“Joto (meaning “Highest Level”) is a sake importer. What they do is take Japanese artisanal sakes and wrap them in American friendly branding (like English language labels). In this way, they intend to make quality sake available and accessible without ‘dumbing down.’ This Junmai Sake is made by the famed Eiko Fuji Brewery in Yamagata prefecture …”
Read MoreWhen customers ask us for the most immediately friendly and flexible Italian red wine;or when they are seeking an extraordinarily reasonably priced organic wine from a small family winery, this immediately comes to mind. This is a wine to buy in quantity.
Read More“Do you remember when grapefruit IPAs were all the rage? The idea seemed to be, “We’ve got all these IPAs with grapefruit notes from the hops. Why not just put actual grapefruit in?” It wasn’t like the resultant beers became grapefruit Slushees; they just became more of what they already were. That’s what’s gone on here. Hoof Hearted has made a double New England style IPA with Amarillo and Mosaic hops and also pineapple …”
Read More“Yes, the Peanut Butter Porter is definitely a thing, and it’s time for Winchester Brew Works get their thing in action …”
Read MoreMedium bodied with ripe stone fruits and bright acidity, and is totally delicious.
Read More“The In the Hollar is a beer that really wants you to taste the grain, and taste it you shall …”
Read More“The Agree to Disagree is whiskey barrel-aged Barleywine. Made in the English style, the core barleywine enjoys moderate hopping so that (at least, we imagine so that) the resultant beer can be more about what the malts and whiskey notes can do for each other. If that was the intention, it was a good call …”
Read MoreThe perfect thing for whatever hearty and richly flavored winter meals you have planned. Maybe your own Big Night moment with a carefully labored over Timballo/Timpano?
Read More“The Währing is named after the Vienna district in which co-owner John Branding lived as a kid. So that means we have a Vienna Lager brewed by someone who’s actually from (or at least has lived in) Vienna. Can you get cooler than that? Well, actually, they can …”
Read More“We love a good cider with ginger, and we really liked Winchester Ciderworks’ English Style, Off-Dry cider Malice. So, when we said, “What else does Winchester Ciderworks have?” and saw this gingeratious number, we had to try it …”
Read MoreA lovely, round Pinot gris with a tiny hint of spice.
Read More“We were ready to laugh this beer off as all marketing and no merit when O’Connor slapped us down with their phat brew game. For only the second time we’ve encountered a hazy IPA that successfully straddles the old and new hop profiles …”
Read More“We’re so used to Trappist beer being synonymous with “Belgian beer,” it’s refreshing to be reminded that that need not be so. Case in point, the English St. Bernardan monks make a very English ale. The Tynt Meadow is a strong dark ale (Well, strong for the English - 7.4%.) made from English hops, malt, and yeast, and it is a shocking surprise …”
Read MoreHere is a comforting, plump red wine to ease you out of the holiday rush and into the new year.
Read MoreThis is a sparkler fit for end of the year celebrations! A shop favorite.
Read MoreA Duo of Very Different Hop-Forward Beers for the Holidays
Read More“The Orval Trappist Ale is unique among Trappist ales. Forget the world of Dubbels and Tripels and Quads. Orval makes just one strong golden ale that only tastes like itself …”
Read MoreTwo wines we have loved drinking recently
Read MoreApproachable but not insubstantial and would make for a great house or party red and could also be set aside for a couple years of aging.
Read More“Three Notch’d Brewing Company’s Nephology Series — named after the scientific study of clouds — is Three Notch’d’s continued perambulation through the world of hazy IPAs. For this latest offering, they’ve decided to zero in on a single hop, New Zealand’s Rakau hop …”
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