Features

Welcome to the Features page.  Click on a link below to read entries of the blog that go into depth of my experiences as I travel around and experience the world of beer.  Also, any ongoing series of blog entries will be linked here.  Enjoy!

My breakdown of the Samuel Adams Perfect Pint Glass

My guide to tasting beer (always a work in progress)

Travels at Epcot Center
  1. Around The World at Epcot Center - Intro
  2. Around The World at Epcot Center - Mexico/Norway
  3. Around The World at Epcot Center - China
  4. Around The World at Epcot Center - Germany
  5. Around The World at Epcot Center - Italy
  6. Around The World at Epcot Center - America
  7. Around The World at Epcot Center - Japan/Morocco

If you didn't know, there's a new Dogfish Head Alehouse (www.dogfishalehouse.com) that opened in Chantilly, VA, not too far from the office. After visiting the Falls Church site, I was pretty excited that another one was opening up close to work (happy hour anyone?) A couple of my co-workers and I visited last week to check it out. Needless to say, the place was packed as the DFH beers are pretty popular and local to our area. I have to say this new venue is pretty nice and they have about 9-10 different beers on tap, varying in price from $5-$13. Their happy hour is $1.50 off drafts and $2 off pizza making their $5 drafts around $3.50. Not too bad to support a microbrew and their quality beers.

DFH beers are generally quite flavorful, using interesting ingredients and tend to be more hoppy (at least the ones I've tried). I particularly like their Indian Brown Ale as it's smooth, dark, and malty yet balanced.

However, this DFH Alehouse had one beer I'd been reading about that wasn't at the Falls Church one - "Theobroma"! They base their recipe off of what they believe was used in ancient Aztec drinks, including chiles and cocoa. I ordered it and it was still $10!!! This was during happy hour. I was expecting alot.

Fresh Starts

Alright... I think I've found my niche - beer! Lately, I've become more and more interested in beer (whether it's ale or lager), its subtleties in flavor, and starting to look deeper into how it is made. It helps that the Whole Foods and Wegmans here has a great selection of microbrews.

I know my previous blog endeavors have failed miserably but I hope, with this one, I can share my beer experiences consistently since I'm always on the lookout for new flavors.

My plans are to bring to this blog impressions of different beers I try either at bars or purchase. My approach will be to keep the descriptions simple and hopefully get some recommendations out to those that are curious. I'm no expert so what you read will just be what I taste and see.

Here's to keeping this going!