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From the HopPress: Just a little bit different…

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:00:01 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, February 19th.

I had a couple of things come across my desk this week that got me thinking about beer that some might consider to be a little bit to the left (or right) of center. I am talking about beer that most [...]

From the HopPress: A Brewer’s Best

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:00:25 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, January 22nd.

Like many of you, keeping up with the deluge of e-mails, RSS feed articles, Facebook pages or people, tweets and the like can be pretty overwhelming at times. I sort through hundreds and hundreds of them each week and that does [...]

A VTHopHead Thanksgiving

VTHopHead-Admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:23 +0000

Thanksgiving at the VTHopHead house is all about family, close friends, great food, football and, of course, good beer. While most people are focused on the turkey n' stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie (I like these too) for my son Jamie and I it is also a time to pull out a "special" beer (or few) to add to the holiday cheer. [...]

Pumpkin Ales – A Sign of the Season

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000

I have been drinking a few pumpkin ales lately... 'tis the season for harvest-type ales, of course. I am not usually one for pumpkin beers... typically the spices are just a bit too much for me, but below is a run down of three of my most recent samplings. [...]

Requiem for Pennichuck Brewing Company?

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:05:32 +0000

It is not uncommon for me to search the Web for artifacts concerning the particular beer I am drinking at the time. I am sitting here drinking a Pennichuck Brewing "The Big O" Oktoberfest Lager and have just run across some very sad references to the Pennichuck Brewing Company. Apparently it has escaped my attention, until now, that Pennichuck has been on the brink of closure for the last month or so; a fact that now seems virtually inevitable. [...]

#880 – Long Trail Imperial Porter

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:35:15 +0000

One their new "Brewmaster & Limited Edition Series". Like many quality craft brewers these days, Long Trail has created this growing collection of "premium beer". Currently includes their "Coffee Stout", "Double IPA" and this "Imperial Porter". [...]

Clipper City Heavy Seas – The Great Pumpkin Imperial Ale

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:29:52 +0000

Pours a nice "pumpkin" amber in color with a very small whitish head that fades to almost nothing... low carbonation. Aroma is slightly sweet and almost all pumpkin spice (clove, nutmeg, cinnamon,etc.) and nothing else. Flavor is a bit more complex. Some pumpkin, spices ( as noted) and a bit of harsh, unpleasant alcohol character. Slightly bitter and astringent at the end. Lingering bitterness with little else. [...]

Downeast Maine and Coastal New Hampshire…

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:17:51 +0000

My wife (Candy) and I recently took some time to return to one of our favorite regions… the Greater Portland Maine and Portsmouth NH areas. The weather was not that great, so we “had” to spend some time in some of my favorite watering holes… not that I’m complaining, mind you. On the list were [...]

“Massive”… it’s the only way to describe it…

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:33:29 +0000

I just finished a bottle of Weyerbacher Thirteen… their 13th anniversary Imperial Stout. At 13.6% ABV… it’ll *rock* you!! Picked this up at Downeast Beverage during a brief foray to Portland, Maine last week. The details…

Pours a very dark black/brown in color with a medium dark tan head that stuck around to [...]

850th Ratebeer rating – Southern Tier Hoppe

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:02:10 +0000

While I have not been keeping this site up to date lately, I have not stopped drinking/collecting beer. I was excited to make my 850th Ratebeer rating this afternoon… Southern Tier Brewing Company’s Hoppe Imperial Pale Ale.

This beer pours a hazy orange/amber in color with a small white head that quickly fades. Not much [...]