The Stout Matrix Featured by: Draft Magazine November/December 2014 Practically black and forever brooding, stout’s claim to fame is its swirls of cocoa, coffee, char and cola notes extracted from roasted malt. But the style’s ever-expanding with fruit, barrels and...
Voodoo Blood Worms - Add a little wickedness to your Halloween bash with our creepy Beer Jell-O Blood Worms. They’re stark red, slimy, and devilishly boozy. You’ll be sure to terrorize your guests with these little suckers. Materials 100 flexible straws (bigger is...
Pope's Imperial Pumpkin Ale is coming out on October 26th. This is it's second anniversary as last year, we couldn't keep enough of it! Here are the details for our pumpkin ale: POPE IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE 9.0 ABV || 13 IBU's Pope Imperial Pumpkin seasonal beer is...
Pumking Ale is one of our all time favorite autumn brews. It’s like drinking the most delicious boozy pumpkin pie ever known to man. Although it is not from a Pittsburgh brewery, it still feels very homey to us. For the past couple of years, we have gone up to Lake...
I love the fall and everything that goes along with it…including the beer selection. And I will be the first one to admit that I count the seconds until brewers release their fall offerings, especially the pumpkin ones. But it turns out that those so called pumpkin...
By George Horning This is an interview conducted with Homebrewer Eric Nocerino, of Goleta, CA. Hi Eric. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me. So, how did you start brewing? I had a few friends that started brewing in high school and that was my first...
By Max Madler, The Craftavore The Craftavore “Tastes” – A Review of Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America Variety Pack Part I Ever since the debut of “The Craftavore Tales” on Pints, Forks & Friends this past May, I’ve wanted to add a second column that focuses...
Pato Thornycroft (Courtesy of Pato Thornycroft)We have been very lucky at Pints, Forks & Friends to have found some tremendous bloggers who are great people and love craft beer. Some of our bloggers work in the craft beer industry. Others just love to drink craft...
Beer and meat make the ultimate pairing. Not only do well-crafted brews bring great flavor to the table (literally), they also make a wonderful, tenderizing marinade. Beer has enzymes that help break down the tough fibers found in most red meat, which makes beer even...
By John Tisevich The Brew Kettle. Sounds innocent enough right? Well yes and no. The Brew Kettle in Strongsville, Ohio is the first BOP or Brew On Premises in Ohio. Begun in 1995 the brewery is not only a BOP but also a top notch smoke house. And it has grown to...
