethren, our roots, our history. The 4th gives us Americans a reason to join together in unity once again and celebrate the patriots who gave us this wonderful life of opportunity and pursuit of happiness.
Another interesting note, only a few founding fathers signed the Declaration in July of 1776, most of the founding fathers didn't sign the document until August 2. (I assume you know where I'm about to go with this) From July 4th until August 2nd, the leaders of our nation we're busy....
Busy drinking and celebrating. Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson may have created the expression "don't tempt me with a good time" and what better reason to get sudsy than organizing the independence of the next great nation? These two loved wine so much, historians have written essays about it. Like Franklin said, "There is truth in wine". I mean, come on people, Sam Adams was a signer and he was a noted brewer...that's not even a joke, or some random choice for a current Boston based brewing company-he actually was a brewer. You know he was rolling down kegs of his good stuff for this. So after a 4 week bender and a Liberty Bell sized hangover, many of the founding fathers shook off the cobwebs, and finally signed the damn Declaration....forever going down in history as one of the hallmarks of history.
It would be un-American to not enjoy some delicious libations on this national holiday, just as our founding fathers partook in often while getting this country free from British rule.
Happy 4th of July everybody, Happy Birthday America.
God Bless, and Drink Up.
Happy Birthday America....hiyooo.
Many of you may already know, but July 4th was almost an afterthought, we could have been celebrating July 2nd as Independence Day. Why? Because on July 2, 1776, Congress approved the Declaration, but it wasn't until July 4th in which the Declaration was revised to what the world what come to know as the Declaration of Independence. Don't believe me? Well, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, 234 years ago that:
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."
John Adams was right about the celebration that would undoubtedly take place each following Independence Day. It is truly one of the great worldwide holidays in which we get to show our pride in our country, our brethren, our roots, our history. The 4th gives us Americans a reason to join together in unity once again and celebrate the patriots who gave us this wonderful life of opportunity and pursuit of happiness.
Another interesting note, only a few founding fathers signed the Declaration in July of 1776, most of the founding fathers didn't sign the document until August 2. (I assume you know where I'm about to go with this) From July 4th until August 2nd, the leaders of our nation we're busy....
Busy drinking and celebrating. Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson may have created the expression "don't tempt me with a good time" and what better reason to get sudsy than organizing the independence of the next great nation? These two loved wine so much, historians have written essays about it. Like Franklin said, "There is truth in wine". I mean, come on people, Sam Adams was a signer and he was a noted brewer...that's not even a joke, or some random choice for a current Boston based brewing company-he actually was a brewer. You know he was rolling down kegs of his good stuff for this. So after a 4 week bender and a Liberty Bell sized hangover, many of the founding fathers shook off the cobwebs, and finally signed the damn Declaration....forever going down in history as one of the hallmarks of history.
It would be un-American to not enjoy some delicious libations on this national holiday, just as our founding fathers partook in often while getting this country free from British rule.
Happy 4th of July everybody, Happy Birthday America.
God Bless, and Drink Up.
Great American Beers
America's birthday is upon us. With it come cookouts, vacations, blowing things up, and, of course, drinking.
Your beer choices on the 4th of July are different than any other day in the summer. Afterall, you can't exactly drink a Corona while celebrating Independence Day. (Oh my God, you were going to drink Corona weren't you? That's not very patriotic of you!) So I decided to put together a list of suggestions for frosty cold beverages for your weekend.
Budweiser
It is, after all, "The Great American Lager." There's nothing more American than popping open a Bud during a BBQ. Even the label is patriotic.
2nd Choice: Bud Light (It has an even more patriotic label!)
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
I usually place this near the top of my Thanksgiving lists too. But while we're suggesting patriotic beers, how can I not include this one? It has a founding father right on the label!
2nd Choice: Samuel Adams Summer Lager
Yuengling Lager
This is one that people drink all the time but it's one of the only remaining old American style lager's still available in the United States. If you want to drink what they were drinking on Independence Days before prohibition, this is your best bet.
2nd Choice: Lionshead (Like Yuengling only with twice the hangover.)
Pabst Blue Ribbon
While not quite the 1890's throwback of Yuengling, Pabst will make you feel like you're drinking at your family cookout in 1962. Plus there's something about 4th of July at the beach that almost makes cans acceptable.
2nd Choice: Rolling Rock (in a pony bottle!)
Southampton Double White
For something different but bonafide American, give this refreshing wheat beer a try. It's brewed in a small public house on Long Island that's been in operation for over 100 years. Also it's one of the best witbiers anywhere.
2nd Choice: Bells Oberon
I hope that gives you guys all a good guide for your trip to the beer distributor or grocery store for your holiday weekend.
Before I sign off today, just a reminder that today is Canada Day. Happy birthday to our neighbors in the Great White North! Celebrate with a Moosehead or Molson!
And remember, it's only a BBQ if you're slow cooking ribs and chicken, otherwise it's a cookout! Happy Birthday, America!
Your beer choices on the 4th of July are different than any other day in the summer. Afterall, you can't exactly drink a Corona while celebrating Independence Day. (Oh my God, you were going to drink Corona weren't you? That's not very patriotic of you!) So I decided to put together a list of suggestions for frosty cold beverages for your weekend.
Budweiser
It is, after all, "The Great American Lager." There's nothing more American than popping open a Bud during a BBQ. Even the label is patriotic.
2nd Choice: Bud Light (It has an even more patriotic label!)
