Archive for 'Amber'

Lost Coast Alleycat Amber

June 18th, 2007 – 6:41 pm

I bought this bottle at Lucky Stop Liquor on Abbot Kinney and California, the same place I picked up Black Sheep’s Riggwelter for last month’s Session. I don’t really see Alleycat too often, maybe at the Ralph’s on Cloverfield. While it’s not too prevalent, their Great White and Downtown Brown are practically […]

Fischer Amber

April 6th, 2007 – 3:11 pm

Alright, I’ve been filling up my notebook faster than I’ve been writing posts, so it’s time for me to 23 skidoo you some reviews. Hate to do it, but yeah, I’ve got to zippity-do-da you some reviews.
Next week I think I’m going to get into mainstream beers. I just realized, I’ve sorta been […]

Eureka! Amber

April 4th, 2007 – 5:12 pm
Filed as: Domestic, Amber, Beer

Let this be a lesson to you. When a beer is on sale for $4.30 for a six-pack, something is wrong. Yes, this beer was on sale for 75 cents a pop at Pavillions. I should have judged from the lame cartoony label and the terrible tagline across the bottom, “Traditionally Brewed […]

Alaskan Amber

April 2nd, 2007 – 10:50 am
Filed as: Alt, German, Amber, Beer

Bought a single 12 oz bottle on a whim one evening for about $1.69. I’ve always seen it sitting there on the shelf at Ralph’s, but for some reason I had never tried it before. Boy was I missing out. The verdict on Alaskan Amber: DEE-licious.
The beer pours a deep mahogany color. […]

Firestone Double Barrel

March 28th, 2007 – 9:45 am

Firestone Double Barrel Ale is made up north in Paso Robles, California, just outside of San Luis Obispo. So for us kids at UCSB, it always had the street cred of being our local brew. Just like the kids from Chico who can never have a conversation about beer without claiming Sierra Nevada […]