Does Big Beer Condescend Women?

Here is an interesting article about the portrayal of women by "Big Beer". She makes the point that women are part of a market that is not only ignored in advertisement, but also mocked. Because of this, is "Big Beer" leaving untapped revenue out on the table by its refusal to market to women? We found at least one blog that seemed to think so. What about "Craft Beer" or Micro-brews? Do they capitalize on the women beer drinker market?

Interesting questions that can be debated back and forth... we'll continue to debate here over a nice chocolate stout.

Cheers to the ladies raising a glass!

Review of Duck Rabbit Milk Stout

Duck Rabbit specializes in thick rich dark beer. Their web page boasts, "When we brew, we’re happy and we dance"... we like that! Tonight we are reviewing their Milk Stout. It is a traditional stout brewed with lactose. The beer pours a thick rich head with medium retention. The brew is DARK and murky... this is how a stout should look. The beer tastes of chocolate and caramel while filling your palate, but finishes smooth only leaving a slight coffee flavored bitter aftertaste. This is a very drinkable beer for a milk stout.

Ratings:
Look A+
Smell A-
Taste B
Mouth Feel B-
Buy Again Maybe to Yes
Overall: 88.75

Cheers!

Bottling Shipwaters Super Chocolate Stout

Today we bottled our chocolate stout and we're looking forward to being able to taste it soon. During the process today, we were reminded that bottling your homebrew can old and kegging (as seen here available on Amazon) provides a convenient alternative.

Here's a nice video from Kegworks.com on how to turn an old fridge into a kegerator.

Brew Night

Last night we racked the Super Chocolate Stout... Can't wait to bottle and drink. Here's the pic's

Southern Tier's Imperial Choklat Stout

Chocolate chocolate chocolate chocolate!!!!!! Wow, that is pretty much the only word needed to describe this creation from Southern Tier's Blackwater Series of Imperial Stouts. The beer pours dark with a thin desert-sand colored head. The stout smells of Hershey's cocoa powder which introduces you nicely to the first taste. Going down you first pick up the milk chocolate flavor, but the sense quickly turns to a more bitter dark version. The taste finishes with a slight hop bitterness just to prepare the palate for the next sip. The beer is very filling and the sticky sweet feel stays with you throughout the glass.

This 11.0% ABV imperial stout was rated out of a growler poured from The Community Tap here in Greenville. If you are in the area, check them out... they have a wonderful selection.

Overall Rating: 91.63/100
Look: A
Smell: A-
Taste: A-
Feel: A-
Buy Again? Maybe

Cheers!

Terrapin Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout Rates a Yahoo!!!!! from Shipwater

Tonight we tasted Terrapins Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout and were very happy with the selection. After purchasing a growler of the brew from Total Wine we quickly came home and drank it up.

The beer pours dark with a nice rich head. I'd expect more lacing from a milk stout, but was still very impressed. The only downside of the beer (other than being brewed in Athens, GA -- THWG) was the smell. The scents were surprisingly difficult to pick up for such a flavorful beer. What you do pick up in smell though is scents of coffee & chocolate. The taste is full of sweet milk chocolate coffee and lingers with a very slight bitterness. The beer is surprisingly drinkable for such a flavorful stout.

This beer comes in with ABV: 6% IBU: 30 O.G.: 16.7.

Overall: 87.63
Look: A
Smell: B-
Taste: B-
Feel: B+
Buy Again: Yes to Maybe

Cheers!

Something Different on the Cheap

Don't want to spend too much cash, but looking for a drink that is something more than the norm? Well, then stop in at you local Trader Joe's. They have some very good beers and wines that will satisfy your craving without breaking your bank. We're repeat customers of the Stockyard Oatmeal Stout from Goose Island Beer Company.

Want some cheap wine that isn't the normal "name brand"? How about some Two Buck Chuck. I'm enjoying the cabernet sauvignon right now as I type.

For something a little different, check out Trader Joe's.

Cheers!