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
I usually place this near the top of my Thanksgiving lists too. But while we're suggesting patriotic beers, how can I not include this one? It has a founding father right on the label!
2nd Choice: Samuel Adams Summer Lager
Yuengling Lager
This is one that people drink all the time but it's one of the only remaining old American style lager's still available in the United States. If you want to drink what they were drinking on Independence Days before prohibition, this is your best bet.
2nd Choice: Lionshead (Like Yuengling only with twice the hangover.)
Pabst Blue Ribbon
While not quite the 1890's throwback of Yuengling, Pabst will make you feel like you're drinking at your family cookout in 1962. Plus there's something about 4th of July at the beach that almost makes cans acceptable.
2nd Choice: Rolling Rock (in a pony bottle!)
Southampton Double White
For something different but bonafide American, give this refreshing wheat beer a try. It's brewed in a small public house on Long Island that's been in operation for over 100 years. Also it's one of the best witbiers anywhere.
2nd Choice: Bells Oberon
I hope that gives you guys all a good guide for your trip to the beer distributor or grocery store for your holiday weekend.
Before I sign off today, just a reminder that today is Canada Day. Happy birthday to our neighbors in the Great White North! Celebrate with a Moosehead or Molson!
And remember, it's only a BBQ if you're slow cooking ribs and chicken, otherwise it's a cookout! Happy Birthday, America!
Putting the Bar in Bar-B-Q
Is it possible to have a true outdoor barbecue without alcohol?
I'm not sure, but if any of you out there try it, let me know how it goes, because I fear the results will be less than stellar. My friends and I cook out a lot, no seriously, A LOT, so you'll be hearing much about my cookout philosophies, but here's a taste.
Grilling and drinking go hand in hand, literally. For me, while I grill, I virtually always have the spatula or food utensil in my left hand and a frosty mug in my right. (NT3: Interesting, because I always go with the beer in left hand, spatula in right hand approach.) It's a right of passage when you become the resident "Grill Master" and work the grill while everyone else is hanging out, drinking, socializing, etc. It's a unique feeling because although you may be removed from all the action physically, you're actually the center of the magic, everything relies on you. The fate of the party's appetite lies in your hands.
That's a pretty big responsibility, and it's not something that anyone can or should do. Oh no, quite the contrary, a true Grill Master is able to balance the responsibility of the cooking with the other aspects of the party. Earlier tonight as I was grilling for some friends, I had the pleasure of having someone constantly fill up my beer as I was working the grill. This role is vital to the Grill Master because it allows us to focus on the food and not have to worry about filling up our glasses. Next time you're at a cookout, do everyone a favor, and make sure the person manning the grill doesn't have to get his/her own drink. Remember, keep the cook happy; some good advice for ya.
Now, during cookouts, variety in your beverages can make or break the party. Sure, everyone knows what I'll be drinking, but if you're hosting, you better bring the good stuff and not phone in the choices. If you're going to do something then do it right. That's not just a cookout philosophy of mine, that's a life philosophy of mine.
A summer time fan favorite at my cookouts are Mudslides. They're delicious, they're creamy, they're refreshing, they're pretty strong, they're cold-I see no downside here. Plus they sorta act like a dessert, how can you go wrong? Next time you're hosting a cookout in the summer, throw in a frozen concoction like a Mudslide and see what people think, especially the women out there. My guess, it'll be a big hit.
See ya at the next cook out-I'll be the one with the beer and spatula in my hands
I'm not sure, but if any of you out there try it, let me know how it goes, because I fear the results will be less than stellar. My friends and I cook out a lot, no seriously, A LOT, so you'll be hearing much about my cookout philosophies, but here's a taste.
Grilling and drinking go hand in hand, literally. For me, while I grill, I virtually always have the spatula or food utensil in my left hand and a frosty mug in my right. (NT3: Interesting, because I always go with the beer in left hand, spatula in right hand approach.) It's a right of passage when you become the resident "Grill Master" and work the grill while everyone else is hanging out, drinking, socializing, etc. It's a unique feeling because although you may be removed from all the action physically, you're actually the center of the magic, everything relies on you. The fate of the party's appetite lies in your hands.
That's a pretty big responsibility, and it's not something that anyone can or should do. Oh no, quite the contrary, a true Grill Master is able to balance the responsibility of the cooking with the other aspects of the party. Earlier tonight as I was grilling for some friends, I had the pleasure of having someone constantly fill up my beer as I was working the grill. This role is vital to the Grill Master because it allows us to focus on the food and not have to worry about filling up our glasses. Next time you're at a cookout, do everyone a favor, and make sure the person manning the grill doesn't have to get his/her own drink. Remember, keep the cook happy; some good advice for ya.
Now, during cookouts, variety in your beverages can make or break the party. Sure, everyone knows what I'll be drinking, but if you're hosting, you better bring the good stuff and not phone in the choices. If you're going to do something then do it right. That's not just a cookout philosophy of mine, that's a life philosophy of mine.
A summer time fan favorite at my cookouts are Mudslides. They're delicious, they're creamy, they're refreshing, they're pretty strong, they're cold-I see no downside here. Plus they sorta act like a dessert, how can you go wrong? Next time you're hosting a cookout in the summer, throw in a frozen concoction like a Mudslide and see what people think, especially the women out there. My guess, it'll be a big hit.
See ya at the next cook out-I'll be the one with the beer and spatula in my hands
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