Epinions Recent Reviews for beerfly

Belkin (F5D5230-4) Router: Setup as easy as the hype

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:40:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - She's good-looking, cheap, easy, and fast.

But I'd still take her home to Mom. The Belkin 4-Port Cable/DSL Gateway Router was everything the package promised. Easy setup, fast throughput, and even stylish. I'm happy as a clam,...

Only Here For The Beer!

Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:25:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - There is so much more to this City than Iron.

Say "Pittsburgh beer" and most people will say "Iron City." This is one of the very few beers left that are tied so strongly to a city: Dixie, in New Orleans, and...

Only Here For The Beer!

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:32:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Beer is My Business. This is My Town.

I write about beer for a living, and Philadelphia is my base of operations. I actually live in the far 'burbs in Bucks County, but the real beer action is in Philly (though my local, Isaac Newton's,...

Isaiah 40, Verse 3... er, kind of.

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:26:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - The Beer of Him That Breweth in The Wilderness.

I got out to the Pacific Northwest (PacNW) and toured western Oregon recently. One day, after an excellent lunch with great beer on the side of Mt. Hood at the Mt. Hood brewpub, I drove...

Only Here For The Beer!

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 14:03:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Portland is a beer-soaked city.

I mean that in a most congratulatory way. I think it's fabulous that 1 of every 2 draft beers poured in Portland are microbrews. Every bar I went to had at least three great micros on tap. The airport bar...

Age Before Beauty

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:52:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Let's talk hoppy beer for a minute.

Some folks want a screaming mouthful of lupulin, resins clinging to their teeth. This is without subtlety or grace. Some folks are scared of truly hoppy beers. This is without a proper amount...

Worked Hard, Played Hard at Edgefield

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:33:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - It's midnight, and I'm hard at work in the Power Plant. That's one of the bars at McMenamin's Edgefield resort (one of... oh, hell, I lost count. There's at least five), the one where I wound up after a full afternoon in the Distillery Bar and...

Just How Special Is Extra Special Bitter?

Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:38:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - American brewers think they know what an ESB is.

They blithely brew up these ESBs with the guidance of one of two things; a bottle of Fuller's ESB or the style guidelines promulgated by the Institute of Brewing Studies, a group of small...

Good Lord!

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:04:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - A Lager in sheep's clothing; pale but powerful.

This beer is a lying SOB. It's not an ale at all, it's a lager, just like everything else brewed at Yuengling [say "YING-ling"]. To the best of my knowledge, no one at the brewery knows...

They'll Find a Way to Hate This Beer

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 00:15:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - "Now that looks like a beer!"

It still draws me up short to hear mainstream American beer drinkers refer to a beer like Samuel Adams Boston Lager as a "dark beer." If it's darker than lemonade, it's dark to...

I Play Aggressively

Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:56:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - You shouldn't get in this game unless you gonna play.

IPA is the balls-to-the-wall arena of American microbrewing. The letters I P A are an excuse to get crazy with hops, the ingredient that has distinguished microbrewing...

Reluctantly Admired

Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:12:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Well, I wasn't doing anything else tonight anyway.

This is the B side of a twin review of Paulaner Salvator and Samuel Adams Double Bock, the champ and the challenger. I've got two copies of Epinions open (okay, by the...

Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit Auf (Hey, the review's in English!)

Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:03:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Well, I wasn't doing anything else tonight anyway.

This is the A side of a twin review of Paulaner Salvator and Samuel Adams Double Bock, the champ and the challenger [shortly to become a triple review--hold onto your...

Don't even say the "G" word

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:00:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - It was a moment of weakness.

I'm a big fan of drinking local. I sign my book that way sometimes: "Think global, drink local!" So why, when the perky pretty bartender (ahhh, Stephanie) asked me what I wanted last week did I...

Why Is Everyone So Surprised?

Thu, 17 May 2001 13:52:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Yes, it's made by Coors!

Now that we've got that out of the way,, let's talk about the beer. Blue Moon Belgian-style White (BMBsW), to use its new, Confederation of Belgian Brewers-approved name, is a beer brewed a...

Black, it ain't, but quibbling is for small minds

Tue, 15 May 2001 00:05:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - I know very little about Asahi Breweries, Ltd.

I don't know much about Japanese "black beers" except that all the major Japanese breweries make one, which pleases me.

I don't really know much about Japanese brewing...

Taddy, the First Time 'Round

Fri, 11 May 2001 00:12:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - I was drinking Taddy Porter the first time I saw my wife.

It was in 1986, at Bube's (pronounced "Boobies") in Mount Joy, PA. I'd met her before, I'd known her for five years, but that night in February was the first time I really...

Missed it by that much, Chief.

Thu, 3 May 2001 01:24:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Pure sensorial today, folks, no stories. Dig in.

The beer pours dark, but not opaque. There's that beautiful tint of garnet deep in the brown, caught by the thick bottom of the half-size weissbier glass I'm using for tasting. There's a...

Look, Mister, Just Let The Pig Drive, Okay?

Tue, 1 May 2001 15:22:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Ever seen a boar spear?

When there were wild boars in England 700 years ago, before the English hunted them to extinction, men would hunt them with a boar spear. It was long, and had a leaf-shaped blade, but its most important...

The More You Know, the Better it Tastes

Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:45:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Knowledge is the door to appreciation.

That's what some people just don't get about enthusiasts. They look at people who try to learn more about the things they are passionate about, or just beginning to be interested in, and they don't...

The Whiskey Gets Shot at the End of the Movie

Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:20:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Ol' Weller.

Ten years old, to be exact. And I have to say, it doesn't smell like a single day in the oak was wasted. Best of all, this being a ten-year-old and all, it is Stitzel-Weller stock, pre-closure. What's that mean? It means...

Under the Gas

Thu, 22 Feb 2001 02:26:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - The first time I came to Portland, I wanted to move there.

Portland, Maine, is a great little city. Casco Bay and the Back Cove are all around it, you're rarely far from water, and even when you are you're reminded of it by the sandy...

The greatest brewery you'll never see.

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 00:26:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - I got into the Latrobe brewery. Chances are you won't, since the brewery limits tours to private groups of 15 or more, so I'll give you a little 'virtual' tour.

It wasn't easy to get in. I had to write a book to do it! I called the...

Merry Christmas, Mr. Bryson

Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:29:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - Twenty years ago, Bourbon was embarrassed to be bourbon.

Prohibition declared bourbon to be illegal and immoral in the Constitution and the law of the land. Bourbon and rye whiskey disappeared from the land except for "medicinal"...

A Flat Chunk of History

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:12:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beerfly - History lies deep, back in this hollow.

Labrot & Graham sits by the banks of Glenn's Creek, a shallow, broad stream that splashes over reefs of limestone. This branch of the creek was home to a number of distilleries back in the days,...