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Buckbean Original Orange Blossom Ale
Happy 232nd Birthday, America!My wife and I had our 4th of July barbecue tonight, and of course we invited some friends over to celebrate and watch the fireworks. Because we're poor, it was BYOB, and...
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My dad forwarded me an article from the Portland Business Journal about Widmer Brothers Brewery of Portland and Redhook Brewery of Woodinville, WA, merging to form a new company, Craft Brewers...
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Redhook Copperhook Spring Ale
Today's entry covers a beer from one of my favorite craft brewers, Woodinville, Washington's own Redhook Brewery; that beer is their Copperhook Spring Ale. Now, I know you're thinking "hey, wait a...
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Widmer W'08 Crimson Wheat
With this post, the Beerocrat will celebrate its Golden (50th) Beeriversary, so drink up! I know I will!Today's beer, the 50th I've reviewed so far, is Widmer Brother Brewing's 2008 Brewmasters'...
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"33" Export
As summer turns to fall (or, in Reno, skipping fall entirely and segueing right into winter), light, summery beers fall by the wayside, giving way to thicker, darker, chewier beers that warm you from...
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Hinano Tahiti
When I was in Portland over Christmas, I went shopping at the local Cost Plus World Market to see what their beer selection was like compared to Reno. I have to say that while a lot of beers were the...
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Widmer Brrr
This was the other (actually, the first) beer that I snagged in Portland over my Christmas vacation. At the time, most of the northern states, including Oregon, were buried under massive amounts of...
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Widmer Okto
For the last two or so years, I've always wanted to try this beer. Unfortunately, whenever I ran to the stores to try and grab one, they were always sold out, and the season was always almost over....
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Blue Dawg Wild Blue
I have no idea where or when I picked up this beer, but I know that I got it at some point from a friend. I think it was the one who moved to San Diego four months ago because he gave me a few beers...
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Bridgeport Old Knucklehead #12
I finally got my hands on a bottle!Ever since I've found out about this beer in my Beers of the World book, I've wanted one. I have always been a fan of the barley wine: its thickness, its ability to...
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Alaskan White Ale
NOTE: This entry contains updated information courtesy of the Alaskan Brew Crew.The Beerocrat is back after a long absence.My wife and I just returned from an Alaskan cruise last week, where we...
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Cusqueña Premium
UPDATE: Additional information was found once I called the importer and found out it was MillerCoors.About 6 months ago, I noticed that a new restaurant was going to open in a strip mall on Moana Ln....
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Saigon Export
Recently, I was at the Golden Flower Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Reno, enjoying some of their delicious phở. When I went to pay, I looked over in the cooler next to the counter, and something...
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Pike Kilt Lifter
At the end of our Alaskan cruise, my wife and I were dropped off in Seattle. Now, while I am very biased towards Portland's beer history, Seattle is a great beer town, full of well-known and obscure...
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Nøgne Ø Porter
I am always on the lookout for new beers that come into the Reno area, and one just arrived recently that I had seen before. Over Christmas, in Portland, I told you that I had found a cool beer named...
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Shiner 100 Commemorator
When I went to Texas for Christmas vacation, I of course wanted to check out the local beer flare. And in many parts of the state, when it's not one of the Big 3, the two big Texas beers are Lone Star...
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Famosa (Gallo)
This is a beer that recently was distributed to the Reno area, or at least to my favorite beer store, Booze Bros. I was in the mood for a Latin American lager, I saw the bottle, I saw the country of...
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Harar Beer
Let's go back in time to January 2008. The economy was still somewhat good but about to burst, George W. Bush was still president, Michael Phelps was dreaming of eight Gold Medals in Beijing, and in...
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Lhasa Beer
I'm always on the lookout for beers that come from exotic corners of the globe. So when I was reading my September 2009 issue of All About Beer magazine a few months ago, I noticed an ad for a new...
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Almaza
My wife and I took a mini-vacation to the Monterey Bay area for Valentine's Day. When we were in the Cannary Row area, I found a little Mediterranean market that had all sorts of funky Greek, Russian,...
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Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout
Before today's entry, I would like to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day. Please party responsibly.In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I decided to have a special Guinness: their 250 Anniversary Stout,...
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SalvaVida
Before getting to the meat of this entry, I want to let you all know to expect a hiatus coming up this week. It was great being able to write some entries during my spring break, but The Beerocrat has...
View ArticleBig Site News!
Dear loyal Beerocrat readers,As you may or may not have noticed, I haven't been active on this blog ever since my spring break last year. I figured I would let you in on what's been going on. In the...
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Reflections on the GABF
So, the party's over. At the Colorado Convention Center, the last bits of the 2010 Great American Beer Festival are being torn down and packed up. Janitorial crews are scrubbing the floors and walls....
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CanFest 2010 Winners
Today (technically yesterday) I attended the trophy ceremony for CanFest 2010, the Reno International Canned Beer Festival, presented by Reno's own Buckbean Brewing Company. The awards were given in...
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