Brewery: Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: “A beer that would make the English jealous! This true English Pale Ale is rich and fruity, yet finishes crisp. You’ll love the copper amber color and medium body.”
Brew Style: English Pale Ale, 5.50% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint
The Ugly Truth: Alright, four beers down and two more to [...]

A new post on Big Remy’s Board Game Reviews, the game board alt blog for BostonGeek.
My first experience with owning Descent: Journeys in the Dark
How’s that site upgrade coming?

I’ve put up a new game review at Big Remy’s Board Game Blog, a review of the card game The Red Dragon Inn.  Here’s a piece of it, so head on over to read the whole thing.
The Premise: The Red Dragon Inn, published by Slugfest Games, can best be described this way: Imagine you were [...]

Brewery: Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: “A beer lover’s dream! This classic irish stout and amber lager blend is malty, yet pleasantly bitter with many complex flavor notes. Look for a deep brown-black color and full-body”
Brew Style: Black and Tan (in this case, a stout and an amber), 5.40% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English Pint, Tumbler, [...]

As a side project that will hopefully become mainstream once the new site goes online (…Colin…), I’m going to start doing reviews of board games.  I’m doing this for two reasons.
1) I’ve been playing a lot of new board games since joining a gaming group at a local gaming store down here.
2) We actually appear [...]

Alright, my stimulus check is coming in finally and I’ve been granted $100 to go play with.  For a married guy with 2 kids, this is a gold mine.  However, I’m facing a problem in that I don’t know what to buy.  My options are:
1) Descent: Journey into the Dark and possibly the Road to [...]

Brewery: The Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: (from site) “A Bavarian black beer with distinctive carmel malt sweetness and rich creamy trademark head. Flavorful, yet smooth; it is very drinkable!”
Brew Style:Schwarzbier, 5.3% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Flute, pilsner glass
The Ugly Truth: Alright, slowly getting back on track with writing reviews.  Saranac Black Forest.  Not an awesome [...]

Brewery: The Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: (from site) This Brown Ale is brewed with American malt and hops, and traditional ale yeast. Look for a sweet, chocolaty taste, with balanced bitterness resulting in a full flavored but smoothly drinkable beer.
Brew Style: American Brown Ale, 6.0% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint, Stein, Mug
The Ugly Truth: [...]

Brewery: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Delaware, USA
Brewery Description: “A deep, mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian-style yeast. As complex as a fine, red wine. Voted “American Beer of the Year” in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine.”
Brew Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale, 8.0% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Goblet, Snifter
The Ugly Truth: First off, [...]

Brewery: Cervejaria Sul Brasileira, Brazil
Brewery Description: An opaque, full-bodied black lager with mild bitterness. Extravagant treacle and anise aromas. Rich and creamy, well balanced sweet notes and hints of [...]

Yeah, that’s me. The first guy.

Brewery: Bières de Chimay (Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont), Belgium
Brewery Description: Named Cinq Cents in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, this beer with its typical golden colour, its slightly hazy appearance and its fine head is especially characterised by its aroma which results from an agreeable combination of fresh hops and yeast.  The beer’s flavour, [...]

Brewery: Anchor Brewing Company, San Fransisco, CA
Brewery Description: “San Francisco’s famous Anchor Steam®, the classic of American brewing tradition since 1896, is virtually [...]

Brewery: Appalachian Brewing Company, Camp Hill, PA
Brewery Description: “The Dortmunder-Export style of beer was developed in Westfalen, Germany, and is a classic light lager with great character. This style boasts a light golden blonde color and exhibits a moderate hop palate. The finish of our Mountain Lager is rich yet mellow.
Our brewers have developed this [...]

Brewery: Brouwerij Bosteels, Buggenhout, Belgium
Brewery Description: “Subtlety in a bottle. Refreshing as an aperitif And just as fuli of flavour and rich in aroma as a beer from heaven. That’s DeuS. A magnificent symbiosis of brewing a beer and creating a sparkling wine. Ideal for [...]

DeuS
Worth…every…bloody…freakin’…penny.
Review will be up Thursday or Friday
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Brewery: Latrobe Brewing Company (now Anheuser-Busch), PA
Brewery Description: “Ingredients: Water, malt, rice, hops, corn, brewers yeast.
From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment, as a tribute to your good taste. It comes from the mountain springs to you.”
Brew Style: American Macro Lager, 4.6% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint, [...]

Brewery: Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Brewery Description:  “Our flavorful non-alcoholic beer for those moments when you want the taste of America’ best tasting beer without the alcohol content.”
Brew Style: Low Alcohol Beer, 0.5% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint, Shaker, Pilsner
The Ugly Truth: This one will be short and sweet again.   This beer was left in [...]

No go forth, use your God given and timely coincidence of the fact it is also Evacuation Day in Massachusetts to go get cop sluggin’ drunk. This sadly marks the 3rd year I’ve missed St. Patty’s in Boston and the annual Dropkick Murphys show. So here’s a DKM video to help kick it [...]

Brewery: The Fort Collins Brewery, Fort Collins, CO
Brewery Description: “Chocolate malt and roasted barley provide the dark color and fully body of chocolate stout. A phenomenal taste with unmistakable toasty accents, a luxurious mouthfeel and a seductive finish. A classic you should never be without.”
Brew Style: American Stout, 5.3% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint, [...]