The Adventures of Bren and Sven

A Seasonal Surprise From San Diego

As winter officially wraps up this week and spring rolls in, I took a look back at a rather interesting seasonal that caught my eye as I weaved through the beer isles. That particular seasonal is Karl Strauss' Full Suit. Now when I saw this winter ale looking back at me from the shelves, I couldn't help but ask "Does San Diego even have a winter, let alone Los Angeles?" Well this particular year we did, and a rather cold and wet one at that. So I decided to give this Belgian infused Brown-Ale a ...

An Aventinus Adventure

Well, after much field research I'm happy to say I'm back and ready to write some riveting reviews on my favorite liquid muse. So over my travels (and by travels I mean frequent stops to my local fine spirits shop and pub) I stumbled upon an interesting beast of German brewing madness. A highly acclaimed Bavarian  Wheat Doppelbock from the brew masters of G. Schneider and Sohn, Aventinus has finally made it's way to my glass to be weighed, measured, guzzled, and found wanting. Sorry, my funky fr...

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...