The Adventures of Bren and Sven

Bubbly Belching Blondes

Given my local in sunny southern California and my proximity to Los Angeles, it would only be fitting that I try a beer called Hollywood Blonde. Unfortunately this bubbly brew draws far too many parallels with an authentic southern California blonde. It looks great on the outside but once you pop the top off and dig a bit deeper than that pretty facade you're left unsatisfied and slightly bloated... err I don't know if actual blondes have that effect... but work with me. Now I am serious when I ...

Full Steam Ahead Brewmeister!

It has been said time and time again that the United States is on a slant and all the fruits and nuts have rolled down to California. Having lived in the Golden State my entire life I would have to say that this is a fair statement. Now being a collection of oddly assorted fruits and nuts, this poor state can't seem to agree on anything, has a horrid government, poor economy, and if you care to go into business you better head to Nevada because there is a reason why there is a big red star on th...

The Breakfast of Champions!

There is nothing better than waking up to a thick coffee flavored oatmeal stout! MMMM viscus beer! Okay so unless you're a well functioning alcoholic, and if you are more power to you, this would be a recipe for a rather long and unproductive day, but if that's what you have planned I would highly recommend you try Mikkeller's Beer Geek Breakfast. Now unfortunately I have a job outside of blogging and would like to keep that job, so I did not try this for breakfast but instead had it as a nice d...

Brews from the Crypt

The taste of rot and decay has never been so well bottled until Rouge brewery decided to plop out their ever nauseating version of a Maibock. Now for those of you new to the beer world, a Maibock is a darker, higher alcohol, hoppy bock, originally reserved for the month of May ( hence the prefix of Mai). If you want to know more about Bocks and the wonderful world of craft beers, I highly suggest you check out The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, by Christina Perozzi and Hallie ...

Put a Little Ho in your Gaarden!

No that was not a typo, this post brings you our second beer review - first if you don't count the Budweiser berating on our beer review intro post: Hoegaarden's Witbier-Biere Blanche. This cloudy little citrusy cluster of crisp, clean, coriander creativity hails from the great country of Belgium and it brings with it the image of summer afternoons spent at beer gardens being served by buxom bar maids! So needless to say, we like it! But enough alliteration, lets get down to business and throw t...