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As described by Tom Nickel, owner of O’Brien’s Pub (December 2007):

The new O’Brien’s IPA from Alpine Beer Company is a collaboration between owner/brewer Pat McIllhenny (Alpine Beer Company) and Tom Nickel (O’Brien’s Pub). (Editor’s note: Tom even got to go to the brewery to help make this masterpiece. Versatile!) It is a 6.2% alcohol, golden colored IPA with tons of hops. The hops used for this brew include: Columbus, Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo, and Simcoe. The end product is nice and bitter with a very full flavor of hops. Read more »

(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Sampled this porter tonight after downing a few other big IPA’s, a change-up to the status quo of big hopped beers as of late. With the cold weather upon us, and the new chimenea burning, it was the perfect time to give this one a go. Read more »

(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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I picked up a 22 oz. bottle of this old favorite on the way back from the sperm bank. I’ve been a little low on cash lately, but surprisingly full of the “sauce of life.” To make a short story even shorter, I bought the bottle with my “winnings” and headed home to ice down my marbles. Read more »

(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)

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Last bottle of Stone’s 11th Anniversary Black IPA in the fridge, so here it goes…

First, just looking at the beer, this is one dark IPA. Not Darth Vader dark, more of a Montel Williams meets Flavor Flav kind of dark. When I think of Stone– IPA, Ruination, and Arrogant Bastard immediately come to mind. 11th Anniversary is a major deviation from this tried-and-true formula for creating successful beers.

At a distance, this could be confused for a porter or stout. At 8.7% alcohol by volume, it is a fairly heavy beer, nicely carbonated , and pours with a tan, frothy head. If you have ever been fellaeshed by a drooler in Hawaii, you know what I’m talking about here. Read more »

(7 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Despite the love I currently have for the many local breweries in San Diego, I have to admit that at least three of my current top ten breweries are from the northern half of California. Lagunitas (”LAH-goo-KNEE-tuss”) Brewing Company is definitely on that short list. The Imperial Red Ale is 7.6% ABV and 84.2 IBU. The initial whiff out of the glass smelled like caramel covered pine trees (wtf?). My wife said the smell of the beer made her think of smelling a fragrant flower that had been dunked in beer. The initial flavor is caramelly malt and is followed by an intense, long, hoppy finish. As the beer warmed up it either took on other taste characteristics (bread, citrus) or I was feeling buzzed due to an empty stomach. Overall, an abundantly hoppy red ale that is perfect for cold weather drinking. 92/100 points on the BoozeReviews scale.

(14 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5)

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A good friend of mine, a girl we’re calling Your Mama in this post, is going to Costa Rica for the first time this month. Now, Your Mama likes to get busy. Once, while drinking heavily in Australia, she and a friend got into a competition to see who had screwed more letters of the alphabet (first name starts with…). Within 2 more beers they had identified the letters each needed to screw in order to round things out. I think she needed an M, an E and a K, or something like that. Anyway, they then made a bet to see who could get all the way from A to Z first.

She won. Of course she won, she’s a girl. Basically, all she has to say is “Hey Kevin, wanna screw me? I need a K.”. Unfair fight.

Now, I’ve taken it upon myself to write her a travel guide for her next trip. Here it is:

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(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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With the revamped Boozereviews site up and running, I felt compelled to do my part and post some new reviews. The plan was as follows: Load myself, my brother, and one of our best drinking buddies up in the minivan (chauffeured by my wife) with our destination being Obrien’s Pub in San Diego for the first ever Ultimate Hoppiness Night. Read more »

(8 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Well, it’s not the first time I’ve been the asshole… and it’d be money well-spent to bet that it’s also not the last time. But I have to recant a previous nasty review I gave to this tequila. Turns out I had a bad bottle. A really, really bad bottle of what I’ve recently rediscovered to be a really tasty tequila. So here I sit, El Presidente de Culos: I was too damn dumb to spot a tainted bottle when I drank one. So here’s to the power of trying again. I’m nothing if not tenacious when it comes to my booze. Call me Tenacious J.

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(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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OK. Go ahead and say it. Go ahead. Ask. What the hell is he talking about?

Look, I’m breaking a cardinal rule here. A couple of them (yes, that’s an ice cube in my Riedel tequila flute). I’m reviewing two totally different tequilas together. A really crisp blanco and a really crusty, oak-laden añejo. Which means I’m drinking ‘em both together too. Which means there will likely be lots of spelling and grammar uuck fups in the following… and none of it is likely to make a shitload of sense either.

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(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

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yeah, just a simple beer review here. When out at the bar I always
try to start the night with my favorite beer, Pacifico, but since
this isn’t aPacifico review, and since you can’t get kegs of Pacifico
we roll with Tecate for the Kegorator. Can only drink it ice cold,
and more than about 6 and you’ll hate yourself in the a.m, but hey,
it’s mexican, it’ll get ya drunk, and man… on a hot day it’s tuff
to beat. Simple Lager, clean sharp taste, and not too expensive. Much
better out of the tap than out of the can……

(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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