Category Archives: Ale Yeast

Wheat Wine. Weyerbacher 14

Beer: Weyerbacher Fourteen Brewery: Weyerbacher Brewing Company Wheat Wine is a truly American craft beer concoction and there are not many beer styles that can be attributed specifically to the United States. One of the better beer stories of the … Continue reading

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Good Wood. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron.

Beer: Palo Santo Marron (February 17, 2009 bottling) Brewery: Dogfish Head I am going to try not to over indulge on words here.  Dogfish Head brewery has been a horse of a different color in the American Craft Beer scene … Continue reading

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Filed under Ale Yeast, American Strong Ale, Dogfish Head, Strong Ale, Top Fermenting

Rogue John Squared

Beer: John John Ale Brewery: Rogue Brewery The Rogue Brewery is one of a select few American Craft Breweries that can put some serious history on the mantle. Opening in later 1988, Rogue celebrated their two decades of brewing a little over … Continue reading

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Friend of the Devil.

Beer: Hop Devil Ale vs. Wild Devil Ale Brewery: Victory Brewing Company So last post I did an overview of Ommegang Ommegeddon and the world of Brettanomyces.  If you read  that post you will recall I was underwhelmed by the most … Continue reading

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Filed under Ale Yeast, American IPA, Bottle Conditioned, Brettanomyces, Hops, Wild Ale

Bring da Funk. Ommegeddon.

Beer: Ommegeddon, Batch #4 May 2009 Brewery: Ommegang Brettanomyces, the other yeast beast.  The majority of beer, and by majority I mean 99.9%, that is available to you or I, becomes said liquid via the important and humble micro-organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae (aka … Continue reading

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