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Off the Shelf: Beers of October
I’m finally getting the October beer tastings up. Brands we tasted are Solemn Oath, Pipeworks, Spiteful Brewing, Highland Brewery, Lazy Magnolia, Smoky Mountain Brewery and Avery. October is the month when all of the pumpkin and pumpkin spice brews come out. I’m not really a hater, but I do find it mildly annoying that every […]
Off the Shelf: Beers of September
Not only do the lovely Ms. Kathleen and I try numerous exquisite beers from Avery, Une Anee, Smoky Mountain Brewery, Solemn Oath, Lost Abbey and, of course, Pipeworks but we also chat a little about our trip to the Smoky Mountains and all of the moonshine we did not have. If you like our tastings […]
Off the Shelf — Beers of August
I do in fact know that it is now October. Hand-Eye Media HQ has been a working hard to make the donuts as well as planning some special things for the BLP. The lovely Mrs. Kathleen and I sampled more beers through August, including some regional beers from Appalachia, in particular, the Smoky Mountain Brewery. […]
Alcohol 101: Yeast Food
Sreedhar Yedavalli, Matt Mayes and I have our third discussion in a series detailing what alcohol is and how we get variations of intoxicating liquids. In this episode we discuss how the food that the yeast consumes, primarily types of sugars, produces variations in the kinds of excretions that are added to the alcohol mix. […]
Off the Shelf: The Beers of July
July was a busy month for us…house guests, road trips, extended stays in small Tennessee towns with no internet…the sampled beers this month were a little light and featured only Pipeworks. No, no, I am not a product rep for Pipeworks (though maybe I should be), but I’m just being brand focused and it seems […]
Monster Summoning V: Southern Dandy
It’s another Monster Summoning episode! Bobby introduced me to a regular drink offering at Fion called the Southern Dandy. It was really damned good! Tasted like a bourbon ice cream float. 1/4 muddled peach 2 dashes peach bitters 1/4 oz egg white 1/4 oz cream 2 oz bourbon dash of genepi A little simple […]